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| From | "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com> |
| Subject | Re: Hellacopters |
| Date | Thu, 03 Jul 2003 02:45:03 -0500 |
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> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 23:10:58 -0500
> From: "Michael Roux" <mroux5@insightbb.com>
> To: <samsmith@colorado.edu>, <audities@smoe.org>
> Subject: Re: Hellacopters
> Message-ID: <003601c34119$1bd46cc0$ce47dd0c@insightbb.com>
>
> Sorry, I'm just catching up with these posts.
>
> > I keep seeing the usual list of influences - MC5 and KISS seem obvious
> > enough after repeated listenings to HIGH VISIBILITY. But I seem to be
> > the only one hearing the suggestion of Southern Rock. I swear, in places
> > it's like 1978 and I'm listening to Skynrd, Blackfoot, and Molly
> > Hatchet. But I've never seen any "official" reference to this genre by
> > the band or those writing about them.
> >
> > Is it just me?
> >
>
> It's not just you. I thought the same thing when I saw them play live in
> Champaign last year. They were great. I was thinking Molly Hatchet meets
> UFO
> or somehing (uh, I actually saw Molly Hatchet open for UFO...).
>
Hmmm. I guess I just don't hear the Southern rock thing in the
Hellacopters at all. Too little soloing, too few guitarists. I can hear some
similiarities in guitar tone, perhaps, but there's a lot of metal bands
that've had that type of guitar sound over the years as well.
Gregory Sager
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