Is it okay to rip-off these bands' songs?

Me and the other band members in my band have talking, and we were originally thinking about ripping-off Puddle of Mudd. We now have been thinking about completely stealing the song structures from these bands’ classic hits.”

“You see, we want to be that band saves rock ‘n’ roll. We want to bring the genre out of its grave. We want to be the next Beatles, Led Zeppelin, or Nirvana. And to do that, we gotta be BIG. But to do that, we got to go HUGE.”

We feel if we steal these song structures, completely change the lyrics, and release and promote the hell out of them as singles, make big videos, we could be the biggest band in the world.

Here are the songs we want to rip-off:

1. With Or Without You – U2

2. Even Flow – Pearl Jam

3. All Star – Smash Mouth

4. Cherub Rock – The Smashing Pumpkins

5. Blurry – Nirvana

6. On a Plain – Nirvana

@tdsotmflta94: Don't think ripping off songs is right and if you're a professional band it can get you sued.

Don't be the Rob Liefeld of Rock and Roll......

Please do and get sued.

I'd love for you too.

P.S

Your band isnt going to be big at all

You can maybe take a little influence from some great songs. Analyse them and find out what you like about them, and write songs in a similar style. But just deliberately ripping things off is just lazy, wrong, and would probably get you sued.

Troll harder.

*police siren* TROLL ALERT. TROLL ALERT. *police siren*

You should use Eastern song scales and structures. The western world isn't very familiar with it so the songs are almost always considered catchy.

Most likely you wont make it out of your mom's garage, and no one likes a rip-off. If you are gonna try then do it right.

loltroll

The only rule with regards to rock n roll is do not alter Beatles songs. If you cover a Beatles song and change it for any reason, I will find you and kill you.

if you think that Smash Mouth is rock and roll then you've got problems

Troll aside, you can rip off whoever you want, but I swear to God, if you even touch a Pink Floyd song, and change it in any way, even just change one little line, words will not describe what I will do to you when I find you.

If you're first thought after you formed a band was "Let's rip off other bands, and become famous!" you should just give up.

LMFAO

TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

Hate to break it to you, but you're not gonna be the next Beatles... also I think you're trolling. Well done.