What are some of the worst rip-offs in music?

[CommonCriminal]

Thread title explains all.

I'll start.

Green Day's 21 Guns rips off Electric Light Orchestra's Telephone Line. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIQs8wsm6ls&NR=1)

[Alright_Computer]

Green Day's Brain Stew vs. Chicago's 25 or 6 to 4.

It's even in the same key. All Green Day did was add some distortion. Really?

[elfreako]

Papa Roach ripping off Keane. Talk about suckage overdose.

[CommonCriminal]

Papa Roach ripping off Keane. Talk about suckage overdose.

song?

[back_blows]

All of Creed's clones.

[Soror_YZBL]

All of Creed's clones.

Creed's a clone of bush, who's a clone of pearl jam. anyone who wants to sound like creed might as well sound like grocery store vodka, that's how diluted it is.

[Cubecubed]

this is a stupid topic.Everybody rips off of everybody thats how it has always happened.Its really easy to steal Chord progression,my friend was writing a guitar part for a song a couple weeks ago, and then he realized he was ripping off a Poison Song,of all bands.

[Cubecubed]

Thread title explains all.

I'll start.

Green Day's 21 Guns rips off Electric Light Orchestra's Telephone Line. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIQs8wsm6ls&NR=1)

that is literally the most basic song composition ever,so one band doesnt get credit for thinking of a VERY simple riff.

[MrFruitLord]

Green Day's Boulevard of Broken Dreams ripping off Oasis' Wonderwall. I'm starting to notice a trend here...

[warthogdb]

that is literally the most basic song composition ever,so one band doesnt get credit for thinking of a VERY simple riff.

Yeah, I think that there is a difference between "ripping off" and "kinda sounding like."

[JukeBoxHero]

Green Day's Brain Stew vs. Chicago's 25 or 6 to 4.

It's even in the same key. All Green Day did was add some distortion. Really?

I don't know if they ripped it off, but I listen to it the first time today since I need to learn it for another band I'm in. Wow, the song is very lacking, good thing is that the bass line will be easy to learn by ear.

[Cubecubed]

I don't know if they ripped it off, but I listen to it the first time today since I need to learn it for another band I'm in. Wow, the song is very lacking, good thing is that the bass line will be easy to learn by ear.

Insomniac showed a real lack of creativity on their part,tbh.I think its one of their worst albums.

[Alright_Computer]

I don't know if they ripped it off, but I listen to it the first time today since I need to learn it for another band I'm in. Wow, the song is very lacking, good thing is that the bass line will be easy to learn by ear.

It's the same exact notes. Maybe not intentionally ripped off (though it very well could be), but with a song as popular as 25 or 6 to 4, I'm willing to bet that Green Day had at least heard it and then used it in a song subconsciously. It happens to the best of musicians, though, even George Harrison.

[Rockbandfan23467]

N B 4 Zeppelin.

[Cubecubed]

It's the same exact notes. Maybe not intentionally ripped off (though it very well could be), but with a song as popular as 25 or 6 to 4, I'm willing to bet that Green Day had at least heard it and then used it in a song subconsciously. It happens to the best of musicians, though, even George Harrison.

Zeppelin was infamous for ripping off of other bands/artists.

[Cubecubed]

n b 4 zeppelin.

lol

[Lolicat]

N B 4 Zeppelin.

ZEPPELIN!

But really, don't care if something's a rip off if it's good. If someone 'rips off' another band, but their song is better in my opinion, the 'original' doesn't matter. The problem with the listed songs previously are that the music is just crap, not that it's a 'rip off.'

[JukeBoxHero]

It's the same exact notes. Maybe not intentionally ripped off (though it very well could be), but with a song as popular as 25 or 6 to 4, I'm willing to bet that Green Day had at least heard it and then used it in a song subconsciously. It happens to the best of musicians, though, even George Harrison.

