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    • Jan 30 2006, 1h15

    influences?

    i wanna know, which band, or artist influenced your taste in music, the most?

    i was wondering about this question a long time, since i can't really remember all the music i was listening when i was young and "suggestible" ^^

    i think i have to split my influences into "the early 90s" and "stuff i got from my sister". i have to be thankful for my sister's taste in music. i got all the great stuff by the cure, echo & the bunnymen, siouxsie, joy divison, the clash, depeche mode, the smiths and many more, from her. she owned all the records of these late 70s and 80s giants. these new wave and post punk heroes, mentioned above, plus my early 90s favourites slowdive, ride, oasis, blur and many more, prolly were the major influence on my today's taste in music.

    what's your story?

    • AnnaHaNa disse...
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    • Jan 30 2006, 12h00
    My sister was probably the one who introduced me the most bands when I was younger.. But I remember the first band I ever really, really loved was Tehosekoitin, a Finnish rock/pop band, they've broken up now and stuff. Me and my friend used to listen to them after school when me were 8 and we danced and jumped around on our living room table :).

    My sister introduced me to some finnish bands such as The Flaming Sideburns and Clamour and Apulanta. In the late 90's she made me listen to swedish rock, such as The Hives, The Hellacopters etc. So I listened a lot to Finnish and Swedish rock before I discovered all these british and other indie bands and stuff. Nowadays I always tell my sister about any good new band put some good music on her iPod without asking her:D

  • Oooh well. [First I have to say that I've only really really really listened to music for four or something years now, although I thankfully skipped the phase in which you buy tons of techno cover bands' or boy groups' CDs which you can only hide later.]
    There's Placebo whom I discovered via the Cruel Intentions OST (actually a friend asked me to find out what that song opening the film is, and I googled the bits of lyrics she'd understood and voilà!) shortly before they released their fourth album, through whom I discovered AMONGST OTHERS the Smiths, through whom I discovered AMONGST MANY OTHERS the Libertines, through whom I discovered pretty much every relatively new UK band in the world - well, not technically through them, but they were the first and many followed, and who knows, I might not have given them the appropriate attention otherwise.
    Björk influenced my taste because through her I found out about a genre called 'trip hop' which I grew to adore.
    Kate Bush influenced my taste in solo artists an awful lot, as did David Bowie, and Morrissey's an influence of some sorts as well because I picked up pretty much every band he ever mentioned he liked (with the exception of the New York Dolls, funnily enough), leading me to find really obscure darlings, like Ludus (although technically speaking I found out about them on the radio) - same for Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, who pointed me towards Orange Juice and Felt, from where on I have been delving deep into twee.
    However, the first music I ever REALLY got into (after listening to three assorted artists for the first eleven years of my life - Garbage, R.E.M. and Geri Halliwell) was, er, gothic and symphonic metal. That was in 2002 and started with Nightwish from where it went on but not very far (since most of the bands I listened to sounded quite similar, and Nightwish released a really dull album in 2004) for a year or two, but you don't see any of that in anything else I listen to, it was kind of a side hobby. Though, come to think of it, the whole gothic thing got me interested in the Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees and, to a degree, Joy Division (although it was the more recent bands that constantly get compared to them that eventually made me take a closer listen to them), who I still love dearly today and who can surely be blamed for my appreciation of some of those younger post-punk bands, not necessarily because they really do sound like them but because they're namedropped in reviews and that catches my eye.
    Ooh yeah, how could I forget, I fell in love with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs because I thought "Tick" sounded like Japanese singer Kana, and via YYY I got to the Strokes and the Vines and that was probably what opened by heart to young rock bands in the first place, because it was at a time where I was actually only listening to a)80's brit-indie b)90's britpop (i.e. Pulp whom I bought because aforementioned friend wanted to know who that band with a CD called "This is hardcore" was) c)gothic metal and d)Japanese electroclash. It's really very hard to pinpoint anything because it all happened at the same time, more or less, and didn't move from one thing to another but back and forth and sideways all the time. Right now I let myself be influenced a lot by the names of older bands dropped in recent reviews, there's always some forgotten gem that someone remembers and that hasn't been mentioned before, even if reference to it is no more necessary than to the others.

    (Incidentally, is there a spellcheck anywhere for the forum posts here? I have the horrible feeling that I hit the wrong keys about thirty times in that text.)

