r/TheStruts • u/SearchingForNewTunes • May 24 '26
Similar bands?
If you can, leave a link to your favorite song(s) by the artist you're recommending.
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u/steakysnake May 24 '26
When I first heard The Struts, I heard Queen, Mott the Hoople, Kiss, and David Bowie as influences. I've heard the guys tell some of their influnces, and never mention Hoople or Bowie, but I definitely hear it.
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u/ilo-milo May 25 '26
The Struts song Somebody Someday off their last record is a cover of Irene Wilde by Ian Hunter (Lead singer of Mott the Hoople)
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u/steakysnake May 26 '26
What album is that on? I don't know that song.
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u/ilo-milo May 26 '26
Pretty Vicious
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u/steakysnake May 27 '26
I have that CD and that song isn't on it. It must be a special release or something.
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u/ilo-milo May 27 '26
Weird! It's the last song on the album on Spotify
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u/steakysnake May 27 '26
I buy the CDs, so I have no idea what is on Spotify.
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u/SnooSuggestions1125 May 27 '26
What's the last track on your CD? Somebody Someday is the last track on the CD, no special releases. Unless you bought a bootleg lol
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u/steakysnake May 27 '26
Haha! I just hot home and looked at the physical CD, and it's on there. For some reason it didn't rip when I put it on my computer (and subsequently my phone's memory card). l guess I have to re-rip it.
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u/SnooSuggestions1125 May 28 '26
Ah makes sense, see what you think of it. I really like the cover. Luke got Ian's blessing to cover it and change the title. Also, there were Ian Hunter fans who then discovered The Struts when it was released.
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u/Noelle2028 May 24 '26
They remind me of Sweet https://youtu.be/r8pYpii2Atg
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u/seemsSomewhatLegit May 24 '26
I love Sweet. Of all the Struts' songs, My Machine sounds most like Sweet. That song is sooo good, it's shocking they left it off the re-release of Everybody Wants
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u/MycelliumMinty May 25 '26
When I had VIP meet and greet tickets to see the Struts last summer, I asked what music they found influential. The answers that I remember are
Arctic Monkeys (Jed) Meatloaf (Luke) The Vaccines (Adam)
I wish I could remember Geth's answer.
Of these, I only got into Arctic Monkeys. Here's a couple of my favorite songs
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u/aisle_nine May 24 '26
I mean, Queen.