When one thinks of rock and roll there is a whole list of adjectives to describe a band. The groups can go from laid back to an in your face, ultra loud show of shows. There are many differences in rock bands and none is greater than the deviation between Oasis and Dave Matthews Band. From upbringing to influences, the differences are represented in the music and those who live for it. They might be under the same category but there are very few comparisons that are so far apart.

Oasis is the foremost representative of a working class band. Their hometown of Manchester, England is a tough town of industry. The people are known for they're hard work and even harder partying. In contrast, Dave Matthews was raised on a South Afric

an estate as the son of an ambassador. His hometown was full of proper English families, most being from aristocracy. The members of Oasis tell of their early drug days, shop lifting, and hard partying. Drugs were a major part of the bands early years and so was hard, ear blasting rock and roll. Matthews once criticized this behavior by Oasis as he proclaimed his own virginity in the drug world. In typical Oasis fashion, Matthews was dismissed with swear words and the raising of a certain finger.

Overall, the difference between the two is more than clothing or lights. It is about the music and about the people who flock for it by the masses. Each band's sound seems to reflect on the personalities of its devout followers. Whether it's a preppy, beer chugging, frat pledg

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