Micheal J. Fox in Back to the Future. I was ten and before that I had a 4 string nylon toy guitar that had been my brothers. So I was trying to play along to duran duran on that guitar or a yardstick. My parents got sick of it so they sent me to lessons. So my influences went from Rick Springfield, Duran Duran, Chuck Berry via Marty McFly, C.C. Deville, Ritchie Sambora, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Hendrix, Stones, Kurt Cobain, Mike McCready.
I totally forgot about Billy Corgan and Joe Perry and Stone...how could I have forgotten Stone? How can one forget the grooves he gets into, even though mike is my fav.
also the movie singles helped a bit, when you see matt dillon playing guitar over hendrix's grave......i thought about how you could walk around with a guitar and bring it anywhere and play and look cool......i've been trying to look cool ever since
"I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
I've got a million. Initially it was Slash like someone else said above, Page, Van Halen, Hendrix, Gossard, McCready, Cantrell, DeLeo, etc.
Now this is kind of funny. The last band that I saw live before I picked up the guitar was the Goo Goo Dolls back in '99! I know it sounds stupid considering my influences, but I saw that show and the very next day I was like "I'm sick of this air-guitar shit! I have to know how to play for real" so I went to guitar center and bought a piece of shit ibanez electric and a small amp. The rest is history. So I guess I have to give props to John Reznik (sp?) from the Goo Goo Dolls for writing some surprisingly tasty riffs.
"I had a false belief I thought I came here to stay... we're all just visiting."
Initially Slash and Eddie Van Halen
Nowadays the majority of my inspiration comes from page and clapton
typical answers I know but what can I say
saw things so much clearer...
want you...in my....REARVIEW MIRROR
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One thing that I know for sure gonna give her the loving
Like nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody can.
As a little kid Ace Frehley
Then Dave Mustaine (but he also almost made me quit because his stuff is tough)
Kirk Hammett (who didn't grow up in the 80's and get isnpired by early Metallica).
In late high school and college I sort of dropped it a little.
Then I got into old Eric Clapton and the Beatles.
Then I discovered Johnny Marr and the Smiths and it broadened my musical horizons.
A few years ago I started picking up the PJ bootlegs and Stone and Mike got me back into playing heavy again and have been ever since.
I never really cared about you
I never really got to thinking about you
i did 2 years of piano lessons first (cos thats what my mum wanted me to play) and i stopped when i was about 11. then when i was like 16 i just picked up a guitar and taught myself (id wanted to learn one for years).
i was mainly influenced because most songs HAVE a guitar, not a piano. so i thought "thats the instrument for me"
but i first learnt easier more acoustic songs, especially neil young, and the harvest album, and a lot of beatles stuff. thay were my main beginning guitar inspirations.
but now, i have a lot more guitar heroes.
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i remember the moment very clearly ........ i was fourteen, and sat on the beach during lunch break from school, listening to say hello to heaven with a friend .......... i loved the bass in that song, and said to my friend 'i'd love to do this' ........ only took me another 4 years to get hold of a bass, but that was the moment i'll remember. happy times x
my wife bought me a guitar for my birthday one year, so i thought.. might as well give this a bash, not getting on very far though.
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Wow it's been a long long time for this thread! I had to take a glance on what I put.
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obviously PJ was my favorite band but i was more drawn to playing simple, cool riffs from around 94-96ish when i got started. PJ wasn't easy and tab wasn't readily available to me at that time
“I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
holy thread revival! lol...
it is cool to go back and see some of the old names.
mine were hetfield, rhoads, dylan, and of course when i first heard smells like teen spirit and alive it was a turing point in my playing. stone is probably the biggest inspiration since i am a rhythm player.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
I was really unlucky, then lucky. I got a guitar for my 16th birthday (in 1988) and was inspired mostly by Alex Lifeson. Then three months later I totalled my 240Z and was in the hospital for a week, then in bed for a month. I had nothing else to do but practice guitar. Without the accident I most likely would have gotten frustrated and quit.
You see, guitar is one of those things where you have to just keep at it and keep at it for a month or two before you develop the muscle memory and finger strength (and calluses) to play. If you can endure that you WILL get good enough to at least play by the campfire or impress a girl. I feel EVERYONE is crap for the first month at least but those who stick with it will get good.
Jimi Hendrix. Saw Jimi live twice and said- man, I want want to do THAT some day. And I STILL want to play like that someday. Hey, I'm getting there... just me me another 50 years.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
I think it was a combination of the following all hitting me at roughly the same time.
Angus Young, Joe Perry and Tony Iommi
After I was able to get some of that stuff under my belt,
Jimmy Page, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix.
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I totally forgot about Billy Corgan and Joe Perry and Stone...how could I have forgotten Stone? How can one forget the grooves he gets into, even though mike is my fav.
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also the movie singles helped a bit, when you see matt dillon playing guitar over hendrix's grave......i thought about how you could walk around with a guitar and bring it anywhere and play and look cool......i've been trying to look cool ever since
Now this is kind of funny. The last band that I saw live before I picked up the guitar was the Goo Goo Dolls back in '99! I know it sounds stupid considering my influences, but I saw that show and the very next day I was like "I'm sick of this air-guitar shit! I have to know how to play for real" so I went to guitar center and bought a piece of shit ibanez electric and a small amp. The rest is history. So I guess I have to give props to John Reznik (sp?) from the Goo Goo Dolls for writing some surprisingly tasty riffs.
Jerry Cantrell is another big influence.
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Nowadays the majority of my inspiration comes from page and clapton
typical answers I know but what can I say
want you...in my....REARVIEW MIRROR
---
One thing that I know for sure gonna give her the loving
Like nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody can.
Mike McCready
Then Dave Mustaine (but he also almost made me quit because his stuff is tough)
Kirk Hammett (who didn't grow up in the 80's and get isnpired by early Metallica).
In late high school and college I sort of dropped it a little.
Then I got into old Eric Clapton and the Beatles.
Then I discovered Johnny Marr and the Smiths and it broadened my musical horizons.
A few years ago I started picking up the PJ bootlegs and Stone and Mike got me back into playing heavy again and have been ever since.
I never really got to thinking about you
i was mainly influenced because most songs HAVE a guitar, not a piano. so i thought "thats the instrument for me"
but i first learnt easier more acoustic songs, especially neil young, and the harvest album, and a lot of beatles stuff. thay were my main beginning guitar inspirations.
but now, i have a lot more guitar heroes.
when all are one and one is all, to be a rock and not to roll.........
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obviously PJ was my favorite band but i was more drawn to playing simple, cool riffs from around 94-96ish when i got started. PJ wasn't easy and tab wasn't readily available to me at that time
he played plus having an available guitar at home helped
I used to play the Star Spangled Banner on the high E string and thought that I was Jimi Hendrix-ette :shock:
it is cool to go back and see some of the old names.
mine were hetfield, rhoads, dylan, and of course when i first heard smells like teen spirit and alive it was a turing point in my playing. stone is probably the biggest inspiration since i am a rhythm player.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
You see, guitar is one of those things where you have to just keep at it and keep at it for a month or two before you develop the muscle memory and finger strength (and calluses) to play. If you can endure that you WILL get good enough to at least play by the campfire or impress a girl. I feel EVERYONE is crap for the first month at least but those who stick with it will get good.
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I was 8 when I first heard it & my dad got me a guitar the next week along with lessons.
Then shortly after--girls. I saw what the guitar player in bands did to them & I wanted that !
Angus Young, Joe Perry and Tony Iommi
After I was able to get some of that stuff under my belt,
Jimmy Page, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix.
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