Who influenced your music taste?

Skid Mark · 09-25-2006, 03:27 AM

Most of my musical influence is from stalking you guys... I thank you

Piss Me Off · 09-25-2006, 12:12 PM

Same, this site has made me a lot more open-minded in my approach to different types of music.

My parents aren't brilliant influences, they've done the typical buy-a-cd-every-year-and-make-it-a-dido-album thing, but back in the day my mum used to play Patti Smith in the car.
Other than that, i just read magazines and look for anyone looks like they have a pinch of charisma

cbuchwa1 · 09-25-2006, 03:41 PM

My mom has good taste in music, she got me into classic stuff like the Stones and whatnot, but I found a lot of my music by buying cheap random CDs with cover art I liked and going to local shows and building from there (a local band I like - find their influences, listen to them).

tdoc210 · 09-25-2006, 04:46 PM

the movie velvet goldmine..forever scarred.. see avatar

boo boo · 09-26-2006, 03:21 AM

Mom, Dad & my uncles got me into Classic Rock and Pop, grandma got me into R&B and Country, my brother got me into some Metal, Kurt Cobain got me into Alternative Rock and 70s Punk, this weird 40 year old hindu guy I met on the internet got me into Prog, and Prog opened me up to a lot of other genres like Jazz and Classical, even Electronica... I got into Hip Hop via MTV, I got into good Hip hop by trying to see for myself if all Hip Hop sounded like Kris Kross.

~~under~~ · 09-26-2006, 07:22 AM

Mostly my couzin influenced my taste because he got me into some good metal bands.

Ethan got me into some really good bands as well, like Thursday and Deseperacidos.

I also got into some good bands by right-track because some of the bands he recommended around the boards were pretty good.

~~fattyboomboom21~~ · 10-18-2006, 10:55 AM

my parents listen to a lot of top 40 stuff from their time...of which a lot is awesome, but i mainly had to figure out stuff for myself..big fan of oasis. i was huge into the whole britpop thing.

born2blog · 10-22-2006, 12:49 AM

Pearl Jam mainly and similar bands but I like many genres of music really

Doc.DGAF · 10-24-2006, 09:17 AM

My mom's a rocker (Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Segar) my brother's a rocker too (Iron Maiden, Primus, Beck, Alice In Chains) and my cousins in Delray, MI are juggalos (ICP, Twiztid, Blaze Ya' Dead Homie, ABK) and I grew up in the generation of Jay Z, Static-X, Hed, Busta Rhymes, and had a redneck father and family so toss in some Alan Jackson, Toby Kieth, and what not.

Dark Party · 10-26-2006, 05:10 PM

What an excellent question. Friends, mostly. But I've always been expermental with music -- willing to take chances.

In high school I was into Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest -- basically metal and classic rock.

I was in college through the mid to late 80s -- R.E.M., U2, Talking Heads, and the whole new wave and alternative wave. Went through a big punk phase -- Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Clash, etc...

I've been into the grunge scene -- Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, etc...

Bands I like now: Rage Against the Machine, Coldplay, Doors, Led Zep, Nickelback, Collective Soul, Filter, etc., etc.

I'm also into jazz -- Coltrane, Davis, Acid Jazz...

09-25-2006, 12:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,470	Same, this site has made me a lot more open-minded in my approach to different types of music. My parents aren't brilliant influences, they've done the typical buy-a-cd-every-year-and-make-it-a-dido-album thing, but back in the day my mum used to play Patti Smith in the car. Other than that, i just read magazines and look for anyone looks like they have a pinch of charisma __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

09-25-2006, 04:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,608	the movie velvet goldmine..forever scarred.. see avatar __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

10-22-2006, 12:49 AM	#8 (permalink)
born2blog Groupie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3	Pearl Jam mainly and similar bands but I like many genres of music really __________________ Music Artists Weekly Blog

10-24-2006, 09:17 AM	#9 (permalink)
Doc.DGAF Uhh-I am Octiposter-huhuh Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 229	My mom's a rocker (Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Segar) my brother's a rocker too (Iron Maiden, Primus, Beck, Alice In Chains) and my cousins in Delray, MI are juggalos (ICP, Twiztid, Blaze Ya' Dead Homie, ABK) and I grew up in the generation of Jay Z, Static-X, Hed, Busta Rhymes, and had a redneck father and family so toss in some Alan Jackson, Toby Kieth, and what not. __________________ Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.-Confucius Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.-Friedrich Nietzsche Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure.-Lord Byron Popularity's bad for you. I avoid it like the plague.-Brian Mulrooney

10-26-2006, 05:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
Dark Party Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 52	What an excellent question. Friends, mostly. But I've always been expermental with music -- willing to take chances. In high school I was into Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest -- basically metal and classic rock. I was in college through the mid to late 80s -- R.E.M., U2, Talking Heads, and the whole new wave and alternative wave. Went through a big punk phase -- Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Clash, etc... I've been into the grunge scene -- Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, etc... Bands I like now: Rage Against the Machine, Coldplay, Doors, Led Zep, Nickelback, Collective Soul, Filter, etc., etc. I'm also into jazz -- Coltrane, Davis, Acid Jazz... __________________ Do it! Hit the damn link! You won't regret it. http://darkpartyreview.blogspot.com

09-25-2006, 03:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
Skid Mark Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 210	Most of my musical influence is from stalking you guys... I thank you

09-25-2006, 03:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
cbuchwa1 Groupie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 11	My mom has good taste in music, she got me into classic stuff like the Stones and whatnot, but I found a lot of my music by buying cheap random CDs with cover art I liked and going to local shows and building from there (a local band I like - find their influences, listen to them).

09-26-2006, 07:22 AM	#6 (permalink)
~~under~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,051	Mostly my couzin influenced my taste because he got me into some good metal bands. Ethan got me into some really good bands as well, like Thursday and Deseperacidos. I also got into some good bands by right-track because some of the bands he recommended around the boards were pretty good.

10-18-2006, 10:55 AM	#7 (permalink)
~~fattyboomboom21~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 76	my parents listen to a lot of top 40 stuff from their time...of which a lot is awesome, but i mainly had to figure out stuff for myself..big fan of oasis. i was huge into the whole britpop thing.