I really dont have a dog in this fight. Music, and rock specifically, is a bastard child. Very few musicians can be considered original and innovative. Every aspiring musician has their inspirations that can be seen even into their "original" pieces. How many American black blues musicians have inspired greats such as Clapton, Hendrix, Page, etc? Instead, they followed Blind Dog Fulton's advice: Take the music farther than where you found it.