blasphemour All American 57594 Posts user info edit post |
the 10 bands/artists that have inspired your life style or changed you in any way. Bands/artists that have stood the test of time.
(ill have to give this deeper thought, but off the top of my head)
1. The Misfits/Samhain/Danzig 2. Elvis Presley 3. Dale Watson 4. Morrissey/The Smiths 5. Hank Williams III 6. Bad Brains 7. Into Another 8. Minor Threat 9. Three 6 Mafia 10. Dead Kennedys 11/24/2006 9:12:20 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
hell yeah...i'll give three 6 some love too 11/24/2006 9:14:39 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
Pixies The Beach Boys The Clash New Pornographers Chuck Berry Ramones The Rolling Stones Sonic Youth Sleater-Kinney The Funk Brothers 11/24/2006 9:32:48 PM |
blasphemour All American 57594 Posts user info edit post |
you should all be listing this band...
11/24/2006 9:36:28 PM |
Restricted All American 15537 Posts user info edit post |
Sike 11/24/2006 9:44:10 PM |
drhavoc All American 3759 Posts user info edit post |
in no order
Pink Floyd Rush Fugazi Frank Zappa Nick Cave The Pogues Kraftwerk The Who Tool Black Flag 11/24/2006 9:44:57 PM |
fjjackso All American 14538 Posts user info edit post |
oh yes slop on my knob is the most influencual song i've ever listened to 11/24/2006 9:50:14 PM |
blasphemour All American 57594 Posts user info edit post |
different things move different people in different ways. it must be awful to be so closed minded.
and i think i need to replace #10 with Social Distortion/Mike Ness 11/24/2006 9:53:03 PM |
khufu All American 2103 Posts user info edit post |
most influential (off the top of my head)
Zeppelin Sabbath Metallica Slayer Misfits Black Flag Neurosis Dinosaur Jr. Smiths Pennywise Social D. Bob Dylan Neil Young Hank Sr. Doc Watson Sunnt Day Real Estate
Shit that's more than ten; I can't fuckin do this.
[Edited on November 24, 2006 at 10:04 PM. Reason : er] 11/24/2006 10:04:04 PM |
NeedForReed All American 1415 Posts user info edit post |
I don't know if I can get to 10, but here is the list thus far.
Alli With An I The Scaries Between The Buried And Me Darkest Hour Lieutenant Dan
those are the only real "inspiring" ones off the top of my head.
Chuck Klosterman has some interesting commentary on all of this, but my memory eludes me at the moment.
[Edited on November 24, 2006 at 10:08 PM. Reason : ck] 11/24/2006 10:06:11 PM |
blasphemour All American 57594 Posts user info edit post |
mine are listed for different reasons. Such as 3-6...I dont see them as changing my life in a deep way, but because of them, i was opened up to a shit load of other artists. cds they guested on, guests they had on their releases, artists they released on their label, artists they produced for, DJs that released them, etc. 11/24/2006 10:08:39 PM |
NeedForReed All American 1415 Posts user info edit post |
the first show I ever went to was at ECU's Pirate Underground. I think I was either 15 or 16 at the time, and I was going to see my high school superheroes aka Alli With An I play there. Unforgettable performance that will always be with me. During the same night I was introduced to BTBAM with the original lineup and I had never heard anything of this nature. While I was in a band during high school I got to play with Alli as well as The Scaries in a skate park across from my house. They covered Master of Puppets but included Andrew WK references throughout. Darkest Hour stems from just loving their music from early on and seeing them play it live at Friction Fest in Greensboro at Somewhere Else Tavern. That night was hell on earth and it ruled hard. Lt Dan will forever hold a special place in my heart. 11/24/2006 10:14:09 PM |
blasphemour All American 57594 Posts user info edit post |
Ive always had a bad taste for Darkest Hour. In their early days they did a split 7" with my friends band, Groundzero, and it was awful. I know the line up, and style changed...but i could never give them a second chance. 11/24/2006 10:17:07 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
I remember playing a house show with All with an I once. It was this rich girl in Apex who went to high school with me, and they set up on a stage in the garden and we set up on the deck facing them and as our set ended we traded songs with them.
It was weird. 11/24/2006 10:17:27 PM |
plumturboeg6 Veteran 448 Posts user info edit post |
Jimi Hendrix Led Zeppelin John Mayer Robert Cray SRV Eric Clapton Howie Day Pink Floyd Black Crowes Gypsy Kings
hmmm, a bit one sided 11/24/2006 10:18:29 PM |
NeedForReed All American 1415 Posts user info edit post |
Alli With An I were the Motley Crue of North Carolina.
