Who do you take influence from?

[Legend]

Everyone takes an influence from someone or some band...who is yours?

[Ryaη]

When I played guitar, I learned to play a lot of Green Day's stuff. I know they're not the usual band you'll hear, but never the less, I took influence from them.

[Lunar Kreskents]

This is probably not what you want for an answer, but as a kid learning piano, "I want to play like my brothers do!" As it is now, I'm far more advanced than they are and ever will be (for they quit playing). I guess siblings really can have quite an impact, and well, I suppose I got my wish too. :)

[Clutch]

I have too many influences to name. I can't really pick one because I get new influences on a daily basis.

And did you have to make 6 threads?

[Legend]

Yeah i got lots of influnces too. I play drums and mess with guitar (although not really playing it) and take influnces from Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Dream Theater and Hendrix for the drums...

[TKD3491]

I get most of my influece from Heavy Metal bands (like Metallica, Megadeth, and Iron Maiden), and some punk (Green Day) and ska bands(Goldfinger).

[TheGrandDCsk8r]

Some of my stuff is influenced by the nice hard rock(like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Jimmy Hendrix, ect.) and some Ska ppl(like Catch 22, Reel Big Fish, The Aquabats, ect.). I play drums so its fun 2 use different stuff from different types of music.

[Cluck.]

Slash is my influence for guitar, Flea is my bass influence

[White Zombie]

Lyrical influences are probably Morbid Angel, White Zombie, My Dying Bride, R.E.M. and The Doors. When I sing, it could be a mutlitude of styles and I just go balls out and do it how I feel that day. Anything pure, I guess.

[Xevien]

Well since I mainly play the Trumpet I get my infuence from my private lesson teacher, Eric Murine, who at the moment is getting a music major at Western Michingan University, were I would like the do the same.

[Homer J Simpson]

Wow no one has said Dave Growl yet!!!! What cant this guy do?? He played drums in Nirvana wrote everything in every Foo Fighters cd. This guy is the greatest and thats why I take influence from him

[Legend]

Yeah hes good, but there are better. Individuality creates better music IMO...

[Legend]

*first stick of modship*

[drage469]

for me it was the Cult, the Smiths, iggy pop, the ramones, johnny cash, patsy cline, and alot of native american musicians i grew up around.

[beefbutcher88]

I get lots of ideas from Clapton and Freddie King. I play lots of blues. I'm also a nut for prog rock, so Robert Fripp is my personal god. Also get a lot from Zappa, Page, John Lee , and especially David Gilmour.

[cheezy]

My main influences are from the ska area...mostly from Reel Big Fish, Rx Bandits, The Smooths, and Five Iron Frenzy.

[Wildchild]

In terms of song writing and lyrics, James Hetfield. His riff-writing ability is also f*cking superb.

My other guitar influences are probably Dimebag Darrell (<3 his solos) and maybe even Dave Mustaine (although, not on the singing side of things).

[The Eye in the Sky!]

Well... I can't sing but my influence on bass is Geddy Lee from Rush. He wrote some amazing lines.

[Ripdogg28]

I have a few guitar influences. I can play a little bit of Izzy Stardlin [of GNR fame] such as the famous opening riffs to Welcome to the Jungle and Sweet Child O Mine(remember..I learned Izzy's part, not Slash's). I can also take influence from my guitar teacher(who by the way, can play Slash's SCOM.).

[Icky]

Long time I don't post here...

Well, I have to say most of my influences as a bassist are John Myung, Victor Wooten and probably Jaco Pastorius...Im a huge Dream Theater fan also.

[hello~officer]

kinda old topic....my influences are...kurt cobain for guitar and songwriting, and dave grohl for drums. yeah yeah they were in the same band.

[Typhon]

Tool and Rammstein... strange combination I suppose...

[Forgotten]

System Of A Down, Linkin Park, Korn, Slipknot, Rammstein, Disturbed.

[Rusted Rover]

Just with picking up the guitar is Mick and for getting into the bass Cliff Burton.

[Saint Angel]

Blacksabbath, made me pick up my first guitar.

[Indjoes]

I get lots of ideas from Clapton and Freddie King. I play lots of blues. I'm also a nut for prog rock, so Robert Fripp is my personal god. Also get a lot from Zappa, Page, John Lee , and especially David Gilmour.

