Who are your music idols

anyone in The Grateful Dead or Phish....

 

dude, miles davis kicks ass.....

as far as drumming goes, i like jean krupa, buddy rich, buddy miles, mitch mitchell, jimmy cobb, adrian young, meg white......just kidding, john bonham.....antonio sanchez (?) from the pat metheny group, phil collins during his brandX days.

 

songwriters--Jon Anderson (Yes), Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Robert Smith (the Cure), Eric Clapton, Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Nick Drake, Waters/Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Pete Townshend (The Who), and Lou Reed (Velvet Underground)

guitar players--Al DiMeola, Alex DeGrassi, Ritchie Blackmore (deep purple), Mark Knopfler (dire straits), Eric Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Robert Fripp (king crimson), Jimmy Page, Denner/Sherman (mercyful fate), Randy Rhoads (ozzy), Robin Bullock, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Howe (yes)

 

George Snow!




(do I get any brownie points? ok, I'll settle for a vintage strat under the xmas tree!)

 

Robert Plant..

 

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Um, I don't really play anything per se.. but write some songs and sing and write lyrics for others and do some lofi stuff with limited guitar skills and synths, etc.. so:

Robert Pollard/Guided By Voices
Todd Rundgren
Super Furry Animals
Early Genesis
Ween
XTC
Roy Wood/ The Move
The Kinks
The Beatles
Wire
Robyn Hitchcock/ The Soft Boys
Syd Barrett
Chris Stamey/ The dBs
Neutral Milk Hotel
Olivia Tremor Control

.. yknow, general poppy psych/art-rock thing

 

my music idols are dave mustaine, hilary duff, milli vanilli and queen latifah

oh and also chuck aka soulrebel51 (HE CAN PLAY 4 CHORDS!!!!!!!!!)

 

What crawled up your ass this time?

 

Hahahahahaha! *wipes away tears* Did you see that Metallica documentary? Where Dave WHINED "they kicked me out". Oh, waaaa....

 

overall as a band: Arcade Fire, Flaming Lips

 

1. freddie
2. kurt cobain
2. brody Armstrong
3. Brian moloko
4 Karen o

 

Guitar- Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, and Robbie Robertson.

Singer- John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Bob Dylan, Rick Danko, and Richard Manuel.
Songwriter- same as singers.

 

Prefer the words 'who I respect', but loads. At the moment Simon Posford aka shpongle and hallucinogen amoungst others, a true wiz with electronic music...

Definitely buy and listen to Shpongle - nothing lasts but nothing is lost

 

to many to list man

 

Thanks

 

Guitar-Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Stephen Stills, Jimmy Page
Singer-Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Graham Nash, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant
Songwriter-Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Van Morrison
Bassist-JPJ, Noel Redding, Chris Squire, Geezer Butler
Drummer-John Bonham, Neil Peart, Ginger Baker, Levon Helm

 

John Butler, Xavier Rudd, Jerry Garcia, Trey Anastasio, and David Gilmour.

 

robert plant, jimmy page, john bonham, john paul jones...oh wait thats Led Zeppelin!