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From: blickstein@eiffel.DEC (Dave Blickstein)
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Subject: regarding the so-called \"rip-off\" bands
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Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 08:17:05 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 30 08:17:05 1985
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A comment was made in a discussion comparing Marillon to Genesis that bands
that emulate other bands don't deserve much attention.

I think that there's a place for such bands although they clearly deserve
less credit than the originals.

During high school I was a very enthusiastic Emerson, Lake & Palmer fan.
A friend of mine introduced me to the music of a german band called
Triumvirate who were classified by most people as an ELP rip-off band
(I acknowlege that do sound a lot like ELP, but I think they have some
distinctive characteristics of their own and I can always tell them
apart from ELP).

The way I looked it at, ELP couldn't produce enough albums to satisfy my
appetite and Triumvirate was a bonus because they were producing extra
ELP albums, even though they were not done by ELP.

What it boils down to is that I think that personal evaluations of music
should be separated into to parts:  how much the music appeals to you,
and how much credit the artist is due.  Triumvirate albums sounded good
to me (sometimes as good as ELP).   I'm not going to deprive myself of
the precious commodity of albums that I enjoy just because the person
who created the album wasn't entirely original.  IF IT SOUNDS GOOD,
THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME.

I feel compelled to add that it is my opinion that Triumvirate is
composed of very fine talented musicians, especially Jurgen Fritz
who plays keyboards and does most of the writing.


	Dave Blickstein

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