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Posted on 12/12/14 at 9:03 pm to TMDawg
Posted on 12/12/14 at 9:03 pm to TMDawg
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Dude, they were a Dead cover band. That's the point I am making. They melded into a slightly different but same thing...
I don't know that many bands start out playing 100% original stuff from the get go. Almost everyone starts with a lot of covers to get their foot in the door. But they evolved pretty fast and developed their own sound pretty quickly. I guess I just don't hear much Dead when I listen to them. I definitely see where the improvisation (even though Panic doesn't improvise near as much as I like) lead people to keep comparing them to the Dead long after they'd ditched that sound.
I think it is because my first memories of them were them covering Dead tunes and yours are of them when they were more established. I have no issue with people playing cover stuff. I too like improv music, but I have to say the jam thing isnt my bag. Even if the whole poser scene that comes with it went away, I still would not like it. I am sure I am prejudiced in my recollection because of this, but I still can not agree with anyone who feels like the jam Greatful Dead genre scene was a vibrsant part of the 80s Athens music scene that gave it it lore...
Posted on 12/12/14 at 9:06 pm to Peter Buck
Yea that definitely makes sense. There's bands I saw earlier on that I didn't like at the time that gradually evolved and sounded much different and a lot better even just a few years later.
And as far as improv music, it's definitely something that people either love or hate. I love it but I definitely see where it just isn't what others are in to.
Yea there's a good bit of that. I think that turned me off from Panic growing up because everyone loved them because their older brother did and it was way too fratty for me.
And as far as improv music, it's definitely something that people either love or hate. I love it but I definitely see where it just isn't what others are in to.
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Even if the whole poser scene that comes with it went away
Yea there's a good bit of that. I think that turned me off from Panic growing up because everyone loved them because their older brother did and it was way too fratty for me.
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