Australian Crawl Unpublished Critics Vs G'N'R Sweet Child

[BootyDaddy69]

Take a listen to this song from 1981, Did Guns rip it off???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA2P-0D2yds

[BernieTaupson]

Had anyone in LA heard of Australian Crawl in 1986?

[BernieTaupson]

Speaking to Radio.com about the controversy, McKagan seems startled by the similarities. "A friend of mine just sent me that video. It is pretty stunning," he admits. "But we didn't steal it from them! I swear [puts his hand on his heart], I never heard that song until a couple of days ago."
McKagan also asked "How is that just coming out now?", to which we'd reply, "through the power of the Internet."

[BritniTaiste]

They were fans of Rose Tattoo…maybe checked out other Australian rock.

[Spongie]

Who else had to read that thread title 3 times?

[Psychobolia.com]

Wow, this is great lawsuit material, might make a man down under rich.

[Tommy]

Eh

[Engine13]

Thought this thread had to do with the breakdance Olympics.

[Wild Obsession]

Wow, this is great lawsuit material, might make a man down under rich.

I guarantee James Reyne (frontman of Australian Crawl and one of the two writers on "Unpublished Critics") has tried this already. He's notoriously litigious here in Australia.

I assume that's Australian for "a fucking asshole"?

[EzyRider]

Had anyone in LA heard of Australian Crawl in 1986?

No one anywhere has heard of them ever

The syncopation is similar, but c'mon man!

[keyofgee]

axl worked at a record store before GNR. they sold imports. He had to have heard it. You can basically put the songs on top of each other and its the same chords and movements, break down and vocal phrasing other than Slash's intro. The lead singer of UC said before its real close to his song but he doesn't have axle's money to sue him so its a compliment.

[FreddyFender]

Lawsuit.... for what?

It's a 5-4-1 in D.

You can't sue someone for writing a 5-4-1 with a similar rhythm part.

[rubysdad]

Had anyone in LA heard of Australian Crawl in 1986?

No one anywhere has heard of them ever

The syncopation is similar, but c'mon man!

They were, and still are much loved down here.
Never saw them, I was not quite old enough for pub gigs when they were around.
They had some great tunes though.
The guitarist died unexpectedly, cancer I think, and they broke up.

[aznsquirt]

Lawsuit.... for what?

It's a 5-4-1 in D.

You can't sue someone for writing a 5-4-1 with a similar rhythm part.

And here I am over here singing Summer of 69 over it. Well, for a couple of seconds, anyway.