I could tell that the riff at the opening is somewhat the same in terms of the chord progression. Green Day used a slightly different rhythm for the progression. I'm thinking they didn't mean to rip it off. Although Brain Stew is quite one of the most boring songs I've heard yet.

Cubecubed:Hmm, how are the other songs on the album in comparison to Brain Stew?

[Cubecubed]

I could tell that the riff at the opening is somewhat the same in terms of the chord progression. Green Day used a slightly different rhythm for the progression. I'm thinking they didn't mean to rip it off. Although Brain Stew is quite one of the most boring songs I've heard yet.

Cubecubed:Hmm, how are the other songs on the album in comparison to Brain Stew?

Well Bass Wise,Panic Song is fantastic.Only a couple other on that album i really like:Geek Stink Breath,Armatage Shanks,Walking Contradiction,Jaded,and No Pride. But Panic Song is my Favorite on the Album.

[JukeBoxHero]

Well Bass Wise,Panic Song is fantastic.Only a couple other on that album i really like:Geek Stink Breath,Armatage Shanks,Walking Contradiction,Jaded,and No Pride. But Panic Song is my Favorite on the Album.

Ah, I might check it out later or some other Green Day albums so I can see if I can make my band mates switched the song out for something cooler. :D

[Hastyl3]

Papa Roach ripped of Genghis Khan by Iron Maiden.

[instantdeath999]

Ah, I might check it out later or some other Green Day albums so I can see if I can make my band mates switched the song out for something cooler. :D

Don't know much about it, but I know Brain Stew normally syncs into another, faster song.

[ArmsAreLoud]

I'm still under the impression that the vast majority of bands didn't realize they were, as you say, "ripping off" of a previous song.

[instantdeath999]

Mimicry is the most sincere form of flattery.

[Gowienczyk]

Green Day's 'Warning' uses the 'Lola' arrangement if memory serves me right. Using an arrangement does not make it a rip, guys.

[voodoo618]

Crooked X - Nightmare

Iron Maiden - Wasted Years

[BlackwaterPark]

Nickelback, when they ripped off "How You Remind Me" to make "Someday," and then ripped off "Someday" to make "Savin' Me."

[DrewLee865]

I haven't looked through the thread but Led Zeppelin copied or "were inspired by" tons of blues songs.

[RainbowMist]

Speaking of Green Day, what song is "Last Night on Earth" from the new album ripping off? It sounds really familiar.

[iwolfe]

There is no such thing as "ripping off" in music. Taking someone else's idea and using it differently is just another form of creativity, while taking someone else's idea and using it in the same way can be considered a tribute to the original.

[CycoMiko138]

Here are a few:

Judas Priest's Revolution (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkh-Fy4-y4E) rips off the main riff to Mountain Song by Jane's Addiction (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-48LcbV8_dg)

Behemoth's Conquer All (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38j-i8jH7xk) rips off the main riff to Be All, End All by Anthrax (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6DtK0rpX0Y)

Twist of Cain by Danzig (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLFVfOCSWgw) rips off the main riff to In My Time of Dying by Led Zeppelin (http://www.myvideo.de/watch/3779678/Pt_1_LED_ZEPPELIN_live_1975_In_My_Time_Of_Dying)

[My name is Fez]

I finally got off my ass and listened to Stratovarius.

Sonata Arctica rips them off so bad it's not even funny. Not any specific song, just in general.

Take Stratovarius, add in a couple gallons of water, and voila! Sonata Arctica is born.

[Gatorguy91]

The Who - Overture

&

Bad Company - Feel Like Makin' Love.

[Idiostock]

Paying for Nickelback music

midoinitrong?

[cherokeesam]

Creed's a clone of bush, who's a clone of pearl jam. anyone who wants to sound like creed might as well sound like grocery store vodka, that's how diluted it is.

Thank you for my biggest laugh of the night. :)

Seriously....epic winnage, Soror

[thedaniel]

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4YtTxV7UAo) intro riff sounds really familiar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSfrwsoH8CY).

