On Jul 31, 9:44 am, RC_Moonpie
hotmail.com> wrote:> On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:55:01 +1000, "Grinner"
nowhere.com>
> wrote:>>> On Jul 30, 6:08 pm, jimz...@
aol.com wrote:
>>>> On Jul 29, 6:38 pm, Rock FZYGC
gmail.com> wrote:>
>>>>> Can - biggest influence on alternative rock after Velvet Underground
>>>>> Kraftwerk - big influence on new wave and dance/techno music
>>>>> Van der Graaf Generator - big influence on punk
>
>>>> I like how you always seem to put these 3 in all of your lists. They
>>>> are nowhere near in the top 20 most important bands of all time. Yes
>>>> we get it, they are some of YOUR favorites. But the fact is, 99%% of
>>>> the population has never even heard of any of them.
>
>>> Kraftwerk is massively influence to electronic music. In fact they are
>>> considered more influencial than any proper rock band out there. The
>>> indie guys hold Can in huge respect and VDGG was popular among punk.
>>> You could remove VDGG and Can off the list, but not Kraftwerk.
>
>>all three, replace with the sex pistols, dipshit.
>
> look, its even being cross-posted to a soccer group now!
>
> the true work of a troll.
>
> I bet you could find many electronica dance music artists today who
> have never heard of Kraftwerk or even if they have, are more or less
> unfamiliar with their work. I believe Electronica was more influenced
> by advances in musical technology itself, than the users of it. The
> DJs, hip hop, trance, all that stuff, probly has more to do with
> Herbie Hancocks RockIt than Autobahn. I see the 'lectronica beat kids
> in guitar center drooling over software like Acid and Fruity Loops.
> They dont know who the fuck Kraftwerk was. You think the kids trying
> out the 'lectric guitars never heard of the Beatles?
>
> I might be wrong.
Thinking back to the early-mid 80's, maybe Voltaire Cabaret are the
real fathers of the whole techno movement... at least the noisy
'industrial' side. - I might be wrong.
