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What 10 bands/groups had the most influence on the other music you listen to?

pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
edited June 2008 in Other Music
By this I mean what bands/groups have inspired you to listen to the largest amount of bands that could be considered similar.

Wu-Tang Clan
Beastie Boys
Nirvana
The Beatles
Joy Division
Oasis
The Cars
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
The Doors
Dr. Dre
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  • Joe2TheRevengeJoe2TheRevenge Posts: 904
    Pearl Jam
    Jane's Addiction
    Massive Attack
    Nine Inch Nails
    Sigur Ros
    The Dandy Warhols
    Depeche Mode
    Faith No More
    Sneaker Pimps
    Failure
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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Pearl Jam is basically the only band that got me into other types of rock.
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  • suns rivalsuns rival Posts: 15,926
    Pearl Jam
    Alice In Chains
    Soundgarden
    Stone Tempe Pilots
    Tears For Fears
    Depeche Mode
    Tool
    Nine Inch Nails
    Incubus
    Filter
    scratching my butt...
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  • hguz73hguz73 Posts: 245
    - Kiss
    - Black Sabbath
    - Iron Maiden
    - Bjork
    - Nine Inch Nails
    - The Smiths
    - The Cure
    - Public Enemy
    - Pixies
    - Sonic Youth
    - Pearl Jam
  • Joe2TheRevengeJoe2TheRevenge Posts: 904
    suns rival wrote:
    Pearl Jam
    Alice In Chains
    Soundgarden
    Stone Tempe Pilots
    Tears For Fears
    Depeche Mode
    Tool
    Nine Inch Nails
    Incubus
    Filter

    ummmm

    wait.

    You had me up until "Tears for Fears"

    haha
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,711
    The Clash
    Devo
    Boomtown Rats
    The Who
    X
    PJ
    REM
    NIN
    Pretenders
    Travis
  • TransplantedNewfTransplantedNewf Posts: 805
    The Beatles
    Zeppelin
    Jimi Hendrix
    Janis Joplin
    Pearl Jam
    Robert Johnson
    Patti Smith
    Tom Waits
    Sinead O'Connor
    Sarah Mclachlan
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  • suns rivalsuns rival Posts: 15,926
    Joe2TheRevenge wrote:
    ummmm

    wait.

    You had me up until "Tears for Fears"

    haha

    :D
    i think they're great. hehehe
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  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,179
    Pearl Jam and Nirvana are the biggest influence on the other music that I listen to. Those bands got me interested in "grunge" all the way from the influences of the genre, to the early bands like Green River, to its downfall from the mainstream. Going to PJ concerts has also got me interested in other bands because of their choice of opening act.

    I don't have 8 other bands that I can claim influenced the music that I listened to all that much. Perhaps I could list Led Zeppelin, as listening to them got me interested in other 60s/70s era rock bands, but I got into Zeppelin pretty much because of their influence on "grunge" music.
  • voodoopugvoodoopug Posts: 1,011
    The Rolling Stones
    The Who
    Pearl Jam
    George Strait
    Waylon Jennings
    Black Crowes
    Keith Richards and the Expensive Winos
    Hank Williams Jr.
    The Yardbirds
    Muddy Waters
    There's Pearl Jam, The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Robert Johnson......and then everybody else.
  • tonadaxtonadax Posts: 594
    The ramones
    The pixies
    The cure
    Joy division
    The beatles
    PJ
    AIC
    Led Zepp, their influence over rock music it's undeniable. by the way, Sometimes i think led zepp influenced many glam metal bands in terms of flamboyant and excess lifestyle''
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    Bob Marley
    Fugees (or even DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)
    Nirvana
    Metallica
    Bob Dylan
    The Cure
    Sex Pistols
    Doc Watson

    That's about it.
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  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    Pearl Jam
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Drive By Truckers
    Toots and The Maytals
    Sex Pistols
    King Prawn
    Rancid
    Jimi Hendrix
    Pantera
    Stone Roses
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Faith No More (led me away from more conventional rock music)
    Tupac Shakur (my introduction to hip-hop, way back when I was 8 or 9)
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Redefined my perception of "guitar" music)
    Arvo Part
    Big Black (Aesthetically and attitude-wise, the closest thing to a perfect band for me)
    Minor Threat (see above)
    Wu-Tang Clan (Introduced me to east-coast 90s hip-hop, something I avoided as a Tupac fan when I was younger)
    John Coltrane (My first jazz love)
    Bob Dylan (First time I paid attention to lyrics)
    Eric Dolphy (Led me to less traditional jazz)
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,495
    grateful dead
    black sabbath
    zep
    rem (EARLY)
    police
    beasties
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    PJ -- basically my starting point for the '90s and highly influential even still
    Metallica -- made me a headbanger in junior high
    Bad Religion -- has led to several punk stages for me
    Eric Clapton -- Unplugged sent me in the direction of the blues for a long, long time (even made me turn my back on PJ for a minute)
    BB King -- once in the blues I started with BB and branched out having liked what I heard a whole bunch
    CCR -- I remember my daddy playing CCR records when I was just a kid, probably my first recollection of music, made pop's tunes cool for me
    The Doors -- ditto
    Black Crowes -- strangely enough, TBC made me a full-fledged Otis Redding fan even though I already knew what a bad ass song Dock of the Bay is....from Otis I delved deep into soul music
    Willie Nelson has been huge to me as the starting point for the country music I enjoy, but there just isn't much of it worth listening to...Waylon, Cash, Haggard, Jerry Jeff Walker
    Run DMC -- i guess you could say influenced me greatly as a lad, leading me to Beastie Boys and, guess who, Aerosmith