First is from 1998 second from 2004, for reference.

[Onslaught_fei]

I finally got off my ass and listened to Stratovarius.

Sonata Arctica rips them off so bad it's not even funny. Not any specific song, just in general.

Take Stratovarius, add in a couple gallons of water, and voila! Sonata Arctica is born.

Fezatron my lord! I have bad news. The Harmobots' modbot combiners have destroyed our tags in your name! The History of Rockticons are in grave danger!

[Runesmith]

Here are a few:

Judas Priest's Revolution (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkh-Fy4-y4E) rips off the main riff to Mountain Song by Jane's Addiction (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-48LcbV8_dg)


Holy...I swear they could be brothers.

I add two songs to the equation:

The repeated guitar riff/melody during some of the verses and the chorus in Incubus' Megalomaniac (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFnnV595byE) sounds like the chorus in Devo's Freedom of Choice (Best video I could find, sadly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJLNbZM5o8U)

The Hives' Walk Idiot Walk has a main guitar riff similar to Devo's Girl U Want: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ecLjsdHAKk

And everyone knows about the similarity between The Strokes' Last Night and Tom Petty's American Girl.

[MrFruitLord]

Fezatron my lord! I have bad news. The Harmobots' modbot combiners have destroyed our tags in your name! The History of Rockticons are in grave danger!

They have? My life no longer has meaning.

[Darkness34456]

Speaking of Boulevard of broken dreams sounding like Wonderwall.

Taken from Wikipedia
The verse to Wonderwall is built on a I-III-VII-IV minor progression which several other songs have used. These include Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day, U2's Electrical Storm, Justin Timberlake's What Goes Around...Comes Around and Oasis's first single from Be Here Now, "D'You Know What I Mean?". Wonderwall was later featured in the popular mashup Boulevard of Broken Songs, which also contained parts of both Travis's Writing to Reach You and Boulevard of Broken Dreams. In late 2006, Gallagher accused Green Day of "ripping off" Wonderwall, saying "If you listen, you'll find it is exactly the same arrangement as Wonderwall. They should have the decency to wait until I am dead before stealing my songs. I, at least, pay the people I steal from, that is courtesy". However, the same chord progression was previously used in the choruses of Alive by Pearl Jam and Man in the Box by Alice In Chains.

This Mashup of Wonderwall and Boulevard of broken dreams can be found here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES2NGj_fYjs

[chumsicles]

Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Dani Canfornia" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Gd4tEXLao) sounds a lot like the verses of Tom Petty's "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdTYcnUBADw)


There is no such thing as "ripping off" in music.


this is a stupid topic.Everybody rips off of everybody thats how it has always happened.Its really easy to steal Chord progression,my friend was writing a guitar part for a song a couple weeks ago, and then he realized he was ripping off a Poison Song,of all bands.

These two statements are so blatantly incorrect that it's giving me brain cramps

[DerTommissar]

Stop, collaborate and listen....

[Ultimatum]

http://www.ytmnd.com/search?q=riff+rip-offs&o=|1|

An entire collection of riffs used in Metal and Rock, whether they are rips or coincidences are up in the air. I personally found the BOC vs Arch Enemy one to be absolutely hilarious.

[b4nny]

http://www.ytmnd.com/search?q=riff+rip-offs&o=|1|

An entire collection of riffs used in Metal and Rock, whether they are rips or coincidences are up in the air. I personally found the BOC vs Arch Enemy one to be absolutely hilarious.
I find this one (http://riffripoffs63.ytmnd.com) rather interesting..

[neckermanncj]

the begining of "What A Wonderful World" by Joey Ramone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh1CI5sOh7A) sounds a lot like the begining of "I'm So Bored With The U.S.A." by The Clash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_UN2tweVZw)

[Cubecubed]

Speaking of Boulevard of broken dreams sounding like Wonderwall.

