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Old Dec 26th, 2003, 01:32 PM       
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Originally Posted by Royal Tenenbaum
Lots of bands list them as influence; Radiohead for one, Oasis, Pulp, lots of the British groups from the mid-ninties. They influenced pretty much every pop-rock band that came out after them, specifically the guitar sound.
I just can't stand the whiny, depressing, self-absorbed lyrics and I find them musically uninteresting. Well, The Cure, they are whiny, depressing and self-absorbed but they have the musical ability to back it up. As for Oasis, I think that the Beatles, if anybody, was their biggest influence.
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