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Shotgun Sinner
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Posts: 8038 | April 4th, 2007 at 08:24am
We need to get this shit going.
What are your biggest influences and inspirations? Who sets the creative beast free inside of your limbs?
For me... that's a hard one.
As for the inspiration Coheed and Cambria are making a good job.
But the way I play is more influenced by modern guitarist such as Thomas Erak (The Fall Of Troy) and Omar Rodriguez (At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta etc.). If you've listened to those bands you will know that they have a pretty open minded playing, not sticking to any kind of formula (Omar states he doesn't know any theory), which I think is good for any guitarist.
Shoot. |
cherstinmayanneliee
Motor Baby
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Posts: 933 | April 4th, 2007 at 08:42am For me it's Queen, cause, well I grew up listening to the guys. My Dad always blasted Queen. The Distillers, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Silverchair, and so on. |
miss california.
Bleeding on the Floor
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Posts: 1140 | April 4th, 2007 at 11:11am Yep, i'm the same as Rocky. Primarily, it's Queen for me, for the same reasons. |
Kid Rock
Banned
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Posts: 7686 | April 4th, 2007 at 11:44am For me it was and still is Ray Toro. Watching him live & hearing 2:58 into Mama made me go "Wow I want to do that with my life". I'm learning how to play guitar live but Toro is def. my biggest inspiration.
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Quinnmobile.
Jazz Hands
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Posts: 336 | April 4th, 2007 at 06:38pm My biggest influences guitar wise are Eddie Van Halen, Ray Toro, Frank Iero[stage presence wise], and Pat Mcmanaman.
All of them make me aspire to be a great guitarist and I push myself to try to play up to their level or at least TRY to.
Vocaly, it would be Amy Lee, definatly.
She has such a strong voice and it fits in with her bands style of music so well.
It also amazes me how she can write such powerful lyrics.
I have many more, but it would definatly take too long to list them |
Fireplug.
Salute You in Your Grave
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 4635 | April 4th, 2007 at 07:49pm My Chemical Romance. Obviously.
Smashing Pumpkins. The Used. Queen. Radiohead.
My Nana because if it wasn't for her I wouldn't have started playing.
xDD |
thekingforaday
Killjoy
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Posts: 78 | April 4th, 2007 at 08:26pm Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Sum 41, Linkin Park, Coheed and Cambria, Yellowcard.
While some are very different types of music, all of these contribute to my style of rhythm |
purveyors of dreams.
Salute You in Your Grave
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 2253 | April 5th, 2007 at 04:12am No influences as of yet.
But inspirations would be the lovely Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman,
Andy Hurley, Ray Toro, and I suppose my first inspiration would
have to be my (now-ex) acoustic guitar teacher. |
apple.
Always Born a Crime
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Posts: 5372 | April 5th, 2007 at 11:41am X Japan, hide, and Dir en grey.
If we had the sound, stage presence and attitudes they have... we would kick ass.
A personal idol of mine would have to be hide. He made me want to play guitar since the day I first heard him play. After his funeral, when I went to the hide Muesum, I saw his beautiful guitars lines up neatly in plastic boxes for us all to see. They were all worn from being played so hard, and scratched up and faded paint from all the lives he put on.
That's what I want to be. |
Bonne.Idee
Joining The Black Parade
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Posts: 216 | April 5th, 2007 at 01:24pm as a bassist, my sources of inspiration go to Flea, Steve Harris[he lives near me..] Krist Novoselic[?] and any female bassists
Flea, cause he's just awesome
Steve Harris, cause, well, Iron Maiden..
Krist Novoselic, who's name I've probably spelt wrong, cause Nirvana are one of my favourite bands
And Female Bassists, cause it's a man's world.. |
ain't got no soul.
Salute You in Your Grave
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Posts: 3449 | April 5th, 2007 at 05:02pm My greatest influences are all the members of MCR, you know. Inspires me to better myself and be brave.. Gerard affects me the most.. The rest of my influences are like.. Hip Hop artists like Classified, 2pac, DL Incognito, Immortal Technique, Del The Funky Homosapien.. Meh. |
Kid__
Always Born a Crime
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 6686 | April 6th, 2007 at 06:29am Slash - What I wouldn't give to play guitar even half as good as him!
My Chemical Romance - Each for different reasons.
Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, The Sex Pistols and Iron Maiden - I grew up with them and you can't not love them.
Danny Elfman - The guy is a genius.
The Dresden Dolls - Proof that you don't have to be in a typical band to make amazing music and that anything can sound good, as long as you work at it. |
Optimus Prime
Salute You in Your Grave
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 3096 | April 6th, 2007 at 03:58pm My Chemical Romance-They made me want to make something of my life
And anything that got blasted down my ears as a child.
Green Day
Jack Black-Great vocals
Kyle Gass-Made me want to play guitar |
Oxycontin Genocide.
Banned
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Posts: 2955 | April 6th, 2007 at 05:20pm My Chemical Romance, and Green Day.
They Pwn. |
Funky Crime
Bleeding on the Floor
Age: 30
Gender: -
Posts: 1821 | April 7th, 2007 at 01:00am Well, for one, I always listen to John Frusciante,(guitar player of Red Hot Chili Peppers), for inspiration for guitar playing. I also like to listen to stuff like My favorite bands, AFI, Bouncing Souls, and My Chem..
And the Pixies... They have simple songs but some of what they do it technical, as far as guitar playing goes. I mean, Here Comes Your Man is extremely easy, but other songs are... a little complicated.
And then there are a lot of blues musicians I listen to for guitar inspiration.
And the Steve Miller Band 
The guitar player is pretty sick! And he's got a pretty axe... haha |
xXDrop.The.DaggerXx
Killjoy
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Posts: 71 | April 7th, 2007 at 01:28am Well, I'm a bass player, so if I don't put Mikey on the list I'd be lying. He's got some mad skill. But I haven't really been playing long enough to have a whole lot of inspirations as far as that goes.
As for everything else, I would be here for days listing off all the people that inspire and motivater me... |
erin_x_psychotic
Killjoy
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Posts: 21 | April 7th, 2007 at 01:40am Flea, Mike Dirnt, Jepha, and Mikey Way. |
dread_cry999
Fabulous Killjoy
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 100 | April 7th, 2007 at 03:02am As a vocalist for my band, my inspiration is Gerard Way of MCR, Scott Weland of Velvet Revolver, Davey Havok of AFI and Wil Francis of Aiden... and Jack Black of Pick of Destiny...  |
Easter Davy
Motor Baby
Age: -
Gender: Male
Posts: 805 | April 7th, 2007 at 10:30am My biggest inspiration is also Ray. I just think he's such a musical genious, and he's so amazing with a guitar in his hands. He's the reason I started playing guitar. |
Je t'aime mon amour
In The Murder Scene
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 23346 | April 7th, 2007 at 03:28pm Derek Bloom's the reason I started playing drums.
I just loved the drumming in Note to self, so yeah.
And Bob Dylan & Conor Oberst are the reason I'm trying to learn guitar and harmonica.
Because I take in everything they have to say, and I couldn't express myself as good as they do by just playing drums. |