Taken from Wikipedia
The verse to Wonderwall is built on a I-III-VII-IV minor progression which several other songs have used. These include Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day, U2's Electrical Storm, Justin Timberlake's What Goes Around...Comes Around and Oasis's first single from Be Here Now, "D'You Know What I Mean?". Wonderwall was later featured in the popular mashup Boulevard of Broken Songs, which also contained parts of both Travis's Writing to Reach You and Boulevard of Broken Dreams. In late 2006, Gallagher accused Green Day of "ripping off" Wonderwall, saying "If you listen, you'll find it is exactly the same arrangement as Wonderwall. They should have the decency to wait until I am dead before stealing my songs. I, at least, pay the people I steal from, that is courtesy". However, the same chord progression was previously used in the choruses of Alive by Pearl Jam and Man in the Box by Alice In Chains.

This Mashup of Wonderwall and Boulevard of broken dreams can be found here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES2NGj_fYjs
The Gallagher Brothers are both idiots,so take everything they say with a grain of salt.They would love to have you believe that the The Beatles ripped them off.

[Cubecubed]

These two statements are so blatantly incorrect that it's giving me brain cramps
as a musician i know how easy it is to accidentally copy another bands riff or fill or whatever,so i generally don't get too upset with bands for doing that.

[Alright_Computer]

The Gallagher Brothers are both idiots,so take everything they say with a grain of salt.They would love to have you believe that the The Beatles ripped them off.

Yeah, that chord progression had been around long before the Gallagher brothers came around. All they did was make a few of the chords sustained. If anyone's going to accuse Green Day of copying that progression, it should have been Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains.

[JerryBrudos]

Here are a few:

Judas Priest's Revolution (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkh-Fy4-y4E) rips off the main riff to Mountain Song by Jane's Addiction (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-48LcbV8_dg)

Behemoth's Conquer All (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38j-i8jH7xk) rips off the main riff to Be All, End All by Anthrax (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6DtK0rpX0Y)

Twist of Cain by Danzig (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLFVfOCSWgw) rips off the main riff to In My Time of Dying by Led Zeppelin (http://www.myvideo.de/watch/3779678/Pt_1_LED_ZEPPELIN_live_1975_In_My_Time_Of_Dying)

but then mountain song sounds like victim of changes so I guess its even?

[dabears116]

Surprised no one said this one:

Lamb of God's Laid To Rest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOWB6rmSd4I) rips off Testament's Into The Pit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q3DqqV66Sc).

General rip-offs:
Melodic metalcore ripping off At The Gates
(A large amount of) Brutal death metal ripping off Suffocation.
(A very large amount of) "thrashback" bands ripping off 86-90 era Slayer and Nuclear Assault.

[Quinarvy]

Ok, most of the times "rip offs" are subconciously and unintentionally done.

Also, for me to consider something it be a ripoff, a majority of the song has to be ripped.

Examples:
Viva La Vida - If I Could Fly
Nightmare (Crooked X) - Wasted Years/N.I.B.

[My name is Fez]

I remembered one:

Aiden's "We Sleep Forever" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbkZ5nWGk8I

Rips off AFI's "Girl's Not Grey" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d5WlUR1T3k

Well, sort of. Aiden kind of has a habit of following AFI closely enough to have their head stuck up Davey Havok's ass stylistically, and this is the best example.

[Lolicat]

Albums.


Price is ridiculous nowadays amirite ololol

[MrFruitLord]

Albums.


Price is ridiculous nowadays amirite ololol

This made me laugh.

[Lolicat]

This made me laugh.

Sometimes though, I look at the price of non-chart CDs and just wonder what the **** went wrong.

[macamatic]

General rip-offs:
Melodic metalcore ripping off At The Gates
(A large amount of) Brutal death metal ripping off Suffocation.
(A very large amount of) "thrashback" bands ripping off 86-90 era Slayer and Nuclear Assault.
Evidence?

