Here we go again...

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Sorry, klfboy. I was there with you right up until you mentioned Denis Leary.

We live in a world where Bill Hicks lies dead in the ground. Denis Leary copies his style and routines (sometimes word for word) and not ONE FUCKING BULLET! Explain THAT to me God!!!

Leary was to Hicks what Scooter are to the KLF. End of story.

I think Leary also stole from Kinison, too.

And Hicks stole from Kinison too (although, they were friends, so the line is a bit blurred - Hicks, however, hated Leary). Well, klfboy, sorry if I offended you - it WAS meant to be a sly dig at your rant, nothing more. But think of this ... you may not have had access to any Hicks or Leary back when they were touring (I'm lucky, you could buy their CDs in the local book shop/record shop when I was young) but then, how many Scooter fans will have access/knowledge of old KLF tracks or the KLF mythology? For some of them, 1990/1991 was probably before they were even born (scary thought I know) and some are probably just not interested in very old (and slow) dance records. You can't tell if something's a rip-off if you don't know WHAT they're ripping-off. Maybe a KLF greatest hits would finally tell people what Scooter are copying. I remember back in 2003 teaching a lot of 12/13 year olds, who were all big Scooter fans (let's be honest, that's a pretty normal age for their fan base, I would think) and I played them a few old KLF tracks on my last day - and they were ... well, not amazed as such, but they were certainly intrigued. I don't think it stopped them liking Scooter, but it maybe made them think a bit more (after all, what else is a teacher meant to make them do?) John