Most imitated band/artist

[LionelHutz00]

Big Star
Velvet Underground

[whiskeytown]

the number of people in the early 80's who ripped off the sound of the Police is staggering -

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[EPIC]

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For current fashion rock, Atreyu started a trend that pretty much ruined music.

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[McBusto]

Beatles and it's not even close.

[EarlLee]

All popular music today is a direct descendent of all the black rhythm and blues singers (male and female) performing from the 20s through the 50s and Hank Williams Sr. Lots of people think "Rock Around the Clock" was the first rock song. I'd nominate "Move it on Over" by Hank, which was recorded almost 10 years before Bill Haley was a gleam in anyone's eye. To me the progression goes like this: black R and B, Hank Sr., Elvis, Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Sugarhill Gang.

[skunkworks]

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I don't mean most influential, I mean like directly ripped off. I think Radiohead has a pretty good claim right now.

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Just curious, who has ripped off Radiohead? Im a big Radiohead fan, but Ive never seen it. Im sure its out there but Ive never noticed it.

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A lot of the soft-cock rock British bands ripped off the Radiohead sound circa The Bends. Travis, Coldplay, etc.

More recently, Muse's album before their latest.

[skunkworks]

Let me throw my hat in the ring with The Strokes, who of course themselves were largely derivative. But they started a huge trend.

[Knockwurst]

Surprised no one's mentioned Bowie -- the whole 80's music scene borrowed liberally from him. The Cure, Smiths, Tears for Fears, Simple Minds, etc. Maybe nobody listens to that kind of music anymore.

[EarlLee]

Yeah, you're right about Bowie. He kicked off the whole New Wave/Punk scene. I guess he'd be considered more important if that whole genre hadn't have died off. I don't think his influence is as great as that of Elvis, Hank, and Buddy, etc. But he was responsible for almost all of the music of the 80's. I gotta agree with you on that,

[MicroBob]

velvet underground deserves more recognition in this department than the one or two mentions they have received thus far.