5 Massive Bands Hated by Jimi Hendrix

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00:005 MASSIVE BANDS HATED BY JIMMY HENDRIX

00:03Number 5. Led Zeppelin

00:06Hendricks dismissed Led Zeppelin's take on the blues as inauthentic,

00:10famously quipping they borrowed the blues but forgot to return it.

00:14To him, Zeppelin's bombastic reinterpretation lacked the emotional grit

00:18and improvisational honesty that defined true blues.

00:22While Hendricks admired their musicianship,

00:24he viewed their sound as a polished imitation

00:26rather than a lived expression of the genre's roots.

00:30A reflection of rock's growing distance from its African-American origins.

00:34Number 4. Pink Floyd

00:36Hendricks once walked out during one of Pink Floyd's early shows at London's UFO club,

00:42reportedly calling their atmospheric experimentations interesting but unfocused.

00:47He appreciated their ambition but found their performances meandering and lacking direction.

00:51At the time, Floyd was deep into its avant-garde phase,

00:55more texture and noise than melody,

00:56which clashed with Hendricks's instinct for structure and emotional punch.

01:01His reaction captured a broader divide between psychedelic improvisation

01:05and the disciplined musicianship he championed.

01:08Number 3. The Monkees

01:10After just seven shows with The Monkees, Hendricks quit,

01:13reportedly dismissing their music as having nothing to say to me.

01:16While the band was built for pop hits and mass appeal,

01:19Hendricks sought deeper artistic expression and improvisational freedom.

01:24His brief stint highlighted the clash between commercial pop structures

01:27and his more experimental, soul-driven approach to music.

01:31Number 2. Jim Morrison

01:33Hendricks acknowledged The Doors' music but found Jim Morrison's poetic ambitions a bit much,

01:39reflecting a professional respect tinged with tension.

01:42While he admired their innovation and stage presence,

01:45Hendricks sometimes felt Morrison's theatrics overshadowed the music itself,

01:49revealing a dynamic of cautious appreciation mixed with critical distance.

01:54Number 1. Motown Bands

01:57Frustrated by Motown's rigid production methods,

02:00Hendricks found its rules too confining for real expression.

02:04The label's polished, formula-driven approach

02:06clashed with his freewheeling guitar style and improvisational instincts,

02:10highlighting the tension between commercial structure

02:13and his pursuit of authentic musical freedom.