Who influenced your music taste?

Piss Me Off · 09-25-2006, 01:12 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, 04:41 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, 05:46 PM

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

boo boo · 09-26-2006, 04:21 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, 08:22 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, 11:55 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.

burnitdown · 10-20-2006, 09:21 PM

My best friend got me into AFI, he got really into them around the Sing the Sorrow era and he got me into them along with himself. They are my favorite band now. The rest was mostly my self browsing through radio channels and listening to rock stations.

born2blog · 10-22-2006, 01:49 AM

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

Doc.DGAF · 10-24-2006, 10:17 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, 06:10 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, 01:12 PM	#41 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	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, 05:46 PM	#43 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	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, 01:49 AM	#48 (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, 10:17 AM	#49 (permalink)
Doc.DGAF Uhh-I am Octiposter-huhuh Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 232	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, 06:10 PM	#50 (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, 04:41 PM	#42 (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, 08:22 AM	#45 (permalink)
~~under~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,056	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, 11:55 AM	#46 (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.

10-20-2006, 09:21 PM	#47 (permalink)
burnitdown Groupie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Annapolis, Maryland Posts: 15	My best friend got me into AFI, he got really into them around the Sing the Sorrow era and he got me into them along with himself. They are my favorite band now. The rest was mostly my self browsing through radio channels and listening to rock stations.