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

hell yeah...i'll give three 6 some love too

11/24/2006 9:14:39 PM

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

you should all be listing this band...

11/24/2006 9:36:28 PM

Sike

11/24/2006 9:44:10 PM

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

oh yes slop on my knob is the most influencual song i've ever listened to

11/24/2006 9:50:14 PM

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

this whole thread is void because nobody mentioned 'joy division'

11/24/2006 11:09:35 PM

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

phish
zeppelin
stones
beatles
grateful dead
widespread panic
miles davis
keller williams
jimmy buffett
eric clapton

11/24/2006 11:40:03 PM

jimmy buffet changed my life brah

11/25/2006 12:12:02 AM

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

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

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

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

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11/25/2006 1:21:22 AM

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

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

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

(chronologically)

11/25/2006 2:09:07 AM

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

Fuck, I probably should have put SP in there.

SEVENTH GRADE HOLLA!!!

11/25/2006 2:18:18 AM

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

USENET NERDS HOLLA!!

11/25/2006 2:31:03 AM

AMR brothers unite

11/25/2006 2:37:46 AM

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

ARGH

I forgot Radiohead as well

and Sigur Ros

and probably another 143547 bands

11/25/2006 2:44:22 AM

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

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 that

11/25/2006 3:41:10 AM

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

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

i don't know if any band has changed my life..

except maybe XIU XIU

11/25/2006 4:38:13 AM

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

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

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

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

REM
Radiohead
Pink Floyd
Sigur Ros
My Bloody Valentine
The Smiths/Moz
Boards of Canada

11/25/2006 11:32:03 AM

^^^ My OTC experience was exactly the same.

^^ Fuck, I forgot VU.

11/25/2006 11:39:43 AM

Quote :

"elkaybie and shadow???? think I have only met her once but I DEFINITELY didnt expect that"

...i'm full of surprises

11/25/2006 1:04:53 PM

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