Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Roxy Music" in English language version.
There was no scene as far as we were concerned. Influences were: rock'n roll like Eddie Cochran, blues like Howling Wolf, country like Hank Williams, garage like The Misunderstood, beat groups like the Stones, Glam, like Roxy Music, and trashy rock 'n roll like the Stooges.
Truth be told, Pavement is not a big influence on Parquet Courts. I like them and respect them, but I think we share similar influences, like Velvet Underground, Roxy Music, The Fall, etc… and therefore we have certain sonic similarities.
That's nothing new, as far as that's concerned. We did an album of all covers, (2013's) Everybody Loves Sausages, basically to clue people in on bands that were a big influence on us, that maybe they hadn't thought of, like Bowie or Roxy Music or the Fugs.
Everything is influenced by something. The Bunnymen were influenced by punk, The Velvet Underground, Bowie, Roxy Music and psychedelia, etc., etc.
Going back to when we started playing together, I think we had very disparate influences, but one of the common ones was pop music from the '60s, what we were brought up on. The early music from Germany: Neu!, Can, people like that. We're big fans of Captain Beefheart, obviously. The very early Roxy Music stuff was good. At the time, when we actually started working together, we'd been doing things like Patti Smith's first album, the Ramones, that stuff, Television.
Everything is influenced by something. The Bunnymen were influenced by punk, The Velvet Underground, Bowie, Roxy Music and psychedelia, etc., etc.
That's nothing new, as far as that's concerned. We did an album of all covers, (2013's) Everybody Loves Sausages, basically to clue people in on bands that were a big influence on us, that maybe they hadn't thought of, like Bowie or Roxy Music or the Fugs.
Going back to when we started playing together, I think we had very disparate influences, but one of the common ones was pop music from the '60s, what we were brought up on. The early music from Germany: Neu!, Can, people like that. We're big fans of Captain Beefheart, obviously. The very early Roxy Music stuff was good. At the time, when we actually started working together, we'd been doing things like Patti Smith's first album, the Ramones, that stuff, Television.
Truth be told, Pavement is not a big influence on Parquet Courts. I like them and respect them, but I think we share similar influences, like Velvet Underground, Roxy Music, The Fall, etc… and therefore we have certain sonic similarities.
There was no scene as far as we were concerned. Influences were: rock'n roll like Eddie Cochran, blues like Howling Wolf, country like Hank Williams, garage like The Misunderstood, beat groups like the Stones, Glam, like Roxy Music, and trashy rock 'n roll like the Stooges.
