Who Is Your Music "Hero"?
 

What single musician or artist do you consider to be the ultimate legend in or of his or her genre? This would include their talent, personality, charm, charisma, their business sense, and are they a good role model? Are they someone you would aspire to pattern your musical career after?

Who rocks your socks?

...Even I need to think on this one for a good answer :banghead:

Reggae - Bob Marley pioneered you cant top that..

Rap - Jay Z. just huge career wise.. plus hes expanded into having some serious cred. even with rap sceptics like myself

Rock - U2 are unbelievably super-ginormous huge... and I love them.. They may have gone a little more pop in recent years.. but i mean they've had the most unbelievable career. Legends.

Punk - tough. NOFX, Bad Religion and Rancid have both had some pretty unbelievable careers.. but speaking purely from how *I* would model a career I'd pick the Bouncing Souls. some debate whether their *true* punk but you cant deny.. their great.

Hip-Hop - Heros of hip-hop have to be the fugees. honorable mention goes to OutKast

Dance/Electronic - Gigi D'Agostino is a Euro Legend.. but I'd model my career after Paul Oakenfold.. called the most popular Dj in the world, he is a electronica titan..

House - Three words... Bad Boy Bill

Pop - haha frankly none of em.. but since i have to pick one i'll throw in a woman.. Christina Aguilera has had an awesome career.. shes put up with alot of flak from critics and handled it all with skill. Plus some really good song writing. Go XTina.

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anyway, shortened version:

Rage Against the Machine, they launched my love of music.

Awwww poor Ben7.

Very good list Eltiraaz, great choices there. Your list contains some prime examples of music professionals exemplifing pioneers and leaders in their respective fields.

Guns N' Roses- This was the band that got me into Hard Rock/Heavy Metal.
After seeing their videos and Slash playing guitar, I took guitar lessons.
This is the band that made me want to start a band. Axl is not my hero, Slash is my hero. Slash always seemed mellow and the type of guy, you could talk to on the street. Plus, I think he's one of the greatest guitarists of all time. They weren't good "role models", but I don't see rock stars as someone to look up to. Most of them are drug addicts/alcoholics. They definetly adopted that "rebellious" image that rock represents. If you're parents don't like your music, its cool.

Guns ' Roses too...I still listen to that stuff all the time.

hilary duff, all the way

Thanks Yip

and oh Yeah Ben7... how could i forget about Rage.. tsk on me.. well career wise they kinda blew it but amazing band.

I also wanna throw in a progressive music catagory into my list and put up The Mars Volta as my heroes.. I dont even need to explain it to you guys all you have to do is listen to Inertiatic ESP.. what a song... :O

Im gonna have to go Oldie and go more with either Eric Clapton or the Eagles.

Eric Clapton easily got out anything he was feeling and was able to make the listener feel it too.

Eagles were the best band to just sit around drinkin a beer and talk with your friends or anything like that.

cannot narrow it down
 

Only one, really?

The ultimate legend has to be John Lennon. So talented, so individual and so profound and a major influence and inspiration to me.

Then again, the people in music who first commanded my respect and admiration were 'local heroes' - ordinary folk hailing from the north of England like myself, who made it musically due to their immense talent and put the north on the map. Tim Booth (James) and Robbie Williams.

But I also think we are inspired by different people at different times and at the moment nobody inspires me more than Anthony Kiedis (Chilis).

Ha ha, did I dodge that question enough for you? :usehead:

I like Don Henley alot...And Paul Simon and Art garfunkel

Quote- "But I also think we are inspired by different people at different times "

I do agree with you fully there, northern_angel455, music and the music artist that presents it influences us all our lives, for many different reasons and stages in our experiences. So whoever inspired us (as a hero) at 15 for whatever reason, may not be the same as who we would think of 10, 20, or 30 or so more years later. As it should be.

John Lennon is truly another good example, as you said. Good choice there!

I think Jonathan Davis because I can relate to alot of the songs that he writes. Plus. . . HE WILL BE MY HUSBAND ONE DAY!!! HAHAHA
:shycouch:

Kurt Cobain....even though he's dead, he was an awesome musician...If you dont like Nirvana or Kurt....then, well...thats your choice... if you do like Nirvana....ROCK ON!!:drummer:

John Lennon, great ideas on world peace
Jim Morrison, the anti hero
Maynard Keenin, need i say more?
Kurt Cobain, Had the balls to obliverate hair metal
Ozzy, again, need i say more?

My music heros well i got loads but me fav 1s r
Kurt Cobain his music was class & was a brill musician
Billie Joe( Green Day ) I love da songs he writes !!!!

very nice mr mojo. ozzy not so sure about although he pretty much gave birth to manson. john lennon was brilliant but i think too much of an idealist.

Jesse from Fido.

Im sorry for liking people such as Jim Morrison, Jmi Hendirx, Dave Grohl and others with talent. I guess I'll leave this thread now because I don't belong. It's not that I don't like Nirvana or Kurt, I just think they are put on a pedestal that they do not belong on.

no man....I like hendrix and Dave Grohl...Cobans the only one i could think of tho...but im sorta used to bein the only person who really likes him....

Jamey Jasta
Henry Rollins
Joe Strummer
Joey Ramone
Max Cavalera
Phil Anselmo

Jimmy Page
Randy Rhoads
Freddie Mercury

i think Nirvana was a good band, and i love kurt, but they ARE put on a pedistal, just cause he shot himself.

also Jim Morrison is the pimp. his voice is so soothing, and i luv his ****ed up lyrics

Robin Zander

Jimmy Page

Jim Morrison

Janis Joplin

Billie Joe Armstrong

Mayo Thompson is probably my musical hero... Well, either him or John Cage, who isn't just a musical hero, but also a role model in terms of how he conducts himself and how he looks at life.

Bowie!!!!

Don Van Vliet a.k.a Captain Beefheart

My music Hero was,is and will be enrique.

What a pity you`re still not on this forum, as you`ve got real taste:finger:

Mike Patton, John Zorn, and Nick Cave.

Bryan Ferry ;)

Now that`s a surprise;)

Beethoven, for soldiering on despite being deaf

I'll probably say Tim Buckley, for the time being.

The direction my music is most closely aligned with is more of a folk nature, and the man's career was admirable. He moved through folk, folk-rock, psych-folk, avant-garde, dabbling in "free jazz textures", and funk. All before his death at the age of 28.

While I'd prefer to live far longer than 28, I'd like to be that sort of musician who is able to evolve and grow as an artist and not stagnate, whilst still producing interesting and quality material.

Rock - Freddie Mercury, obviously.

Electronica - toughie because there's so many budding artists that blow me away. But I'm going to go with a Justice/boys noise combo. They're filthy.

Pop - lady gaga has absolutely conquered pop.

That's probably the only genres I listen to and know anything about so I'm leaving it there.

Elliott Smith

The Velvet Underground.

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these two people basically shaped my musical taste

I've always found his music to be boring, but I'll admit what he did was very unique and interesting... So, I naturally have a lot of respect for him. If you really like his work, then I recommend you try Erica Pomerance. Albeit, she only recorded one album, but it's somewhat similar to Buckley's experimental phase.

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