Dear DU Brothers and Sisters, calimary needs a little help. UPDATE AND MORE THANK YOUs!!!

[calimary]

83. Thank you!!!

Their sound has grown and evolved as they've grown, themselves. Last time they had a popular record, lots of people thought it sounded a lot like Jane's Addiction - which was funny because we didn't know a lot about Jane's Addiction back when we were playing our rock music in the car for both kids. When the band was getting started, Michael was a HUGE Green Day fan, and a lot of what he wrote did sound a lot like Billie Joe Armstrong. Michael found Green Day himself and introduced them to US, instead of it being us introducing him to some band. He even looked a little bit like Billie Joe Armstrong. People would comment on that, too.

Lately, though, with this album, we're not getting as much of the flat-out "that sounds just like so-n-so" anymore. There are always reminders of other stuff - like what you have expressed. I'll have to check out Finger Eleven. Subtle influences are everywhere. But no more sound-alikes. They've finally begun to develop their own sound! Everybody I've met along this path is influenced by the other bands they like - either famous bands or bands they grew up listening to, or local bands they like or other mid-level bands they've made friends with on tour.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU drmeow!