Rock songs that sound alike?

[Rutlefan]

The Damned's "Life Goes On" ends up as Nirvana's "Come As You Are"

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0tA4MvnlOY

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S24Fd49CjLY

 

 

And somewhere in between, Killing Joke plays "Eighties"

 

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

 

Back in '91 I'm sitting in a bar in Sasebo Japan and Nirvana's Nevermind was being played front to back. Though I had heard Smells Like Teen Spirit I hadn't heard the album as it was still pretty new. When Come As You Are started playing I commented to my friend that it was Killing Joke's Eighties riff. Nirvana even had to settle with KJ later. I wasn't aware of the The Damned tune though. If I were Nirvana I would have told KJ to take a hike and point to The Damned track, which is fantastic!; I can't believe I'd never heard it before. I'll have to check out more of The Damned. They're already behind one of my favorite songs from the era, In Dulce Decorum:

 

Edited May 28, 2019 by Rutlefan

[Rutlefan]

^ A good article on the subject.

 

Pretty cool: