I'm just discovering some of the new American bands. I've always liked American music, I liked Dead Kennedys, Husker Du, some of Bob Mould's later work, and I think I've been influenced vocally by American singers more than I have English singers, which is weird. I think it's because it sounds better. A lot of English bands sound terrible spoken, so I can't imagine them singing. It's considered elegant here to have a British accent.
People love our English accent here.
I went through a stage a few days ago when I was starting to get a little bit Americanized, but I pulled myself back a little bit when I realized that everyone likes the British gentleman. I recently saw a friend, who has been living here for a couple years, and he keeps it, but he drops into faux American for a few sentences which is really funny to hear. I hope it never happens to me. There are some British intruders in the states that go to England for the summer and come back with an accent and some British CDs. It's for the girls, even they do it though.