While Ms. O'Connor's five-member band imitated her recorded arrangements, her singing pushed further.

In a huge reversal British music was transformed from box-office poison to solid gold, and American bands would soon be imitating it.

At best, Urge Overkill's songs hark back to late-1960's Rolling Stones; at worst, the band imitates Peter Frampton or Boston without improving on its sources.

Metal rock videos are sometimes featured on late-night television, and many Soviet bands imitate the genre.

The bands who followed this naming trend also imitated Discharge's logo.

They laughed in short, stony spasms, while a scruffy-looking band imitated Kenny Loggins singing "Back to Georgia."

Several bands such as J-Rocks, Geisha, Daishi and Indonesian boyband are imitating the style of Japan and Korea pop culture.

But all the bands they imitated have better melodies and lyrics.

Many earlier bands copied or imitated this music-a trend that continues.

But the band doesn't simply imitate; instead, it brings together seemingly contradictory instrumentation and sounds.