As I've said, compare Sven and Capello with their english counterparts and predecessors.

And Asbury comes off as positively multicultural when you compare him with his peers and immediate predecessors, like Riis, who was openly revolted by what he perceived as greedy Jews, opium-peddling Chinese and other unwashed hordes who had floated up to America's shores.

Reviews compare the band's sound with predecessors as diverse as Wire, Hüsker Dü, and Lou Reed, and several mark the similarity of Martsch's voice to Neil Young's.