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Old 10-19-2009, 09:02 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Grotesque Head View Post
I'd say Radiohead probably are slightly more influential worldwide than Pixies, mainly because they've got more albums out. Don't think it's really that important though.

Also, Muse are nowhere close to having the same impact on music as Pixies or Radiohead. Or several other 90's and 00's acts for that matter (The Strokes, Weezer, Blur, Oasis, Pavement, Coldplay to name a very small portion).
R.E.M. had a huge influence around then. Also, I don't think a lot of people think of My Bloody Valentine when thinking about this, but didn't they pretty much create and popularize the ethereal layers of sound and buried vocals? Still, I guess they might not be on par with the Pixies. I mean you could ask pretty much every great rock or alternative band from the early to mid 90's who influenced them and I think Pixies would be the common name.
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