I really enjoyed The Butchies' 3.

11/26/2006 4:36:31 AM

Quote :

"Bridget is just lashing out to try take her mind off the bitter, cold, emptiness in her."

I'm straight out the movies, B.



[Edited on November 26, 2006 at 3:07 PM. Reason : ]

11/26/2006 3:06:51 PM

--smashing pumpkins....MCIS is better, by the way. i worshiped this band. made friends i still have to this day because of them and our time just hanging out after school in 8th grade, listening to this album backwards and forwards on the 3 hour bus ride home.

--radiohead...showed me the range and the depth of field that music can have. i use radiohead as a standard for whats coming out now. you could perform open heart surgery on me while i was listening to pyramid song, and i wouldnt notice. you got so lost. this was(still is) my "get away from it all" music.

--swift...made me appreciate live performances. it got my foot halfway through the door into hardcore. from here i started liking between the buried and me and bloodjinn...branched out from there exponentially and ive never looked back.

--NIN...my muse. my inspiration. my strength.

--sigur ros...pure inspiration and a departure from the norm. if i wanted to leave my mind, i was listening to them. no drugs needed.

thats all i have time for this morning

11/27/2006 8:36:40 AM

Also, it's worth pointing out that Siamese Dream sent me and my best friend on a two-year hunt for the "perfect" Big Muff. When we finally found one, it had a loose connection on the board, and when we fixed it, it didn't sound the same, so we had to start over. I learned so much stuff rooting through antique stores and pawn shops, I can't even begin to describe it.

11/27/2006 9:05:47 AM

1. Tool
2. Our Lady Peace
3. Chris Cornell (all bands and solo work)
4. Smashing Pumpkins
5. Jim Croce
6. Alice in Chains
7. Silverchair
8. Live (got me into alternative/grunge etc.)
9. Pearl Jam
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers

11/27/2006 9:54:51 AM

in no particular order


metallica
garth brooks (before he sucked and ruined country music ))
tupac
bone thugs n harmony
lynyrd skynyrd
guns n roses
pearl jam
johnny cash
cross canadian ragweed
pink floyd
the black crowes

and yeah, Jimy Buffett

11/27/2006 10:21:28 AM

^that's 12

11/27/2006 10:23:30 AM

I know


but those are the artists that have meant the most to me over my lifetime

11/27/2006 10:51:47 AM

Quote :

" Your top 10 influential artists/bands."

11/27/2006 10:55:59 AM

CUT THE FAT

oh and why the hell is everyone so influenced by early 70's rock. Everyones list looks the same.

someone has to have been blaring Aphex Twin as a 10 year old and pissing off their parents.



[Edited on November 27, 2006 at 11:06 AM. Reason : wasnt me tho]

11/27/2006 11:03:44 AM

^ my list of favorite bands would be different. a lot of times my 'influential' bands were the 'mainstream' (within context) version of a band that got me into that particular sound and thus led me to more bands which i consider better/more appealing to me now. However when picking my influential bands i listed those root groups. which is why a lot of people's lists are similar.

11/27/2006 12:40:53 PM

My list looks like a Grunge top 10, but that's because I started listening to music at that point. Until then, I hadn't really payed any attention. My listening to Led Zep and Pink Floyd, etc. didn't get started until after grunge got me listening to music period. That's why mine are all mainstream 90s bands (with a minor exception)

11/27/2006 12:45:48 PM

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Foo Fighters
3. Sublime (am I the only one?)
4. Weezer
5. Metallica
6. SRV - still can't decide which "Little Wing" is better
8. Creedance Clearwater Revival
9. Jack Johnson
10. Tenacious D - cause music is fun

11/27/2006 5:20:45 PM

some I don't listen to anymore, in order of introduction:

Neil Diamond - I used to sing "America" when I was about 3, supposedly.
Green Day - Dookie in fourth grade
Foo Fighters - got the s/t in elementary school
Oasis - had Morning Glory since elementary school - still one of my favs
Smashing Pumpkins - ^ ^
Rancid - bought And out come the wolves... from my best friend's sister in 5th grade...listened at least until 9th
Reel Big Fish - yeah ska didn't last for me, thank god, but I listened to their cd five billion times
Jimi Hendrix - started listening when I began playing guitar in ~9th grade
The Who - same ^
Blink 182 - first favorite band in high school
TimothysWeekend/Sedona/Annuals - local favs
The Scaries - ^
Alli With An I - ^
Saves The Day - Can't Slow Down through Stay What You Are
Piebald - rock
The White Octave/Criteria - Stephen Pedersen!
Recover - the first time i saw them i was blown away, second and third not so much
Beloved - ^insert the 2 year hardcore binge as said previously^
Karate - karate ruled
Minus The Bear - one of my current favs - i can't stop fingertapping

on the subject:

Quote :

"never have I met a group of guys who possessed such an ability to consume copius amounts of alcohol."

Not young, but Bill Fischer from the scaries is the best drunk guitar player of all time. Never have I met a man who possessed the ability to play the 'master of puppets' solo while barely able to stand.

I think I first saw Alli With An I at the Ice House in Cary circa 1999.