Never have I met a group of guys who possessed such an ability to consume copius amounts of alcohol.
One fateful night my freshman year they invited me to attend an after party behind Hillsborough St. Being a wide eyed Freshman this seemed totally unreal. Long story short (ha ha), the night ended on the roof of some house near Wachovia and we had to jump to a tree beligerantly drunk in order to climb down. I remember waking up with these phantom scratches all over my body.
These are the positive experiences I will take away from my time at NCSU.
==
And Darkest Hour,
I recently bought their compilation of B-Sides and such called "Archives?" Maybe that is the wrong name. Either way I forced myself to listen through it and it was complete garbage other than the acoustic track. DH has been the one band where I consistently buy their merch. I think this all stems from them selling guitar tab books along w/ guitar dvds done by kris norris. more bands should do this.
[Edited on November 24, 2006 at 10:29 PM. Reason : .]
[Edited on November 24, 2006 at 10:32 PM. Reason : dh] 11/24/2006 10:28:27 PM |
PvtJoker All American 15000 Posts user info edit post |
these are all for very different reasons...some, for the aesthetic affect they've had on me, others for their role in shaping a lot of the ways i perceive the world, etc etc yadda yadda. i won't bother to delve into each band, though.
1. Hum 2. Deftones (especially around 16-18) 3. The Appleseed Cast 4. Sage Francis (HUGELY around 21-22) 5. The Police 6. At the Drive-In 7. Beloved (cracked open my frightful romance with hardcore, which lasted maybe 2 years) 8. Neil Young 9. Talking Heads 10. Far
honorable mention.... Led Zeppelin.
[Edited on November 24, 2006 at 11:04 PM. Reason : eh] 11/24/2006 11:04:07 PM |
JohnnyTHM All American 18177 Posts user info edit post |
this whole thread is void because nobody mentioned 'joy division' 11/24/2006 11:09:35 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
not in any order
The Clash (ok, they are #1 on any musical list for me) Willie Nelson Ramones Weezer Johnny Cash Atari Teenage Riot Nirvana Blacksheep Elvis (first music I can remember, it was everywhere in my house growing up) Uncle Tupelo 11/24/2006 11:15:43 PM |
TKEshultz All American 7327 Posts user info edit post |
phish zeppelin stones beatles grateful dead widespread panic miles davis keller williams jimmy buffett eric clapton 11/24/2006 11:40:03 PM |
phishnlou All American 13446 Posts user info edit post |
jimmy buffet changed my life brah 11/25/2006 12:12:02 AM |
Shadowrunner All American 18332 Posts user info edit post |
I struck through the numbers of artists that I don't even listen to anymore, but along the lines of changing me in some way, I still listed them for posterity.
1. The Smashing Pumpkins 2. Type O Negative 3. Metallica 4. Dismantled
5. Blink 182 (Cheshire Cat, Dude Ranch, Enema of the State era)
6. 2Pac (just don't listen much anymore, but never would be into rap/hip-hop w/o him) 7. El-P 8. Sarah McLachlan 9. Richard D James/Aphex Twin/et al. 10. Bauhaus/Peter Murphy 11/25/2006 12:24:20 AM |
Cif82 All American 10455 Posts user info edit post |
1. Radiohead 2. Godspeed! You! Black! Emperor! 3. Mogwai 4. Microphones 5. Smashing Pumpkins 6. The Beatles 7. Pink Floyd
Cant really think of anymore. Radiohead by far at #1 and the last 6 are just as I thought of them. Dont really listen to the last 3 anymore though. 11/25/2006 12:30:54 AM |
CalledToArms All American 22025 Posts user info edit post |
some of these are because of the doors they opened to me to find other bands thus they were 'indirectly' inspiring, and others because they were my favorite band for an extended period of time, and still others because of being a favorite live band of mine. whatever the reason, here they are off the top of my head at this moment in time:
1. deftones- first band i ever REALLY got into (6th grade, just after the whole green day and nirvana listening i did in elementary school)
2. between the buried and me - like reed said, saw them live in charlotte and thought, wow this is fun.
