Guns NāRoses PlagiarizedĀ āSweet Child OāMineā?
According to NME Ā recently, Australian music website MAX TV highlighted the similarities Between the iconic track by Guns Nā Roses and āUnpublished Criticsā by Australian Crawl. Max TV have since deleted the post. In the post they did say, [āUnpublished Criticsā has] the same chugging chord progression, a similarity-sweeping lead break, The verse melody, and elongated one-syllable vocal in the chorus.ā
āUnpublished Critics is taken from the bandās album, Sirocco, which was released six years before Sweet Child Oā Mineā.Ā āBoth were released via Geffen Records.
The bands lead singer, James Renye, told Daily Mail itāsĀ ānot inconceivableāthat Guns NāRoses heard the song first. He added though that Ćām not about to take on the might of the Guns NāRoses Lawyers.
My personal thought on this is why is this just coming out? Wouldnāt it have been noticeable to the band and listeners of the similarities? Check out the songs below and tell me what you think. Do you hear the similarities? Iāve gotta say they do sound alike.
Austrailan Crawl - Unpublished Critcs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxqreCG0htQ
Guns Nā Roses - Sweet Child Oā Mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4
I own none of the music or the videos. So donāt try and sue me and shit. Thanks.