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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
But this is where "having an impact" and "being ground breaking" are two completely different things. They simply streamlined several genres into one that sounds essentially like the cleaned up version of those genres. They didn't innovate in any way, they simply made music similar to others but cleaner and with a couple more hooks. They streamlined a sound, they didn't break ground on anything new whatsoever. Did they have an impact? Only if record sales are the basis of impact. And if that's the basis of impact, you have to say NSYNC is more impactful to music than Judas Priest. Ummm, no.
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I would agree with everything but your last sentence. If LP only stream lined and mixed genres into something different, wouldn't Judas Preist fall into the same category of mixing operatic rock with heavy metal? Does that diminish their overall impact or quality? I don't think so. Everyone is constantly improving and mixing stuff from what they heard before, that's how music evolves. That's how Delta blues turns into Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry and then into Rolling Stones and Beatles and then into Zeppelin and Sabbath and so on. Some evolutions are good and some are bad. I don't know how much of an impact LP had at all on the music industry, but I don't think you can say that they didn't come up with something different. You could say it was similar to Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach or Korn, but I honestly don't think that's accurate as I personally see quite a few differences between those bands. Some people might not see the difference between the Stones and Beatles, but people more educated on that type of music would obviously disagree.
And yes I would argue NSYNC (combined with Backstreet Boys) was more impactful to music than Judas Priest. Obviously not more impactful to evolution of the strain of music you personally enjoy, but to the industry as a whole, yes, boy bands had a massive impact on how the industry worked and what it promoted going forward. And again, the quality of that impact can definitely be debated, but I don't think the extent can.
Either way, this thread is about LP and I'm interested to see what they have done.