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Old 05-05-2011, 12:05 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 05-05-2011, 03:05 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Oh, come on. You can't be serious. Motorhead has been around nearly just as long, playing music that bears very little resemblence to AC/DC. I'm sorry but I just don't see it.

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Accept is the only one I can think of.
I have to agree, Accept is one of the only band that could blatantly rip-off a band like that yet still be pretty badass. I think out of the hand full of bands that directly derived their sound from AC/DC's, Accept is the most noteworthy.
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Old 05-05-2011, 06:37 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Oh, come on. You can't be serious. Motorhead has been around nearly just as long, playing music that bears very little resemblence to AC/DC. I'm sorry but I just don't see it.
Yep, and they're about 10 million times better than AC/DC too.
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Old 05-05-2011, 09:33 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Yep, and they're about 10 million times better than AC/DC too.
Hipper. Trendier. OK. And Lemmy's a kool kat. But AC/DC has those hooks that you can hang your hat on. If Motorhead had 20 more aces of spade then we could seriously compare the two.
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Hipper. Trendier. OK. And Lemmy's a kool kat. But AC/DC has those hooks that you can hang your hat on. If Motorhead had 20 more aces of spade then we could seriously compare the two.
Actually I think they both have around the same number of classics. AC/DC is the more instantly accessible band, but they are both around the same quality. And I'm not as tired of Motorhead as I am AC/DC, but it's only a matter of time I fear.
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Hipper. Trendier. OK. And Lemmy's a kool kat. But AC/DC has those hooks that you can hang your hat on. If Motorhead had 20 more aces of spade then we could seriously compare the two.
I have no idea who is trendier. I just know there are very few AC/DC songs I like while there are tons of Motorhead songs I like. And "Ace of Spades", though decent, is far from their best.
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Yep, and they're about 10 million times better than AC/DC too.
I can agree that Motorhead is a better band, but I just don't think they sound that much like AC/DC, not enough for this conversation anyway. I just don't see how 2 bands playing rock music in the same era automatically makes them comparable.
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Old 05-09-2011, 07:46 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Not a big fan of either band but Motorhead offered a lot more than AC/DC ever could.

AC/DC were always a more simplified Led Zeppelin with their basic riffs and in original singer Bon Scott, they had a great vocalist that pulled them through. When Brian Johnson came in, they settled into a boring formula that`s hardly changed in like 30 years!!!
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Not a big fan of either band but Motorhead offered a lot more than AC/DC ever could.

AC/DC were always a more simplified Led Zeppelin with their basic riffs and in original singer Bon Scott, they had a great vocalist that pulled them through. When Brian Johnson came in, they settled into a boring formula that`s hardly changed in like 30 years!!!
I love Motorhead to bits but they have barely changed their sound over the years either! In fact they have got steadily worse over the years. Their latest release The World Is Yours is absolutely unforgettable.

Don't get me wrong. AC/DC have churned out some absolute crap in their time and I have never been a big Brian Johnson fan but If You Want Blood is still one of the best live rock albums ever and Bon Scott's double entendre humour is classic.
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I love Motorhead to bits but they have barely changed their sound over the years either! In fact they have got steadily worse over the years. Their latest release The World Is Yours is absolutely unforgettable.

Don't get me wrong. AC/DC have churned out some absolute crap in their time and I have never been a big Brian Johnson fan but If You Want Blood is still one of the best live rock albums ever and Bon Scott's double entendre humour is classic.
The live album is the only cd that I own of AC/DC, for the simple reason its one of the best live albums ever recorded!

Last great Motorhead release was "Orgasmatron". The few albums that I`ve heard of since then, seemed to be seriously treading water and instantly forgettable, but still slightly more interesting than AC/DC.

Its just a case that old boys such as Motorhead, AC/DC and Black Sabbath etc just don`t know when to finally hang up their guitars and call it a day
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