Why Girls Aloud are actually one of the greatest GUITAR bands of the 00’s - a thread

Who can forget that sweet guitar intro to Love Machine?

Biology - possibly one of the greatest build ups to a chorus in the history of pop music? Proper banged on those maccies music player things

Intro to Sound of the Underground? Say no more.

Some Kind of Miracle provided more gentler, fuzzier guitar sounds - a hidden gem?

Only Nadine and co can get away with covering the legends that are Duran Duran for the final track on their debut album

Christmas covers? They’ve been, they’ve done that. This bop even made its way onto the coveted Now that’s what I call Xmas album. Not bad.

They even dipped their toes into grunge with the Nirvana-esque tones of We Wanna Party. It’s Girls Aloud so we’ll forgive them for the dodgy album art font.

Possibly the greatest ROCK collaboration of all times; an undeniable clash of titans. I’m not sure why this ever happened but I thank the lord everyday that it did.

Nile Rodgers? Is that you?

When asked about their early influences, Muse’s Matt Bellamy said: “It has to be Girls Aloud. The riffs in Wake Me Up are heavy and chaotic in equal measure. There’s a real sense of depth in their music, so we wanted that to resonate through ours.”

Who came before Arctic Monkeys? It was Girls Aloud of course...

This is a really good article from @ClebyB about their authenticity and how Girls Aloud stood out from the rest: https://medium.com/artmagazine/from-popstars-to-pop-rebels-how-girls-aloud-manufactured-authenticity-5873352fb238

YOU CANT TELL ME GIRLS ALOUD WERENT PART OF THE 00S INDIE GUITAR SCENE