Juggalo4life88

Just wondering what you guys thought made a unique band? Is it the lyrics, guitar riffs, drum sequences, singer? Opinions are welcome.

boo boo

Every band has some unique quality that makes them different from all other bands, even the most unoriginal ones.

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Juggalo4life88

Yeah, I know what you mean. But what draws in the fans? It has to be a quality of the band.

ZeppelinAir

the guitar and lyrics, the singers voice has to be decent, cant be sounding **** if you know what i mean

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boo boo

Well, i don't consider technical skill to be too much of an important factor in quality, let alone uniqueness... It dosen't take skill to be unique, take The Shaggs for example, without a doubt the worst band of all time, horrible musicians, but they were still quite unique, no one sounds like them, in fact Frank Zappa (a technical genius, no doubt) was not only a fan but he also attempted to immitate their sound, however he could not, the music was simple but so out there and bizzare that their sound couldn't be copied.... Though that's probably a good thing.

I'm nagging, back on topic, i think what constitutes good vocals/guitars/bass/drums/etc depends on the context of the song... For example, from a objective technical standpoint Tom Waits may be one of the worst singers in the world, but as far as i'm concerned he is one of the best.... Imagine if Steve Perry sang all the songs on Rain Dogs. O_O

I just scared myself.

I draw a line between technical and good, you can have one without the other... But of course both ain't bad either.

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mosesandtherubberducky

What about Death From Above 1979? They have no guitar just bass and drums.

Or Sunn O)))? They have barely any lyrics (like 20 words for a whole CD).

Merzbow has no guitar (that I know of). And Les Claypool has some of the wierdest vocals and most consider them to be bad.



I think that unique-ness is based on how much the members in the band let their own personalities show though their playing.

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That definitely is what defines a band. I totally agree with you.

boo boo

There are a lot of talented all girl bands.

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