[killer_roach]

Dream Theater's "The Great Debate" heavily borrows from Tool's "Forty-Six And Two", but that's more homage than complete ripoff.

[CHOFF09]

the offspring ripped off the beatles
the beatles - ob-la-di ob-la-da
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXVkFTUdRzM
the offspring - why dont you get a job
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqHkuHy39eA
once it goes to the chorus its obvious
"lala how life goes on"
"now now why dont you get a job" ????

the offspring also ripped off the kinks i feel.
hammerhead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_M7di3tbEE
at 2:38 the bass line and guitar that comes in sounds very similar to the kinks all day and all of the night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMWNwHof0kc

[InsanerTaco]

the offspring ripped off the beatles
the beatles - ob-la-di ob-la-da
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXVkFTUdRzM
the offspring - why dont you get a job
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqHkuHy39eA
once it goes to the chorus its obvious
"lala how life goes on"
"now now why dont you get a job" ????

the offspring also ripped off the kinks i feel.
hammerhead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_M7di3tbEE
at 2:38 the bass line and guitar that comes in sounds very similar to the kinks all day and all of the night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMWNwHof0kc

The Offspring purposely did that with Why Don't You Get a Job as a joke. They weren't trying to rip them off. And I don't know with Hammerhead. Maybe they did, maybe they didn't.

[Ultimatum]

I find this one (http://riffripoffs63.ytmnd.com) rather interesting..

That one made me really laugh when I first heard it.

[DethTung]

the offspring also ripped off the kinks i feel.
hammerhead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_M7di3tbEE
at 2:38 the bass line and guitar that comes in sounds very similar to the kinks all day and all of the night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMWNwHof0kc

EVERYBODY rips off All Day and All of the Night. That might be one of the most common riffs in rock.

[XTommyDonX]

Anything Led Zeppelin has done.

Go look the comparisons up on Youtube. It's honestly amazing how much those are rip-offs of older blues artists. I don't mean "sounding-like" either. Just listen.

[FatFreeDoritos]

Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Pride and Joy" ripping off Stevie Ray Vaughn's "I'm Cryin'".

[Quinarvy]

Anything Led Zeppelin has done.

Go look the comparisons up on Youtube. It's honestly amazing how much those are rip-offs of older blues artists. I don't mean "sounding-like" either. Just listen.

Yes, everything Led Zeppelin's done. Everything.

[iwolfe]

That one made me really laugh when I first heard it.

Just browsing through that site, the funniest I found was this one:
http://moreriffripoffs8.ytmnd.com/

It's freakin' quarter notes on the bass! Last I checked that wasn't copyrighted...:p

[synthesizedpiano]

I find it weird that in popular genres of music its considered "ripping off" when classical composers reference each other all the time. It's a little different in that it's always conscious, where in popular genres I think it's a mistake a lot, but still.

[Ultimatum]

Just browsing through that site, the funniest I found was this one:
http://moreriffripoffs8.ytmnd.com/

It's freakin' quarter notes on the bass! Last I checked that wasn't copyrighted...:p

Oh wow that is hysterical.

[Quinarvy]

Just browsing through that site, the funniest I found was this one:
http://moreriffripoffs8.ytmnd.com/

It's freakin' quarter notes on the bass! Last I checked that wasn't copyrighted...:p

OH NOES!

Bass notes! In the most simplistic rhythm ever!

[afterstasis]

haha! that "ripoff" reminds me of practically every song from the first few arab strap albums... just bass drum half-notes on a drum machine throughout every song...

ARAB STRAP IS SUCH DOOM METALZ!

[Runesmith]

I find it weird that in popular genres of music its considered "ripping off" when classical composers reference each other all the time. It's a little different in that it's always conscious, where in popular genres I think it's a mistake a lot, but still.