Robert Fripp is sufficiently awesome, although I prefer his earlier work. I also take influence from Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta, Jimi Hendrix, and whoever plays guitar for ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead.

[Zero.Ace23]

Travis Barker---blink-182

[reallycheesypoofs]

Since i'm a bass player i'll just name off some of the reason's i play bass

Nikki Sixx from Motley Crue
Les Claypool From Primus
Gene Simmons from Kiss
Cliff Burton from Metallica
Dee Dee Ramone From The Ramones
Jerry Only from The Misfits
Jason Newsted from Metallica
Duff McKeggan from GNR and Velvet Revolver
Hunter from AFI

[Forgotten]

I know I posted before about my influences nowadays. But the person who really turned me to rock music and those bands was my cousin Matt when I was 5. Then he tried to form a band. (Now they play gigs and stuff) I'm in the middle of forming a band. So I sorta follow in his footsteps and I don't realize it until I already do it.

[B.A Barracus]

stevie ray vaughan, BB King, freddie king, albert king and clapton

[Cluck.]

My main influences are some of my friends, really. They inspired me to pick up a guitar.

[Legend]

unstuck...

[Vincent]

and to think i wouldn't have seen it otherwise...

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[Pakkun]

You know, Blink 182 made me want to pick up any instrument at all and rock my brains out. At the same time, Marks intro on Carousel really Screamed PLAY THE BASS.

[Yellow Banshee]

When I compose, I usually take a lot of influence from Beethoven. Sometimes my work sounds like Chopin, but mainly Beethoven.

[Hunter]

Hehe...There person that influenced me was my nieghboor that moved away...:( hes an awesome drummer too and taught me a little bit of both and i went on from there.

[Payton]

Zakk Wylde.

Need I say more?

[Cowboy]

Mad props go out to Dwight Yoakam and Bon Jovi for my two major influences.

[Benders Band]

Saint angel is the one who got the closest to mine even though im a righty
I go with TONY IOMMI (guitarist from black sabbath)

[Stephen Lynch]

Blink 182, Thousand Foot Krutch, Rancid, Sum 41, fall Out Boy, many punk bands.

[Dan]

AC/DC were the band that got me to start playing guitar as well as Nirvana.

[sweez]

Pete Townsend, James Hetfield, Adam Jones(Tool), and Stone Gossard are probably my biggest influences when it comes to rhythm guitar.

For leads they fall under S.R.V., David Gilmour, Jerry Cantrell, and Tony Iommi

But the band that made me decide to first pick up a guitar would have to have been Pearl Jam.

[Pontus]

The bands that really influence me (I play guitar) would be:

Led Zep, Hendrix, Nirvana, Green Day, Guns n' Roses, The Who, Rolling Stones, U2

As for a lot of my friends. I influenced most of them to play the guitar.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

hm, a lot of metal for me...Fredrik Thordendal(Meshuggah), Alexi Laiho, Roope Latvala, Janne Warman(all 3 from Children of Bodom), Mikael Akerfeldt(Opeth) Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart(all 3 of Rush), Jeff Loomis and Steve Smyth(Nevermore), Kirk Hammett(Metallica), Devin Townsend(Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend band)...and of course the late DIMEBAG DARRELL (R.I.P.)

yeh i dont know if a lot of you will kno these guys but they are EXCEPTIONAL musicians...masters of their art

[Requiem]

Hmmm....I guess Chad Ginsburg (CKY) and the great Angus Young (AC/DC).

If youve heard Ginsburg play then you know hes a awesome guitar player.

As a tid-bit i just mastered the guitar spin Chad does in the "Flesh into Gear" video. :).

[Bindo]

GEORGE HARRISON

he is my god...

do yall think he would like me?
BUt i don't think anyone can be better than him...seriously, look up his history

[Meathos]

Now that I think about it, there's a few influences...

When i was young(like 8), I used to listen to the Chilli Peppers. I take alot of their drumming. Then, I got into heavier metal ****, and I took the heavy sledgehammer style, which is really from Zeppelin. Now, I'm all into Metal Licka, so I get some stuff from ol' Lars.