Hammerhead breakdown = Nirvana "stay away"

[RAFAyEL]

i don't laugh

[sneedo]

I too hate this man.

[keonii7]

What I like about the offspring is how awesome their guitars and vocals always sound. Their sound is so distinct, that even if they cover a song, you know it's the offspring.

Who cares if something they play sound like something someone else played? It's still the Offspring.

[SaiKYoU]

HELL NO

just 2 words...

[SyLeS]

eh.. its sounds a little bit like nirvana, but i mean its almost impossible to find something completely original in punk rock..

[Kickdrum]

I actually think the bass solo leading into the guitars at the end of the song sounds like the Kinks, "All Day and All of the Night" - which is actually very cool. There is nothing wrong with having influencing sounds, especially from other great bands.

[bbb22]

i hate you

right back at you

[Omni]

Trust in You = Smash

Did you just accuse them of ripping themselves off?


But yeah, there are a few songs they have that are reminiscent of earlier stuff. I'mpretty sure they do this on purpose, since it's very distinctive.

Smash/Trust in You
Genocide/Change the World
Dirty Magic/Have You
The Kids Aren't Alright/Can't Repeat

Am I missing any?

[SplinterByMyOwnDesign]

You can probably find hundreds of similarities to Hammerhead breakdown chords... seriously, did someone think The Offspring made the chords first to this date? It's 2008 and variations of new bar chords is tough times to find out. You make a punk song with bar chords and I'll find you a song which you stealed. The point is, who gives a fuck. The song is totally awesome and that's it. Besides, I don't like that Nirvana song at all.

I was going to say the same thing, It's so true.

It's not just the riff that makes a song either, Just because it's the same rhythm doesn't mean it's alike at all. The drums, Bass, lyrics, Vocals, other effects or instruments; they all come into play to make the song very, very individual.

[Llamas]

After J.S. Bach and Mozart, no new music has been done.

Nah, Bach and Mozart weren't even the pioneers! There were much better composers before them! Bach sucked, anyway!
But seriously, in the realm of such simplistic music (structurally), the stuff bands like Offspring, Nirvana, MCR, and Sum 41 write has SO LITTLE to work with that things will always sound similar to something else.

In closing, the lyrics to a German pop-punk band, Wizo, come to mind.

Hello, do you remember me? I'm a song that you maybe
already heard from anybody else

They took some other melody But it's still what it used to be
Those same old boring three chords and a stupid melody

There comes a middle part, this part will break my heart
'cause I know that it used to be played so much better
than they play it right now

Hello, do you remember me? I'm a song that used to be
already played by anybody else

They changed some of the melody, but it's still
what it's always been
The same old boring three chords and a stupid melody

There comes the middle part this part's gonna break my heart
'cause I know that it used to be played so much better
than they play it right now

Hello, do you remember me? I'm a song you definitely heard
already a hundred times before

They stole some other melody but it's still what it used to be
Those same old boring three chords and a stupid melody

There comes a middle part (again) this time it makes me fart
'cause I know that another band would play it so much better
than they play it right now