    Not exactly in order or well-explained, but I would say those are the ones that have led to me listening to the most other bands with similar sounds/styles to their own. I've always had starting points with the two having the most impact being PJ and Clapton I believe
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  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    Pearl Jam and Radiohead....that's it and that's all
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,941
    Beatles, Zep, Floyd
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  • darthvedder88darthvedder88 Posts: 1,023
    Pearl Jam
    Nirvana
    The Beatles
    Led Zeppelin
    Tool
    The Smashing Pumpkins
    Aerosmith
    Marilyn Manson
    The Doors
    Pink Floyd
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  • mbangel10mbangel10 Posts: 548
    Pearl Jam (obviously)

    NIN (at the time, I'd heard nothing else like it and it amazed me)

    Husker Du (Bob Mould and Grant Hart made music magic for me)

    Mr. Bungle (Disco Volante forever changed the way I hear music)

    Slayer (I learned to appreciate the finer points of REAL metal music)

    Duran Duran (The soundtrack to my Jr. High years)

    Faith No More (The Real Thing single handedly lifted me up and pulled me out of hair metal band hell)

    Led Zeppelin (the best hard rock foundation you could ask for)

    The Cure
    R.E.M.
    (I hated these bands in High School, it wasn't until I got to college that I realized the beauty in their music...)

    I credit FNM and NIN for starting me on the path to truly opening my mind to different types of music. I'd never have listened to Mr. Bungle, Ministry, The Butthole Surfers, Primus, Pantera, and hundreds of other bands if it weren't for those two.
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  • geishagrrlgeishagrrl Posts: 130
    Pearl Jam
    Metallica
    Depeche Mode
    Nine Inch Nails
    Faith No More
    Led Zeppelin
    Fugazi
    L7
    Primus
    White Zombie
  • AiCPearlJamWeenAiCPearlJamWeen Posts: 785
    Funkadelic
    Ween
    Man Man
    Modest Mouse
    REM
    Tool
    NIN
    Alice in Chains
    Sublime
    Soundgarden
    The Smiths
    Mofro
    Keb' Mo'
    Pearl Jam
    Neil Young
    Dr. Dre
    Snoop Dogg
    Warren G
    Scarface
    A Perfect Circle
    Mark Lanegan
    Toad the Wet Sprocket
    Rusted Root
    Pixies
    Black Keys
    Nate Dogg
    Goon Moon
    Ike Reilly Assassination
    Electric Wizard
    The Moist Boyz

    Pretty much everything in my collection feeds off each other and I find a lot of bands through other bands and their influences.
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Kiss
    NWA
    Ozzy
    Beastie Boys
    Dead Kennedys
    The Cure
    Wu-Tang
    James Brown
    Bob Marley
    Public Enemy
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  • corduroidcorduroid Posts: 293
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Faith No More (led me away from more conventional rock music)
    Tupac Shakur (my introduction to hip-hop, way back when I was 8 or 9)
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Redefined my perception of "guitar" music)
    Arvo Part
    Big Black (Aesthetically and attitude-wise, the closest thing to a perfect band for me)
    Minor Threat (see above)
    Wu-Tang Clan (Introduced me to east-coast 90s hip-hop, something I avoided as a Tupac fan when I was younger)
    John Coltrane (My first jazz love)
    Bob Dylan (First time I paid attention to lyrics)
    Eric Dolphy (Led me to less traditional jazz)
    Based on this post alone, two bands I will check out: Big Black + Minor Threat. Thanks.
  • Indian SummerIndian Summer Posts: 2,296
    Pearl Jam is really the only one who has caused me to explore classic rock...like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, the Doors, the Who, and the Clash. They still make me explore, each time I hear a cover, I want to hear the original...and then the best of....and so on.
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  • seanw1010seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
    pearl jam
    black crowes
    allman brothers
    bad company
    AIC
    bob dylan
    bruce springsteen
    neil young
    creedence clearwater revival
    eric clapton
    U2
    jimi hendrix
    the who
    (most rescently)wolfmother
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  • ComfisComfis Posts: 117
    Pink Floyd
    Depeche Mode
    Radiohead
    Led Zeppelin
    Pearl Jam
    Beatles
    Judas Priest
    Joy Division
    The Doors
    U2
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  • pearljamgirl07pearljamgirl07 Posts: 792
    pearl jam
    ramones
    skid row
    nirvana
    the beatles
    aerosmith
    guns and roses
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  • brooksyincbrooksyinc Posts: 16
    Led Zeppelin
    Metallica
    Nirvana
    U2
    Green Day
    Iron Maiden
    Pearl Jam
    ACDC
    Damn, this is harder then I thought....
    NWA
    Run DMC
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