Wolfmother anyone?

[Tomorrows]

They've been out here in Aus for a while now. Don't mean to be rude.. but they're more or less a rip-off band, just like "our" other band Jet. Wolfmother are too much like Black Sabbath, with bits of the White Stripes and Zeppelin added in. I honestly don't like them, if only because I like the original bands better.

Interesting point - they had something like 5 or 6 songs in the (triple j) top 100 countdown for '05 which is pretty amazing.

Yea exactly. When you listen to a band in 2006 you dont want to be saying things like "Hey they sound exactly like rock did 30 years ago".

Theyre fun to watch live but they aint doing anything special.

Why not? Rock in the 70's was the best. I'd much rather listed to a band that has a 70's sound then listen to bands like bullet for my valentine or avenged sevenfold.

I love rock from that period too. In fact, its pretty much all I listen to besides GN'R.

But, like, what does a band contribute to the world if they just carbon copy a bunch of stuff that has been done. We got the classics, and I love them, but Im more interested in bands that actually add to their genres.

[mdttkk]

i have a feeling these guys are gonna be a really big band.  well hopefully they turn alot of people away from emo music and whatever else crap is shown on music channels these days.

[oldgunsfan]

i have a feeling these guys are gonna be a really big band.? well hopefully they turn alot of people away from emo music and whatever else crap is shown on music channels these days.

this band is so much better than the crap polutting the rock airwaves these days....they play Mother alot on the rock station by me but that's not even close to the best song on the album....

another band I like that has new material out is Buckcherry.....from the video, Josh Todd looks like he knows how to have a good time

I mean, how many times can they play Nickelback, TOAD, et all

It all sounds the fucking same I can't tell which band is which

[vietnow138]

I get what you guys are saying about them sounding a lot like Sabbath but they're definately not a rip off band. You could say that about any band, you could say all Zeppelin did was rip off Robert Johnson or that Stone Temple Pilots ripped off Pearl Jam because you heard the song Plush and saw a similarity. What good bands do is take things that aleady existed and push them further. Personally I really don't see that much of a similarity to call them rip off artists and to me they sound like they could fit into any time peroid after 1969 (including today) and sound relevent to what was happening musically.

[TheAtomicPunk5150]

Here is why wolfmother is a good band. They basically realized that 70s era rock n roll was great, so they thought "hey, if it aint broke don't fix it" Why should rock move in a new lame direction(like emo, hardcore, screamo..all that crap) when 70s rock still sounds good today. I'm glad to see some more zep influenced bands.

[oldgunsfan]

how can you criticize a band for sounding a bit like Zeppelin and Sabbath

the guy can't help th way his voice sounds, he was born with it

must suck sounding a bit like ozzy and plant though    

[Butch Français]

they're quite allright, even though it's nothing new. they sound like a mix of a handful of bands.
oh well, as long as they do it well, I guess?
listening to them now btw 

[blues rocker]

eh...they're decent....just another one of those rock revival bands that fails to make music with the same energy as great bands of the past...

much like jet....they have an old school sound, but their music just sounds too mellow and lazy...lacking any real power...


if you want real old-school rock with power and energy....go with buckcherry...they're the only band that has really maintained the power and energy of rock n roll.

[The Dog]

Here is why wolfmother is a good band. They basically realized that 70s era rock n roll was great, so they thought "hey, if it aint broke don't fix it" Why should rock move in a new lame direction(like emo, hardcore, screamo..all that crap) when 70s rock still sounds good today. I'm glad to see some more zep influenced bands.

I agree, theres nothing wrong with sounding like an awesome band.  I'd rather they sound like zep or sabbath then limp bizkit or fall out boy.  real rock died a while ago, heres to hoping new bands can bring it back.     Wolfmother sounds cool from what I've heard.

[Shirell]

This band is rockin.  Just bought their CD.

[gilld1]

I really like this album.  Classic sound without being Darkness about things.  If you like these guys check out The Sword.

[2NaFish]

nothing special

[zakas80]

i just heard the album the other day after seeing this thread, i enjoyed it much

[mrlee]

there alright...not a patch on roadstar or the answer though.


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dig that cross between john paul jones and cliff burton bass playing though.

[1987]

Has anyone heard that new band called Wolfmother? They remind me a lot of Zeppelin and Sabbath but with definately with a modern sound. If you havent listened to them yet you should they're one of the best bands out right now. Lately they've even began to get some good air play, which is great considering there hasn't been too many really good new rock n' roll bands.

You can hear them hear:? http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=18035203

spot on.. they sound like zepplin with ozzy singing..  its awsome.. if your looking for some ground breaking music then this isn't for you.. but if your a 70's ande 80s rock fan you will def like this band. 

[ClintroN]

Has anyone heard that new band called Wolfmother? They remind me a lot of Zeppelin and Sabbath but with definately with a modern sound. If you havent listened to them yet you should they're one of the best bands out right now. Lately they've even began to get some good air play, which is great considering there hasn't been too many really good new rock n' roll bands.

You can hear them hear:  http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=18035203

spot on.. they sound like zepplin with ozzy singing..  its awsome.. if your looking for some ground breaking music then this isn't for you.. but if your a 70's ande 80s rock fan you will def like this band. 

yeah, the REAL DEAL!!!

[Kujo]

They sound good live too. Not just a studio band. Looking forward to them hitting Florida soon.

[vietnow138]

They sound good live too. Not just a studio band. Looking forward to them hitting Florida soon.

I would imagine they'd be great live, i have a 30 minute concert of them that I downloaded off iTunes that's really good. Too bad the show at the Hollwood Palladium is 18 and over or else I'd be seeing them too!

[Nytunz]

i saw Wolfmother on the Roskilde Festival in Danmark this summer.. They were amazing! Great band.. But i need to listen more to theyr cd..

[Acquiesce]

Yea exactly. When you listen to a band in 2006 you dont want to be saying things like "Hey they sound exactly like rock did 30 years ago".

Theyre fun to watch live but they aint doing anything special.

There are plenty of people out there that miss the 70's and 80's sound of rock but yet when we get a new band with that sound they are always criticized as being unoriginal and rips offs. 

There's not much orginality in rock today anyway. I'd rather listen to an unoriginal 70's style band than yet another unoriginal cookie cutter emo band.

I haven't heard Wolfmother's cd yet but the two songs I've heard were pretty good.