Stewart wrote:
> Depends on the genre: ever since contemporary alt-rock bands 
> discovered Joy Division a few years ago, you get a lot of bass-forward 
> songs there these days. Interpol's big hit from a couple years ago, 
> "Evil" -- I don't think the guitar even comes in until the first 
> chorus. See also Franz Ferdinand, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, that sort of 
> thing
Either Joy Division or Gang of Four.  The Rapture's Matt Safer seems to have been strongly influenced by Dave Allen from GO4.