Kreator mastermind Mille Petrozza chimed in on the whole Lana Del Rey ripping off Radiohead thing, telling UG interviewer David Slavković:
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“I think that’s ridiculous, it doesn’t sound anything like Radiohead. I mean, maybe with a lot of like imagination you can kind of like…
“Both are great songs, but I would never have associated it with that song. It’s an inspiration, maybe, if anything. It’s a totally different topic, totally different thing, and a totally different bridge and a totally different chorus.
“So I think these kinds of things are ridiculous. I mean, Exodus could sue us for ripping off ‘Strike of the Beast’ [on ‘Son of Evil’], Metallica could sue us for a lot of inspiration, but we never copy.
“I don’t think an artist like Lana Del Rey… they would maybe get inspired but would never copy anything. It’s just not cool. And to me, if I have a song title already I would Google the song title and if there’s another band that has the same song title I try with something different.
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“So I’m very paranoid when it comes to that. It’s getting very tight at this point because I’ve written like 150 songs so there might be some songs that have the same title, but I try to avoid it. I try to come up with my own stuff, and it’s getting harder and harder. But you have to work hard.”