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"The Long Blondes are a 5-piece English indie rock band from Sheffield. They have a large underground following, with emphasis on their 'glamorous punk' image, as coined by front-woman Kate Jackson. Jackson was featured in The Guardian's style section and the NME cool list, moving from 36 in 2005 to 7 in 2006. When questioned about her place in the NME list by The Guardian, Jackson remarked 'Probably because they didn't have enough girls. It was so overrun with boring boys, they needed someone to bring a touch of glamour.'
The Long Blondes' songs reflect a number of influences, including 60's pop, Buzzcocks, The Ramones, post-punk and New Wave. Traces of work by another Sheffield band, Pulp can also be seen in their recordings, their debut album was indeed produced by Steve Mackey, bassist of Pulp. The prominence of these various influences varies from song to song. Jackson's vocals have been compared to Ari Up of The Slits, Deborah Harry of Blondie and those of Au Pairs. Dorian Cox's backing vocals are also very similar to those of Jarvis Cocker. The music features angular guitars and prominent bass guitar lines. However, the band themselves claim somewhat more eclectic influences than their sound suggests, citing Burt Bacharach, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Chinn and Chapman, and Stock, Aitken and Waterman as influences. The band gained notoriety early on in their career for their bold proclamation 'We do not listen to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors or Bob Dylan. We chose an instrument each and learnt to play it.' This quote was first published on their website, and was seen as a comment on the derivative nature of the contemporary music scene."
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