3. beloved - inspired me both as people and musicians in NC, a favorite live band
4. hopesfall - (original band, including frailty of words, nowingstospeakof, and the *recording* of satellite years...nothing beyond that)
5. nirvana - bleach and nevermind were the first cds i learned to play all the way through in middle school
6. smashing pumpkins - siamese dream will forever remain one of the best CDs ever released
7. foo fighters - see #6..and replace siamese dream with 'colour and the shape'
8. this runs through - such a small band..with only an EP out. but as ppl along with the music they did a lot for me
9. thursday - gosh i dont even listen to these guys anymore...but they opened a huge window for me when i first picked up 'waiting' wayyyy back
10. this last spot is a mishmash of any band that has seriously influenced me at any moment in my writing... radiohead/tool/old underoath/minorthreat/suicidemachines/furtherseemsforever/deathcab/getupkids...etcetc
[Edited on November 25, 2006 at 12:44 AM. Reason : ] 11/25/2006 12:43:46 AM |
PinkandBlack Suspended 10517 Posts user info edit post |
NIN Garbage Pixies The Smiths/Morrissey KMFDM (more a political influence than a musical one, but still belongs in my top 10 music-wise) Stereolab Depeche Mode Siouxsie and the Banshees REM Smashing Pumpkins
I'd have to include ska and punk as genres on here, as they shaped who I was until around the time I hit college
[Edited on November 25, 2006 at 1:30 AM. Reason : .] 11/25/2006 1:19:06 AM |
E-Dawg All American 8309 Posts user info edit post |
DYLAN DYLAN DYLAN DYLAN DYLAN DYLAN DYLAN DYLAN DYLAN DYLAN 11/25/2006 1:21:22 AM |
elkaybie All American 39626 Posts user info edit post |
1-ani difranco 2-weezer (first album i stole from my older brother--i stole many more after) 3-a tribe called quest (later cd that i stole from my brother--started stealing mos def, the roots, de la soul, black sheep, krs one, and many many others shortly thereafter) 4-grateful dead (dad's favorite band, led to other great bands of the era) 5-beatles (this is where the bridge of mom and dad's bands joined, mom loved the early years--dad loved the later--followed by the boss, fleetwood mac) 6-four tops (mom loves motown) 7-incubus 8-dj shadow 9-tori amos 10-beethoven
honorable mention--chemical brothers participant's award--janet jackson 11/25/2006 1:48:33 AM |
PvtJoker All American 15000 Posts user info edit post |
i knew this would happen.
i've since read posts after mine that reflected some things I had forgotten.
ie, my love affair with Siamese Dream, my shameful neglect of Radiohead, and what the Foo Fighters' album The Colour and The Shape meant to me as a high school junior.
this rounds out my top 14. and you can shuffle it on any given day.
oh bloody fuck, Cake, Weezer and Beck. Especially Cake. When I was about 20-22, there was a time when I listened to Cake and Weezer (all Cake, Blue and Pinkerton) about 80% of the time.
I hate myself.
see, I'm no good at these threads.
[Edited on November 25, 2006 at 1:51 AM. Reason : BLAH] 11/25/2006 1:49:55 AM |
spöokyjon ℵ 18617 Posts user info edit post |
Led Zeppelin The Rolling Stones Pearl Jam Radiohead Beck Modest Mouse The Flaming Lips Sleater-Kinney The Olivia Tremor Control The Microphones 11/25/2006 2:05:48 AM |
spöokyjon ℵ 18617 Posts user info edit post |
(chronologically) 11/25/2006 2:09:07 AM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
HOWWWWW did I forget SP and The Colour and the Shape?
Arrgh.
Also, there was a point at which I had basically the entire Nirvana catalog memorized from a guitar standpoint, and that led to Pixies. 11/25/2006 2:09:17 AM |
spöokyjon ℵ 18617 Posts user info edit post |
Fuck, I probably should have put SP in there.
SEVENTH GRADE HOLLA!!! 11/25/2006 2:18:18 AM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
I'm not sure if I should put Radiohead or not, but I knew spookyjon on alt.music.radiohead before TWW existed. 11/25/2006 2:28:03 AM |
spöokyjon ℵ 18617 Posts user info edit post |
USENET NERDS HOLLA!! 11/25/2006 2:31:03 AM |
sarijoul All American 14208 Posts user info edit post |
AMR brothers unite 11/25/2006 2:37:46 AM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
I also have to say the Kleptones, who have consistently blown my mind for going on two years now. I like all sorts of mashups and hacked up music (the first mashup record I ever got was Kid606's The Action Packed Mentallist Brings You the Fucking Jams), and stuff like the Avalanches with a million different things going on is cool, but the Kleptones really make me re-imagine shit that I know inside-out, which is ridiculous and fantastic.