Very true. I usually prefer the words "borrow" or "coincidental sound-alike" to "rip-off", especially when the song puts a refreshing spin on the tune it sounds similar to.

I'm having a bit of a brain lapse here, but I seem to recall Handel referencing Mozart a lot...or I could just be mixing my composers up. Really should study my classical music a lot more.

[killer_roach]

Very true. I usually prefer the words "borrow" or "coincidental sound-alike" to "rip-off", especially when the song puts a refreshing spin on the tune it sounds similar to.

I'm having a bit of a brain lapse here, but I seem to recall Handel referencing Mozart a lot...or I could just be mixing my composers up. Really should study my classical music a lot more.

Yeah... although there's a bit of a difference between an homage and wholesale lifting of musical passages. The more I listen to stuff in the progressive genre, the more I see stuff that is obvious shout-outs to other artists (Glass Hammer's "Chronometree" album is deliberately full of them, and the last two songs off of Dream Theater's new album have some moments that are quite evocative of Rush)... but actual out and out rip-offs aren't really that common in the music I listen to.

[DeathMagnetic622]

In addition to the "Nickelback ripping off themselves" that someone else mentioned earlier in this thread:

Nickelback - "Throw Yourself Away" (http://www.wat.tv/video/nickelback-throw-yourself-away-17oh3_17od6_.html) blatantly stole the intro from Metallica - "The Unnamed Feeling". (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ZGzEYbBhs)

And even more Nickelback thievery!

Nickelback - "S.E.X." (jump ahead to :50 seconds in that video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHL9iCNPDvA) stole the lyric-setup from ....this. XD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfEfM-MnTGc)

[Lolicat]

In addition to the "Nickelback ripping off themselves" that someone else mentioned earlier in this thread:

Nickelback - "Throw Yourself Away" (http://www.wat.tv/video/nickelback-throw-yourself-away-17oh3_17od6_.html) blatantly stole the intro from Metallica - "The Unnamed Feeling". (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ZGzEYbBhs)


From now ITT: something has to be good first to be stolen, pfft.

[DeathMagnetic622]

From now ITT: something has to be good first to be stolen, pfft.

....I like Saint Ang-

*is shot*

[Rockbandfan23467]

....I like Saint Ang-

*is shot*

You should meet CrimsonSaint. He likes St. Anger too.

[Parodygm]

Probably a thin line between rip-off and homage...

How about Nirvana's "Come as You Are" being a rip-off of Killing Joke's "Eighties"?

[Ultimatum]

Kurt took that from a Pixies song, I'm pretty sure.

[Hungryfreak]

Kurt took that from a Pixies song, I'm pretty sure.

Didn't Kurt basically take all of his songs from the Pixies?

[Lolicat]

Didn't Kurt basically take all of his songs from the Pixies?

I lol'd.

Seriously though, the Killing Joke allegation was made by their frontman, was it not? I doubt many people would take the word of a guy who fled the apocalypse though.

[Parodygm]

Seems like a reasonable allegation to me. I've listened to both albums for years and the parallel is pretty clear, even if it was unintentional.

[SuperJerry]

definitely Coldplay's Viva La Vida ripping off Joe Satriani's If I Could Fly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tlrINyJch4 Satriani is a rock god who gets, in my mind, under-appreciated and this **** goes on.

Go Chickenfoot!

[mercury11]

Oasis

[mercury11]

Also listen to the beginning of fluff by Black Sabbath and then everybody Hurts by R.E.M.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0ukcKo5c2M - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pudOFG5X6uA

[ant423]

She Builds Quick Machines (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuzpeOZI6Fo) by Velvet Revolver sounds like Vertigo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhWZ7bpfQag) by U2.

Gavin Degraw's I Don't Wanna Be (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELvfMJoKDAk) (Main riff) pretty much ripped off Vasoline (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OSlj_J6CCQ) by STP.

