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Originally Posted by foreverasskiss
i don't believe this at all. i don't think the White Stripes or The Strokes gave a fuck about Jon Spencer. maybe they heard of him, but those two bands have not a whole lot in common with Spencer; who bordered on parady most of the time and went along with the 90's.
loved the Blues Explosion way before Strokes and The Stripes showed up, but never thought that.
maybe it's the blues and the strip down instrumentation that does it? Jon Spencer reminds more of Pavement and Beck more than those bands.
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The John Spencer Blues Explosion argument doesn't hols water; you're right. A lot of people like to say the Stripes are JSBE derivatives, but they weren't. Two different sounds. JSBE was more about psychedelic garage rock than they were about the blues. The Stripes had an honest to god, genuine blues feel and vibe, and it didn't sound derivative or redundant.
The Stripes had energy, bite, skill (at least Jack did), and turns out they had actual pop sensibilities. That's why they were the biggest radio band of the 00's... aside from Coldplay and Nickelback lol.