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Trans-Atlantic Battle
Zingoleb:
Attack Attack! is an American band.
Zingoleb:
Attack! Attack! is a Welsh band.
Christophe:
I've been in Glasgow for a few months now, and while I definitely love it here I haven't had the chance to see too many gigs, which is a crying shame (I leave in three weeks). I've been "jamming" recently with some people in the Glasgow University Bands Society and while they're really great people who are fun to play music with, the brunt of their music taste leans heavily towards classic rock and the Red Hot Shitty Peppers.
One Glasgow band whom I did get to see opening up for Black Elk a few weeks ago was Citizens, who actually got a pretty nice write-up in The Skinny. They were pretty excellent. I hope to see a few more gigs before I leave or at least run into a member of Belle and Sebastian or Mogwai.
As far as the whole overarching US v. UK thing in terms of who has better bands, it really doesn't matter as long as the music's good. Regardless of that though I think the US should be forced to apologise to the world for The Strokes while the UK should be forced to apologise for Arctic Monkeys.
a pack of wolves:
Citizens are great, it's all very satisfyingly tightly wound and they're very engaging live.
Bastardous Bassist:
--- Quote from: scarred on 30 Nov 2009, 22:20 ---But I don't think it's where they come from that matters. All it comes down to is whether I enjoy the music I'm hearing.
--- End quote ---
I think that this is less of a "I find out where a band is from before I like them" and more of a "I tend to like bands from where I'm from because the music seems to appeal to my aesthetic better, due to a shared heritage" discussion. I tend to enjoy discovering that sort of thing. Most of the straight-up rock I like is from the US because their background is probably a lot more similar to my own. I was talking with a Spaniard and a Greek once (the Greek guy was in my band and the Spaniard was trying to join), and their musical aesthetic meshed extremely well due to a shared Mediterranean background (it turns out she was a terrible person so no-go on the band thing). It's really a cultural music thing.
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