I think now, more than anytime I can remember, bands are sounding pretty similar whether they're English or American, from Manchester or London... or Leeds or Welsh or Irish.
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There's a focus that hasn't been there for ages and ages and some American bands are sounding quite English like they did in the late 70s and early 80s.
At the time, we thought it was a nice way to say something unique about the group to make us different from all the other bands kicking around in London.
So many of the bands that influenced me growing up were English, even if I didn't realise it. English pop ruled the world in the '80s!
In Ireland, it's been like U2 and The Cranberries, which is rock, but you know they're Irish.
I love British bands.
This kind of music was just hitting England, so we were getting this following in clubs in Birmingham just cause we were trying to do something different.
When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.
I guess something that I've noticed from American acts who had success in touring is more of an explanation as to their music. Which is I think quite funny. I think British acts might like to leave more to the imagination - maybe a bit more obscure perhaps - a bit more shy.
You know Manchester is always a bit of a hard place for people coming from London, just with all the history. Manchester has this immensely huge and healthy history musically.
It's funny because if you ever ask anyone in England to try and do a Beatles accent, no one knows what they really sound like. If you ask anyone in America, they would try and give it a go. English people just know their songs.
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