Thanks a lot Lorenz. My Stones-pal Magnus (on his way to a bikers meeting in Småland - High Chaparall) loves the Copters:
I agree with you that they could be liked by the Stones fans - could be a Number 2-band for many even.
On my own list the Copters would land way above the Hives (whose videomaker the same Magnus knows fairly well) or the Strokes.
The domestic media may have made a Bigtime thing of the Copter´s rock'n'roll mythical habits like drinkin from Jack Daniels bottles etc.
Otherwise my tiny Copters-problems can maybe be related to such details as Nicke´s new hat... Hate hats on rock bands heads! ...Ok, Keith´s got one now, but that´s too close to the boundary... And the man is 61... Nicke is 32. Weird that the bassist has exactly the same name as my favourite guitarist : Kenny Håkansson; "K.H. the Older" was born in 1945, and "K.H the younger" in 1972... I 'guess' - even if he h a s opened for the Stones - the younger fellow hasnt been doing long jam sessions for open record with Jimi Hendrix though...
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www.hellacopters.com] ...Listenin to "No Angel To Lay Me Away" while writin´ & what comes into mind is Blue Öyster Cult ( a lot), Free (less) and not so little Lynyrd Skynyrd... Didnt know they´ve got so heavy. Growin´old these blokes. Too.