dac

I can't recall seeing many interviews with bands where The Beatles don't come up as an influence. Sabbath? Outside of metal I don't think they carry much influence...

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Inuzuka Skysword

You do realize metal is a pretty big genre? Many guitarists have probably been inspired or influenced by Tony Iommi. I mean, they aren't The Beatles are anything, but they created a pretty expansive genre.

dac

Yes true, I just think that when you compare them it's not very close. Any pop, indie, or alternative band likely draws some influence from The Beatles. Those are three fairly expansive genres.

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Alfred

Yeah, 'cause indie and alternative don't overlap at all...

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khfreek

Hell, even indie and pop overlap quite a bit. I'd rank Sabbath above The Beatles for influence anyday. Too bad I voted for The Beatles when I was a noob...

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lucifer_sam

whenever my band breaks the top 40 we're going to disown the Beatles.

and then cover the entirety of the White Album.

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Neapolitan

I voted: The Beatles. I started out disliking them, especially for thier moniker, The Greatest Rock n Roll Band, and I never bought into the fact they started a Cultural Revolution that changed everything, etc etc. When I saw The Compleat Beatles, it totally changed my perspective of them. When I got to know more about the band, and seen their place in history, I began to apprecitate them and thier music more. The Beatles started out doing cover songs from different genres, R&B, Country, a Show Tune, early Rock n Roll. So I considered them music fans who happen to make it big. I know people can name a dozens of musicians with higher techincal skill; I see them as the songwriter's songwriter, not so much as the musician's musician. And songs were covered by many of their contemparies, and their songs are still covered by artist long after they broke up - 40-something years latter their music still holds its own.

ProggyMan

Why? Explain.

someonecompletelyrandom

Great musician but when it's him vs. the Beatles or the Velvet Underground... ooh that's tough.

khfreek

Seeing as how The Beatles' early work was a direct ripoff of Chuck Berry, and all of their later work was basically just a natural progression from that starting point (while being influenced by many contemporaries), I can't see the modern music scene being as drastically changed if they hadn't hit it big as if Black Sabbath hadn't existed. They essentially created heavy metal.

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