11/27/2006 6:40:19 PM

Metallica
Bruce Springsteen
Neil Young
Bob Seger
Mobb Deep
Led Zepplin
Frank Zappa

11/27/2006 10:22:24 PM

^^^
7. Incubus

[Edited on November 28, 2006 at 12:35 AM. Reason : cant count i guess]

11/28/2006 12:35:09 AM

Quote :

"Saves The Day - Can't Slow Down through Stay What You Are"

good stuff there a girl i went to school with/was friends in HS with was related to one of the guys in the band. Got to meet em through her one time (when they played with weezer)

11/28/2006 2:07:28 AM

Nirvana
Smashing Pumpkins
Deftones
Radio Head
Thursday
Incubus
Foo Fighters
Weezer
The Misfits
Pink Floyd

11/28/2006 3:21:40 AM

Quote :

"someone has to have been blaring Aphex Twin as a 10 year old and pissing off their parents."

I totally have Aphex Twin on my list.


And I'm also pleased to see how endearing The Smashing Pumpkins are to so many of you, too. I called it first, suckahs.

[Edited on November 28, 2006 at 3:30 AM. Reason : ]

11/28/2006 3:30:06 AM

juicy j
project pat
dj paul
lil wyte
frayser boy
lord infamous
prophet posse
la chat
gangsta boo
koopsta knicca

11/28/2006 3:44:39 AM

Misfits - The first time I ever realized music was interesting on a different level than what is played on top 40 radio was listening to Collection II in my buddy's car.

AFI - I LOVED AFI when I first started listening to music, but this was before The Art of Drowning when they were still somewhat respectable.

New Pornographers - Supergroup. Possibly one of the greatest bands ever that I've only "discovered" recently within the past year.

Agnostic Front - One of my first shows ever was an Agnostic Front show. Prior to that show, I thought anything even remotely hardcore was stupid and "gay." The show busted ass (at Ziggy's in AB) and I had a respect for harder music after that.

Darkest Hour - I saw Darkest Hour at the Brewery a few years ago and it made me begin to really appreciate metal, all types, which I had also thought was dumb until then.

Glassjaw - Started listening to them in HS. I still love Worship and Tribute.

The Mars Volta - I bought this blindly at the recommendation of my friend Travis. It was amazing. Not sure what it did for my music tastes, but it definitely had an impact on me in some way.

The Shins - Also recommended to me by Travis. I bought Chutes Too Narrow having never heard The Shins. I drove to Raleigh that night and listened to it 3 times.

Radiohead - It's fucking Radiohead...

Small Brown Bike - I saw them once at Go! Studios and have loved them ever since. I miss them.

Ben Folds - One of the first cd's I ever owned, back in middle school, was Whatever and Ever, Amen. I didn't fully appreciate it until a year or so later, but damn.

I could name several more, these were just 10 of the first ones to pop into my head. Misfits is by far number one though. Misfits were the band that made me like music.
Honorable Mentions: Smashing Pumpkins, Aphex Twin, Sage Francis, Jimi Hendrix, Nada Surf, Against Me!, Strike Anywhere, Sublime, 311 (first cd I owned, bought for me by a friend in 6th grade)

[Edited on November 28, 2006 at 3:50 AM. Reason : .]

11/28/2006 3:47:43 AM

Ronny, Ben Folds didn't release Whatever and Ever Amen
That was the trio, Ben Folds Five

You asshole

Just kidding.

11/28/2006 8:40:47 AM

Ouch... burned...

11/28/2006 9:29:12 AM

silverchair
nin
led zeppelin
the who
the beatles
radiohead
sunny day real estate
deftones
the fire theft
hole

11/28/2006 1:15:18 PM

in no particular order, and most of these bands i havent listened to in long periods of time, they just developed my current tastes etc etc

radiohead.
nin.
air.
joan of arc.
descendants.
screeching weasel.
mineral.
twelve hour turn.
saves the day. (cant slow down and through being cool only)
braid.
jejune.
botch.
coalesce.

11/28/2006 1:27:36 PM

the last twelve hour turn lp was my favorite record for a few years. it's still pretty high up there.

11/28/2006 7:48:42 PM

1. Swift [v] I have been to more swift shows than any other band, they gave me a passion for once in my life. I relate to all of their music, I was devastated so to speak when they broke up. However, december 22 they are playing again at Ziggy's.
2. Killswitch Engage [a] I could actually remove this band from my list and add another.
3. Incubus [n] Summer after 10th grade, just got my license. I think I listened to this 'Make Yourself' everyday to and from school with my windows down. I was so happy that year, the last true full happy year.
4. Phish [h] The winter of 01 was pretty trying, and I went to my first Phish show and hated it until I heard Wading in the Velvet Sea. Truly the only song that mellows me out no matter how I feel. I regained my love for listening to the guitar with Trey Anastasio.
5. Dave Matthews Band [a] I am always happy when I listen to them I have noticed. I have probably 200 different cd's live and studio of them.... I don't know why.
6. Taking Back Sunday [l] Listen to the song Miami and you will know.
7. Garth Brooks [e] You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy. I grew up listening to it, cried when I heard the Red Strokes for the first time.
8. Tool [n] I could write a book on this one, probably the most metaphoric band on earth and they do it to a different beat. A beat that's never the same.
9. Pearl Jam - I was grunge for a while
10. Frank Sinatra Michael Buble' - I realize they are two different generations, but Frank was love. I think Buble' is trying to bring it back by covering Frank and writing other touching songs

[Edited on November 25, 2006 at 4:40 AM. Reason : [van halen]how could i forget..i am ashamed ]

11/28/2006 8:58:26 PM