Plus, for kids in the late
80's who knew nothing beyond hot pink Kramers, Ibanez's, BC Rich's, and
Yamaha's, having someone like Slash come along showing an appreciation for
vintage riffs, instruments, etc was a nice breath of fresh
air.
That's like calling the
ripping off of other peoples' choreography an "homage". Drunks n' Posers
was just a Big Hair band without shampoo but with plenty of cocaine and
likker.
For an old fart like you,
maybe it was just an obvious ripoff. But for kids at the time, his "look" and
influences helped millions of kids (like myself at the time) delve into those
older records, influences, etc.
I would love to
see anyplace where Slash ever talked about anything about his
influences, or for that matter encouraged anyone to look up the people who did
the work he picked up on.
Granted, he may not have
been an originator, but he definitely helped keep the originators' influences
alive and made them relevant and "cool" to kids like
me.
In order to do that, again,
he would have had to tell people what his influences
are.
Besides, the originators
weren't originators themselves. They ripped off their predecessors, and on
down the line. It was just new to you at the time because you were a punk kid
and didn't know any better.
Which of course is no excuse
for anything, after all.
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