Most Influential Rock Artist Ever

Howard the Duck · 06-09-2011, 08:41 PM

The Doors were good as a pop band, 3-minute ditties such as Hello I Love You and Love Me Two Times are as good as it gets

spread out over a full-length album, no thx

BastardofYoung · 06-10-2011, 05:21 PM

Tiny Music, meh... boring. Plus some of the worst songwriting I have heard. That album is dud.

SGR · 06-11-2011, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by BastardofYoung

Tiny Music, meh... boring. Plus some of the worst songwriting I have heard. That album is dud.

But when people accuse STP of just being a grunge rip off band, you can point them to songs like "And So I Know" and say "I've never seen Bush or Silverchair make a song like that."

Unknown Soldier · 06-11-2011, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by BastardofYoung

Tiny Music, meh... boring. Plus some of the worst songwriting I have heard. That album is dud.

I used to think that as well but I now think the album a great listen especially with its Beatlesque melodies, it was also a real departure from the rockier feel of the first two albums.

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Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks

But when people accuse STP of just being a grunge rip off band, you can point them to songs like "And So I Know" and say "I've never seen Bush or Silverchair make a song like that."

Being from LA I`d call STP a grunge band with a more glamourous touch. Just looking at the first two opening tracks on "Core" says it all really. Dead and Bloated demonstrates the slow and heavy side of grunge whilst Sex Type Thing shows the more commercial side of the genre. Soundgarden may have provided the slow and heavy sound before STP and Pearl Jam the commercial aspect with "Ten" but STP were very much a group in their own right.

........and as far as Bush go what an embarrassment that group were!

Necromancer · 06-11-2011, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks

But when people accuse STP of just being a grunge rip off band, you can point them to songs like "And So I Know" and say "I've never seen Bush or Silverchair make a song like that."

STP is one of the few so called "grunge bands" from the early 90s that actually experimented and let their music evolve in the late 90s from their original debut. (I think Scott Weiland was the main reason). But that doesnt suggest, I didn't like the other bands of that era also, Alice In Chains, Soungarden, Pearl Jam, to name a few. (By the way), I always liked Bush and Silverchair too.

JMayerPhoto · 07-23-2011, 10:07 AM

For rock you have to go with the Beatles it's that easy but go back to some of the old Blues guys and that's where you'll find the greatest influence

No Quarter · 08-08-2011, 09:27 PM

I do believe that the Beatles have much influence. but not as much as this pole is giving them. Its hard to say which is the most influential, due to the fact that not all have influenced the same styles of music.

blastingas10 · 08-09-2011, 12:14 PM

The answer is t-bone walker. He was one of the first people to ever record with an electric guitar, he invented electric blues and in the process he inspired bb king, chuck berry, albert king, jimi hendrix.

You'd have to throw elvis in there. From the people listed here, id have to go with the beatles and bob dylan.

hecticpicnic · 08-09-2011, 01:14 PM

I would say its hard to pick between Jimi the Beatles , led zepplin and Bob Dylan.Because they have all kinda spawn there own subgenres.I would say the most influential to me would be TJHE, even though i don't play guitar.

BigSwede · 09-05-2011, 12:00 PM

Elvis Presley.

View Poll Results: The Most Influential Rock Artist
The Rolling Stones	12	3.74%
The Beatles	152	47.35%
The Who	12	3.74%
Led Zeppelin	28	8.72%
The Kinks	4	1.25%
Bob Dylan	41	12.77%
Jim Hendrix	37	11.53%
The Velvet Underground	35	10.90%
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06-10-2011, 05:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
BastardofYoung Buzz Killjoy Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 2,692	Tiny Music, meh... boring. Plus some of the worst songwriting I have heard. That album is dud. __________________ last.fm ‎"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.

07-23-2011, 10:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
JMayerPhoto Groupie Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 14	For rock you have to go with the Beatles it's that easy but go back to some of the old Blues guys and that's where you'll find the greatest influence

08-08-2011, 09:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
No Quarter Groupie Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 15	I do believe that the Beatles have much influence. but not as much as this pole is giving them. Its hard to say which is the most influential, due to the fact that not all have influenced the same styles of music.

08-09-2011, 12:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	The answer is t-bone walker. He was one of the first people to ever record with an electric guitar, he invented electric blues and in the process he inspired bb king, chuck berry, albert king, jimi hendrix. You'd have to throw elvis in there. From the people listed here, id have to go with the beatles and bob dylan.

08-09-2011, 01:14 PM	#9 (permalink)
hecticpicnic Groupie Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ireland Posts: 1	I would say its hard to pick between Jimi the Beatles , led zepplin and Bob Dylan.Because they have all kinda spawn there own subgenres.I would say the most influential to me would be TJHE, even though i don't play guitar.

09-05-2011, 12:00 PM	#10 (permalink)
BigSwede Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sweden Posts: 73	Elvis Presley.