[Edited on November 25, 2006 at 2:42 AM. Reason : 4] 11/25/2006 2:41:44 AM |
PinkandBlack Suspended 10517 Posts user info edit post |
ARGH
I forgot Radiohead as well
and Sigur Ros
and probably another 143547 bands 11/25/2006 2:44:22 AM |
sarijoul All American 14208 Posts user info edit post |
here's an off-the-head stupid list (in maybe chronological order):
U2 nirvana pearl jam beck radiohead modest mouse bob dylan wilco microphones destroyer 11/25/2006 2:46:17 AM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "the whole green day and nirvana listening i did in elementary school" |
this made me cry
elkaybie and shadow???? think I have only met her once but I DEFINITELY didnt expect that11/25/2006 3:41:10 AM |
Dentaldamn All American 9974 Posts user info edit post |
no order
sonic youth (made guitar interesing again) fugazi (made punk interesting again for a 16 year old) beatles ( made everying more intesting) oxes ( best live band ever) Led Zeppelin ( made life as an eight year old enjoyable) shellac ( completely fucked my life up) At the Drive (made music not suck for the 15 year old me) Van Halen ( made me want to shred) Funkadelic (george clinton was born 10 minutes away from where I grew up) Melvins (kicked my ass)
[Edited on November 25, 2006 at 4:10 AM. Reason : van halen is so sweet] 11/25/2006 4:09:38 AM |
brownie27 All American 3030 Posts user info edit post |
1. Swift v 2. Killswitch Engage a 3. Incubus n 4. Phish h 5. Dave Matthews Band a 6. Taking Back Sunday l 7. Garth Brooks e 8. Tool n 9. Pearl Jam 10. Michael Buble'
[Edited on November 25, 2006 at 4:40 AM. Reason : how could i forget..i am ashamed ] 11/25/2006 4:20:24 AM |
wilso All American 14657 Posts user info edit post |
i don't know if any band has changed my life..
except maybe XIU XIU 11/25/2006 4:38:13 AM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
i was told that kill rock stars wouldn't exist without mecca normal.
i've only heard one mecca normal record
but i suppose they should count if that statement's true 11/25/2006 4:47:26 AM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
Speaking of the Flaming Lips, they got me into Enon, and Enon got me into Starlight Mints.
So here's a bizarre video with them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAeoBgQSiTI 11/25/2006 5:43:51 AM |
phishnlou All American 13446 Posts user info edit post |
If we are talking about who I am today and what music I have been into the last 5 or 6 years then it starts in middle school and skips a 4 year cloud in highschool/early college...
chronological...
1) Smashing Pumpkins. Before them it was mostly hair bands and then grunge bands. When I got Siamese Dream in middle school the album was far and away the most complex rock album i had ever heard. 13 years later it clearly stands the test of time.
2) The Beatles. This is a tricky choice because it lead me down to roads. In high school it helped spill me into the hippie culture but then it helped drag me out a few years down the road in college. When the dust had settled, it was quite clear I had an answer to the cliche party question "Who is your favorite band?"
3) Pavement. Its hard to decide whether the beatles or pavement were more influential but I have to give the distinction to pavement. Listening to pavement records my first semester of sophomore year completely changed the course of my life. I didnt happen overnight and it took months to fully digest what I was hearing but when it was over every band i would listen to from then till now can be traced back to discovering the pavement catalogue.
4) Olivia Tremor Control. This is probably the last band I can look at and call influential at this point. They werent the first band off elephant 6 that I bought a record of (Apples in Stereo) but they were a band that in my opinion produced 2 of the finest albums of the last 20 years. They gave me no choice but to investigate every single elephant 6 band in case more treasure was out there. They lead me to the Neutral Milk Hotel and Beulah and countless other indie pop bands that i adore so much 11/25/2006 9:18:22 AM |
screentest All American 1955 Posts user info edit post |
Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five blink-182 The Beatles Elivs Costello Radiohead The Flaming Lips Wilco The Velvet Underground The Strokes Modest Mouse 11/25/2006 11:12:05 AM |
quiet guy Suspended 3020 Posts user info edit post |
REM Radiohead Pink Floyd Sigur Ros My Bloody Valentine The Smiths/Moz Boards of Canada 11/25/2006 11:32:03 AM |
spöokyjon ℵ 18617 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ My OTC experience was exactly the same.
^^ Fuck, I forgot VU. 11/25/2006 11:39:43 AM |
elkaybie All American 39626 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "elkaybie and shadow???? think I have only met her once but I DEFINITELY didnt expect that" |
...i'm full of surprises11/25/2006 1:04:53 PM |
PinkandBlack Suspended 10517 Posts user info edit post |
5 bands I still listen to and were influenced by that most people say I'm "too old for".
Less Than Jake (still wear the shirt) Rancid Distillers Mighty Mighty Bosstones (still wear the shirt, as well) and a tie b/w The Specials and The (English) Beat 11/25/2006 1:13:18 PM |