Also, not necessarily a rip-off, but I used to get the intros of "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor and "Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks mixed up. :o

[Shredder87]

I remember I was looking at some tabs for Immortal's Pure Holocaust, and the dude mentioned ".....and here's the Darth Vader part..."

and yeah, it sounds almost like the first few notes in Darths theme.

[s1yfox]

Surprised no one said this one:

Lamb of God's Laid To Rest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOWB6rmSd4I) rips off Testament's Into The Pit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q3DqqV66Sc).



lmfao thats one of my favorite ones!!

lol Metallica Rips off pearl Jam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt9Zpu98wqA)

[b4nny]

Gavin Degraw's I Don't Wanna Be (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELvfMJoKDAk) (Main riff) pretty much ripped off Vasoline (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OSlj_J6CCQ) by STP.

See also: Intro to Can't Stop by RHCP (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1yZnvtObqY). Must be a common idea in music.

[Lolicat]

definitely Coldplay's Viva La Vida ripping off Joe Satriani's If I Could Fly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tlrINyJch4 Satriani is a rock god who gets, in my mind, under-appreciated and this **** goes on.

Go Chickenfoot!

Satriani is sh1te.

[Soror_YZBL]

Satriani is sh1te.

srsly. If anything, coldplay improved it, and I say this as a detester of coldplay.

[Lolicat]

srsly. If anything, coldplay improved it, and I say this as a detester of coldplay.

I didn't see what the problem was really, the songs were so stylistically different that any similarity between them hardly mattered. I mean, did Satriani seriously think the people listening to Coldplay were just as likely to have gone and bought his album had they known it was 'his' song really?

[neckermanncj]

apparently the ending of this new Muse song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvxS_bJ0yOU) is exactly the same as Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvxS_bJ0yOU)

[seriousbusson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAxUIjJrFKQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQvUBf5l7Vw

I rest my case.

[focused313]

every ummm "band" that ripped off songs from black artists back in the 50's and 60's.

[a_bull_on_parade]

Can I say that everything Musicaly has already been done? Smells like teen spirit the anthem of the 90's was a "rip" by this standard of Boston!

Honestly you can't sing anything original there's a song about it, Cant write any original music somebody has that riff in some form already. Drum Beats? Hell originality on the drums is impossible.........It's all been done

[WreackTheHavok]

Whatever My Chemical Romance does...

[afterstasis]

Can I say that everything Musicaly has already been done? Smells like teen spirit the anthem of the 90's was a "rip" by this standard of Boston!

Honestly you can't sing anything original there's a song about it, Cant write any original music somebody has that riff in some form already. Drum Beats? Hell originality on the drums is impossible.........It's all been done

i completely disagree.

[Hungryfreak]

Honestly you can't sing anything original there's a song about it, Cant write any original music somebody has that riff in some form already. Drum Beats? Hell originality on the drums is impossible.........It's all been done

Drums and general percussion are much more diverse than you think.

[Ultimatum]

Yeah, the capabilities of 4-way independence have barely been revealed so far. It's something that's only really been explored for the past 10 years or so, and then you have guys like Jojo Mayer taking Moeller to whole new extremes.

[citizenCERO]

kid rock's attempt on both werewolves of london and sweet home alabama...
that's one summer that needs to end, poserdouche.

[Elegy]

apparently the ending of this new Muse song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvxS_bJ0yOU) is exactly the same as Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvxS_bJ0yOU)

I'm not sure if you're being facetious or not, but I'm pretty sure Bellamy decided to cover that Chopin piece as the end.

[wcarnation]

Skinny Puppy - Dig It http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFgUV44TTpY

Nine Inch Nails - Down In It http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXtQhtSI_9I

[TEJC36]

Is it just me, or does Green Day's Horseshoes and Handgrenades sound a lot like The Hives' Main Offender?

Green Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGR8gW66iqY)

The Hives (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkqAhPCuULo)

[Idiostock]

Whatever My Chemical Romance does...

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