Did Social Distortion Rip Off Guns N Roses?

Motley Crue · 02-03-2010 07:40PM #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1mRREz8cNs

Social Distortion - Ball And Chain, 1990

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le1u6BTm0SQ

Guns N' Roses - Used To Love Her (Electric Version)

Listening to the opening riff of both these tracks, isn't it weird how they both sound similar. I mean, being released within quick succession of each other, I'm sure if there had been a genuine case of this song being ripped off then 'Uncle Axl' would've "got in the ring" but seriously, is it just me, or do they sound like the same song at the start....

Slash once stated used to love her was written by Izzy after an incident with an old dog Axl used to own....

Izzy also had major problems with the record industry, stating of his first solo album that they were so eager to release something after he left GNR that;
"Putting out a record and still not having signed a record contract. That's pretty amazing, right? Having a record out but no record deal - only in America! "It doesn't matter, just get this **** out!"

Star Bingo · 02-03-2010 08:31PM

nah.. basic melodies will often coincide. in this day n age most fretbaord paths have been well n truly gone down so its not really a prosucutable coincidence

-the real plagiarists in such cases are adverts, who'll mimic every note/sound in instrumentation, percussion.. but just fall a bar short of the song they are ripping off. or merely leave out the vocals!