Davey Moore

The Velvet Underground are much more radical than Hendrix, and had a big impact on the proto-punk scene, namely inspiring bands like The Stooges, who are probably the fathers of punk rock. They also had a big impact on early people like David Bowie, Eno, and others. The reason Hendrix isn't as influential to me is because he was such an anomaly, he played this crazy alien-rock tinged with psychedelic and it all branched from how great a guitar player he was. Hendrix was all alone and on his own level, and what other bands really got there? Few. But still The Velvet Underground pushed more artistic boundaries, in my mind.

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The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.