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    • Fev 1 2006, 14h19

    Re:

    Quoth LucieAndCo:
    Oooh well. [First I have to say that I've only really really really listened to music for four or something years now, although I thankfully skipped the phase in which you buy tons of techno cover bands' or boy groups' CDs which you can only hide later.]
    There's Placebo whom I discovered via the Cruel Intentions OST (actually a friend asked me to find out what that song opening the film is, and I googled the bits of lyrics she'd understood and voilà!) shortly before they released their fourth album, through whom I discovered AMONGST OTHERS the Smiths, through whom I discovered AMONGST MANY OTHERS the Libertines, through whom I discovered pretty much every relatively new UK band in the world - well, not technically through them, but they were the first and many followed, and who knows, I might not have given them the appropriate attention otherwise.
    Björk influenced my taste because through her I found out about a genre called 'trip hop' which I grew to adore.
    Kate Bush influenced my taste in solo artists an awful lot, as did David Bowie, and Morrissey's an influence of some sorts as well because I picked up pretty much every band he ever mentioned he liked (with the exception of the New York Dolls, funnily enough), leading me to find really obscure darlings, like Ludus (although technically speaking I found out about them on the radio) - same for Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, who pointed me towards Orange Juice and Felt, from where on I have been delving deep into twee.
    However, the first music I ever REALLY got into (after listening to three assorted artists for the first eleven years of my life - Garbage, R.E.M. and Geri Halliwell) was, er, gothic and symphonic metal. That was in 2002 and started with Nightwish from where it went on but not very far (since most of the bands I listened to sounded quite similar, and Nightwish released a really dull album in 2004) for a year or two, but you don't see any of that in anything else I listen to, it was kind of a side hobby. Though, come to think of it, the whole gothic thing got me interested in the Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees and, to a degree, Joy Division (although it was the more recent bands that constantly get compared to them that eventually made me take a closer listen to them), who I still love dearly today and who can surely be blamed for my appreciation of some of those younger post-punk bands, not necessarily because they really do sound like them but because they're namedropped in reviews and that catches my eye.
    Ooh yeah, how could I forget, I fell in love with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs because I thought "Tick" sounded like Japanese singer Kana, and via YYY I got to the Strokes and the Vines and that was probably what opened by heart to young rock bands in the first place, because it was at a time where I was actually only listening to a)80's brit-indie b)90's britpop (i.e. Pulp whom I bought because aforementioned friend wanted to know who that band with a CD called "This is hardcore" was) c)gothic metal and d)Japanese electroclash. It's really very hard to pinpoint anything because it all happened at the same time, more or less, and didn't move from one thing to another but back and forth and sideways all the time. Right now I let myself be influenced a lot by the names of older bands dropped in recent reviews, there's always some forgotten gem that someone remembers and that hasn't been mentioned before, even if reference to it is no more necessary than to the others.

    (Incidentally, is there a spellcheck anywhere for the forum posts here? I have the horrible feeling that I hit the wrong keys about thirty times in that text.)


    the forum spell check says: accepted ^^ plus.... i enjoyed reading it!

    • Poetjoel disse...
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    • Fev 15 2006, 8h01
    Born 1977 my musical taste was strongly influenced by old records I would take from my father. My first steps to music which I can remember were to ABBA, then of course The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
    Anyway later on a bought myself a David Bowie-CD-Box without even knowing who he is, that kept me busy for a couple of years. Through my brother I got into Nirvana one of my first concerts by the way and Faith No More and so on ...
    In one phase of my life I could only listen to Tocotronic a german rock band. Kept me depressive but alive ... they're still the best german rock band ever !!
    Now after like 7 years only listening to all those Tocotronic-Songs ... a friend of mine brought a new CD she just bought, The Redwalls, they pretty much helped me out of my 'only-listen-tocotronic-phase'.
    ... and then I joined Last.fm , the social music revolution ... worked for me :) please do not spellcheck :)

  • I used to listen to shit bands like Sum 41 and Green Day a few years ago.

    During the summer of 2002, don't even ask me why, I picked up (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis. Then the rest is history.



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    • shepz disse...
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    • Jun 14 2006, 0h41

    Re:

    Quoth RiotRadio:
    I used to listen to shit bands like Sum 41 and Green Day a few years ago.

    During the summer of 2002, don't even ask me why, I picked up (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis. Then the rest is history.


    Me too, i think all killer no filler was one of the first album's i bought :| Then it shifted to stuff like less than jake, millencolin etc for a while with a bit of stereophonics thrown in for good measure. After a bit the phonics took over and my music taste went from there. Still love less than jake tho!

    rarrrrrr!
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    • Jun 15 2006, 16h47
    :D Haven't been into this sort of music for long...maybe it's to do with the fact I'm 15 but I don't know! Got into through Franz Ferdinand to tell you the truth. When I heard take Me Out back when I was 13 it just made me want to dance like shit and since then I've been looking for more and more stuff!

  • Mine is a similar story, my sister introduced me to shit like queen. Then my best friend gave me Up The Bracket and I saw the light I used to listen to shit bands like Sum 41 and Green Day a few years ago.

    During the summer of 2002, don't even ask me why, I picked up (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis. Then the rest is history.

    Quoth RiotRadio:
    I used to listen to shit bands like Sum 41 and Green Day a few years ago.

    During the summer of 2002, don't even ask me why, I picked up (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis. Then the rest is history.


  • i was watching kerrang (yes, i know) and then cant stand me now came on...

