Yeah...it's definitely a trend. Trends seem to come and go pretty quick these days, so it will eventually end. These are all bands of 20-somethings who discovered the music that some of us grew up with (or maybe even some of your kids). I enjoy the albums mentioned above, but they're all a little too derivative for my taste. The Strokes are nothing more than regurgitated early Lou Reed/Velvet Underground/Television with distorted vocals. The White Stripes have more variety, but every song sounds exactly like someone...whether it's the Kinks, Zeppelin, etc. (right down to the British accent...and they're from Detroit). The Hives are nothing but The Stooges revisited. I'm not saying that they're not all fun, energetic rock bands...I just don't think there's much originality in any of them. As far as similar new bands go, you might want to check out The Vines, The Mooney Suzuki, and there are probably about a hundred more that I'm forgetting. And since it is a trend, there will probably be a hundred more tomorrow. The record labels will be happy to shove the most marketable of the lot down your throat, so I'm sure you'll be hearing about more of them in the future...at least you will until the next trend comes and all of the new bands begin to sound exactly like Duran Duran, John Waite, and A Flock Of Seagulls.
The Hives:Real Deal or just a tease???
I picked up The Hives CD, as a TAS recommended recording, what a blast!!! four of the songs are definitely 60s style (tracks,1,4,6,10) , though they remind me of the Romantics of the late 70s. The rest were 70s/90s punk junk( to me anyway). Also, picked up the Strokes(awful, punk junk), The White Stripes,, although no one particular song was a stand out, they were more in tune with the 60s style of garage bands. The song about the Big Three was hilarious.
So the question, are my hopes running too high and these groups one shot wonders?? and is this type of music just a shot in the dark??? If not are there any other bands similar to this type, 60s garage band, in your face swagger ( Standells' "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White"
or Them' "Gloria"). Are the kids getting hip again???
So the question, are my hopes running too high and these groups one shot wonders?? and is this type of music just a shot in the dark??? If not are there any other bands similar to this type, 60s garage band, in your face swagger ( Standells' "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White"
or Them' "Gloria"). Are the kids getting hip again???