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Old 06-24-2009, 08:04 AM   #2421 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by boo boo View Post
Bah.

VU's influence is heavily overstated at times, they're certainly not more infuencial than The Beatles.

King Crimson broke just as much ground in the 60s and 70s as VU did if not more, and they're just as influencial.

But VU has influenced more hip (aka horrible) music so people tend to put a lot of emphasis on that.
Well, major artists of the glam rock, noise pop and shoegazing genres have all cited VU as an influence, are you calling all that horrible music?
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