  • RiotRadio said:
    I used to listen to shit bands like Sum 41 and Green Day a few years ago.

    During the summer of 2002, don't even ask me why, I picked up (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis. Then the rest is history.


    Don't Look Back In Anger was my favourite song when I was about 4 years old :D

    More recently though, the band that got me into a lot of what I listen to now was the Killers.
    I owe alot to them ;)

  • The first bands I listened to that influenced my current taste are Garbage, The White Stripes and Travis.
    I used to listen to bands like Evanescence and then Green Day, but similar music didn't interest me much.
    I don't really remember how I got into The White Stripes, I think I saw them on the telly. I still know how my friend and I stole her sister's Garbage CD and listened to it, though. Ah, good times.
    Since then I stumbled on other bits and pieces I enjoyed and my interest in music grew stronger. I started to listen to Placebo, Adam Green and Franz ferdinand it grew even more from there.
    I still think you can derive my current taste from those three first bands somehow. Except for the retro-ish stuff maybe.

  • the first music i bought was an ABBA audio-casette :) after some years of wondering my self wich is my style, after listening to bands like therion and stuff :p someone gave me a cd with CAKE and dEUS and some crappy music.
    i started listening muse and the white stripes after watching them on tv.
    my english teacher and friend from highschool listened to interpol and strokes and other bands i didn't knew back then. this is the story of my influences :p

    • Ari0n disse...
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    • Ago 12 2007, 12h10
    My mom was really young when she got me and therefore I grew up with whatever was popular amongest the people my mother hanged and studied with.
    Oasis, Suede, Pulp and Blur was all frequently played and definitly the dominant reason I kept watching the british scene while I grew up and also check out the bands I grew up withs influences.
    Of course I had to begin with the Beatles having heard how huge influence they had on my definitive favourite band, Oasis, and also Mando Diao. I loved the Beatles and they made me check out more of the music beeing made around the 60's.
    Around the same time last.fm gave me a recommendation about a band called the Libertines which today has become THE love of my life (muscially, obiviously :>)
    Carl & Petes band was often compared to the Clash and I also watched the movie, 24 Hour Party People at the time. I was off to fill the remaining hole in my education beeing the late 70s punk scene and 80s post-punk/new wave!
    And here I am today!

    Summary, key bands:

    The Beatles, Oasis, The Libertines.

    Where were YOU while we were getting high?
  • sonic youth and my bloody valentine are most influential in terms of my current musical tastes. Also hip hop artists of the 90s, since that is the music I grew up with.

    • sex4sex disse...
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    • Ago 25 2008, 14h56
    i've got everything from everyone:

    -> popular music: TV (Britney Spears/Madonna/No Doubt/George Michael/Elton John)
    -> hip-hop/metalcore/brit-pop: friends (Kool Savas/Sido/Caliban/Neaera/Atreyu/Arctic Monkeys/Art Brute/The Hives)
    -> emocore/post-hardcore: Myspace (From first to last/Funeral for a friend/Alexisonfire)
    -> oldskool rock/metal: guitarteacher (black sabbath/Iron Maiden)
    -> pop punk: skating (Blink 182/Green Day/Good Charlotte)
    -> punk rock: drinking (against me/dropkick murphys/flogging molly/the casualties)
    -> street punk/proto-punk/alternative: musical basic researches (cock sparrer/cockney rejects/MC5/The Stooges/The Cure/Siouxsie and the Banshees)
    -> experimental/progressive/deathcore: higher advantages at music (Job for a Cowboy/The Mars Volta/Between The Buried And Me/Future of the Left/The Human Abstract/The Chariot)
    -> industrial/gothic: the "wannabe-otherway-behaviour" (combichrist/welle:erdball/stillste stund)
    -> electroclash/electro/alternative: going out and dance instead of just drinking: (MSTRKRFT/Death from Above 1979/Calvin Harris)
    -> oldskool electro/trance/techno: my dad listened to this (Faithless/Paul Oakenfold)
    -> darker alternative: thinging too much about crappy shit: (Placebo/Black Light Burns)
    -> grunge: the late repetition of grunge in the 00's (Nirvana/The Smashing Pumpkins/Giant Drag/Pearl Jam/Audioslave)
    -> METAL: the "Wannabe-More-Metal-Than-You-Behaviour" xD (Hammerfall/Black Label Society/Children Of Bodom/Damageplan/Machine Head/Nevermore)
    -> alternative: best music when you are reading (The Decemberists/...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead)
    -> Classic: radio + post-hardcore + soundtracks + lerning xD (John Williams/Beethoven/Tchaikovsky)
    political punk/rock/alternative: playing tony hawk... it's true... (Rage Against the Machine/anthrax and public enemy)
    blues/jazz: the "i-know-much-more-about-music-than-you-ever-will-behaviour"/or being older than 80years (oh sorry, i havn't reached this phase...) =b

    just to enumerate some musicgenres and bands xD


    When i ever create an album, all genres will influence it... God forbid... xD

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