What musician/band has had most influence on your life?

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Oh I loved it and still do. I used to play it in my bedroom whilst being angry with my parents for understanding me Tis classic punk song-beats Anarchy In The Uk ten times over

I still don't get it but then I don't like Anarchy In The Uk either

 

[Final]

G'n'R
Black Sabbath
The Smiths
Rage against the machine

if I had to pick just one... hmm... the strongest influence at any one point in my life probably came from g'n'r - style, ratm - attitude.

Though, neither really applies any more.

 

[Final]

I got into the riot grrl scene when about 14- bleached my hair, wore only ripped nighties and fishnets in order to look more like Courtney Love, started writing a fanzine which progressed to a website to getting a job writing music reviews. Still wear nighties even now as daywear and have unrivalled hairclip collection
Has a musician or band ever influenced the way you dress/what you do etc?

I liked hole for a little bit in the early 90s ('pretty on the inside'/'teenage whore').

But Babes in Toyland just rocked me a whole lot more.

 

[Sunspots]

Mark Stewart/Pop Group
Dead Kennedys
Black Flag

For better or worse, they've had a big influence on the way I see the world.

 

[lights.out.london]

Black Flag / Henry Rollins

 

[cyberfairy]

I liked hole for a little bit in the early 90s ('pretty on the inside'/'teenage whore').

But Babes in Toyland just rocked me a whole lot more.

I liked them but they lacked the diversity of Hole's lyrics and tunes IMO. was the only 'scene' I was ever into and miss it. There are still lots of good girl bands but I have seen and reviewed so many where a traditionally gorgeous woman shouts a bit about nothing with a load of muso men behind her actually provide the musicianship-then the music press fete the 'fantastic' and photogenic singer
The riot grrl scene was shambolic yes but thy were in it for the music and to make a point, not look sexy in a little black dress and they played their own darn instruments

 

[Fez909]

The biggest influence on my life hasn't been due to any musician or band: more the friends I've had during different phases of my 'musical life'. At school I had no clue about music. then I left and got into house with a group of friends. Met others through clubbing who've become friends and got into other stuff like breaks, hip hop, jazz, techno - especially techno.

Then I got the internet and that pretty much opened me up to all music. No single band or artist has changed my life significantly.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Hole and Babes in Toyland were not Riot grrl. They had talent, for one thing.

 

[Dr_Gonzo]

Manic Street Preachers, I heard The Holy Bible when I was about 12 when most of my friends were into the Chilli Peppers and The Offspring. I thought the lyrics were amazing and I actually had to educate myself to understand all the references.

 

[moose]

Well that and turning a battered broken pair of these into some flowerpots.

We have a garden full of para boots and docs with winter pansies in them

Oh, forgot to answer the question

No particular band or even genre (hate that word!) but starting out as a teenage punkette has probably led me on a different path than if I'd been into mainstream music of the day.

 

[Bomber]

Stones/Keef Richards. For all the right reasons, of course.

Absolutely !!! Some of the "wrong reasons" are not all bad !!

 

[Lisarocket]

Hole and Babes in Toyland were not Riot grrl. They had talent, for one thing.

I wouldn't even get into that debate with Cybefairy if i were you. She is teh expert on riot grrl

 

[stavros]

I know he's not a musician, but I would say John Peel in shaping, I hope, my willingness to investigate all and not dismiss it unduly.

 

[rekil]

My brother, cos of his enormous record collection.

Greg Ginn for starting SST.

I really wish I'd listened to more of The Fall instead of The fucking Smiths.

 

[loud 1]

mansuns first album attack of the grey lattern made a massive imprint on how i looked at music,then when they released six it did exactly the same thing,in fact
it changed the way i wrote music at the time,taking pop sensabilities and turning um upside down.

jeff buckley was the same,but in a purely emotional sense,lost myself in that album millions of times.

 

[ice-is-forming]

Marc Bolan...

he has a lot to answer for in my life......

the children of the revolution..



rock n roll wooooooooo

 

[Cheesypoof]

Pete Doherty/ The libertines transformed my life - I got into them at a time when I needed something, and I left my boyfriend and met loads of new people through the music. Also expanded some of my reading. met loads of friends through that band, they spawned a new movement in london for a while and it was exciting to witness it...

Syd Barrett - his music and words shape a lot of my thinking and influence how I feel about lots of things. I have never loved an artist as much as I love him, and i doubt I ever will.

 

[Cloo]

Maybe Primal Scream/Andy Weatherall for getting me into dance music, but then if it hadn't been them, it would have been someone else - mostly it was down to sibling influence.

 

[story]

Punk, all the way.

I was fortunate in that I was exposed to intresting and non-mainstream music from day-one (the 'rents were into music).

Then in 1977, I heard my first punk tune and it was a revelation. I was given the realisation that there were other people in the universe who had the same feelings and sensibilites as me - I wasn't a freak of nature, I wasn't utterly alone, my tribe was out there somewhere, I just had to be patient and trust that I would meet them someday. It stopped the runaway panic in my heart, and gave me hope. The rest was just detail, waiting to be old enough to get out there and mingle.

 

[John Quays]

For the longest time and in the most meaningful way: The Fall, so Mark E Smith.

Also in phases: Skyclad and Martin Walkyier; Cradle Of Filth and Dani.

They're the three.

(I really liked Babes In Toyland btw, but couldn't be getting on with Hole much at all.)

 

[twistedAM]

Combo of Replacements, Dinosaur Jt, Buffalo Tom, Steve Earle...made me get my ass over to the US for a while and thus avoided the whole Britpop shit. Result. Thanks you guys.

 

[Groucho]

I loved Huggy Bear but have to admit to Her Jazz being their one brilliant song

Yes, that was their good one.


Apart from my 'Eddie Cochran/Gene Vincent' phase (not that I could afford leather biker gear when I was 12), I have NEVER based my look or organised my life around the image of any musician, but music has been very important to me to listen to

 

[ViolentPanda]

Punk, all the way.

I was fortunate in that I was exposed to intresting and non-mainstream music from day-one (the 'rents were into music).

Then in 1977, I heard my first punk tune and it was a revelation. I was given the realisation that there were other people in the universe who had the same feelings and sensibilites as me - I wasn't a freak of nature, I wasn't utterly alone, my tribe was out there somewhere, I just had to be patient and trust that I would meet them someday. It stopped the runaway panic in my heart, and gave me hope. The rest was just detail, waiting to be old enough to get out there and mingle.

I'm similar, was listening to stuff like Dr Feelgood and then along came Punk and everything changed for the better; my politics, my attitude to others, the way I was.

 

[LDR]

Steve Earle and the Dukes.

They were the first gig I ever went and saw live, got me into Country, introduced me to left wing politics, and basically stopped me listening to hair metal.

I owe them a lot.