Not on purpose. I try to completely destroy my influences. And I've done a few things that I can almost gurantee no one's ever done before, or at least no one that anyone (including myself) will ever know about. As far as music goes, I invented "egrind"/"cybergrind" (along with SMES and Libido Airbag) with one of my first bands. I think I've done some pretty new things.. I try to at least... I mean, I'm pretty well-versed when it comes to the kind of stuff I'm into and I consciously try to avoid imitating what's been done before. I don't like homages and shit. But just by existing at all, you're probably going to do some things that have already been done. Still, find me a 40 minute "movie" about friendship completely done in MSPaint and with a webcam with a soundtrack made mostly from pitchshifted fart sounds (literally) and I'll eat my words. Haha.
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