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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
Bikini Kill is to Sonic Youth what the Eagles were to the Beatles.
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absolute ****ing bull****. Bikini Kill didn't have much to do with Sonic Youth anyway; the main riot grrrl band strongly influenced by SY is Sleater-Kinney
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
That, to me, is bull. Prog rock is why punk had to happen. The Eagles and country rock in general is just something some people don't get or like; punk didn't affect them in the least (mostly being a British phenomenon - yeah yeah I know New York Dolls yadda yadda but Sex Pistols) - country rock didn't die at the hands of punk like prog rock, which had grown like a monster on its own excesses and had to be put down. Read any history of either and you'll find the main targets for punk anger are Pink Floyd, Yes, ELP and Genesis.
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sure, I realise how prog led to punk. But if we're not looking at genres, just the particular band, the Eagles stood for a lot of the things punk tried to get rid of; they were watered-down, complacent and overly conventional. I don't know much of their music though, so this is definitely prejudiced