Who inspired you to play guitar ?

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  • C-minor
    C-minor Posts: 77
    Jimi Hendrix
    Stevie Ray
    And Mr Mcready

    They are the fuel to my playing
    This is the greatest band in the world
    -Ben Harper-MSG 1 2003 -7-8
  • thisismylastexit
    thisismylastexit Posts: 34
    originally it was my dad

    but then i got into punk stuff which is bleh right now save the ramones

    then pearl jam
    period.

    mike and stoned open my eyes to hendrix and page and pete townshend
    ...please stand by the shore
  • LoveThemBones
    LoveThemBones Posts: 38
    McCready and Stone, Slash, Jerry Cantrell, Kirk Hammett, Kurt C. and believe it or not Bradley Nowell of sublime. Now its, Jimmy P., Jimi H., and SRV!
    PJ + AIC = LoveThemBones
  • nfmessiah
    nfmessiah Posts: 58
    well i learned piano first because of the beatles.
    guitar because of pearl jam.
    once dissolved we are free to grow...
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    I really couldn't say, I'd ALWAYS wanted to play guitar, and the guy who lived across the hall from me let me borrow his guitar last year,and I'm taking it from there

    Big step for me : I'm buying that first guitar I played off of him tommorow. woot.
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    the beatles..................
    d'oh!!!!!!

    http://www.myspace.com/brain_of_c
  • xmascleanlove
    xmascleanlove Posts: 55
    we were in the middle of a 12 hour drive home from vacation 4 years back and zeppelins over the hills and far away came on the radio and i was just awe struck at how beautiful it sounded...i'd never "really" paid attention to how amazing a guitar can sound and after hearing that i decided it was time to pick up a guitar and start playing...that was the first song i learned to...it took me a goddamn month and my fingers hurt so bad...but once i was able to play that jangly intro i was addicted...guitar is worse than coke man...you just can not stop once you start

    ...so jimmy page...god bless that man...god bless him
    if you're a pot smoker and you don't own a ukulele you're fuckin up...but then once you get a ukulele you might end up moving to a guitar because its a gateway instrument you know
    ~ EV 6/25/03
  • TABBYCAT
    TABBYCAT Posts: 118
    Originally posted by xmascleanlove


    ...so jimmy page...god bless that man...god bless him

    amen to that he's the best!!!
  • rybes
    rybes Posts: 136
    listening to PJ
  • babz
    babz Posts: 18
    my older brother when i was a child, then a band called therapy, then hendrix and page...

    yer a (class A) band/team

    keep it coming!!!!
    IF YOU CAN KEEP COOL AROUND HERE.... AMONG THE CONFUSION.......YOU REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION!!!
  • sustainedia
    sustainedia Posts: 112
    the riff to dire straits' money for nothing

    and nirvana. power chords rock.
  • oyster jelly
    oyster jelly Posts: 107
    The first real guitar player I idolized was Ace Frehley. Then Randy Rhoads. When I did actually start to play, Hendrix, SRV, Tony Iommi were the shit.
    " A toast to Buffalo...who new it could be so beautiful..." EV 5/2/03

    " This one's for the home team...."
    Eddie before they broke out Rats 5/12/06

    Buffalo 5/2/03
    Albany 5/12/06
  • SteveMurray
    SteveMurray Posts: 66
    definately kurt cobain got me to pick up a guitar but when i saw pj in 2003 that got me motivated to start writting my own stuff
  • Lukin_oz
    Lukin_oz Posts: 257
    sustainedia wrote:
    the riff to dire straits' money for nothing

    and nirvana. power chords rock.

    Same... I heard the intro to money for nothing in grade 3 and have been playing ever since... as far as form and style goes though... SRV, McCready, Iommi, Hendrix, Angus...
    Those who dance are called insane by those who dont hear the music
  • DirtLikeMe
    DirtLikeMe Posts: 91
    The main riff to Alive. I practiced over and over to get the whole song right.

    However, the first song that I ever learned was "Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd.
    And if hope could grow from dirt like me, it can be done
  • diamondjelly
    diamondjelly Posts: 25
    Jimmy Page, then I saw a video of Stevie Ray Vaughn playing live...almost cried.....but now Im completly influenced by Mike and Stone....Im not the best lead player so I just try to be the most well rounded player I can.
  • freewheelin_mind
    freewheelin_mind Posts: 28
    bob dylan- mad dude
    But you break like a little girl.
  • goto_l
    goto_l Posts: 1,189
    Billy Gibbons-ZZ Top. When I was 7, I was obsessed with La Grange, Then I really started paying attention to Tom Scholtz's riffs on Boston's 1st record & I was sold.
    You men eat your dinner
    Eat your pork and beans
    I eat more chicken
    Than any man ever seen




  • kristmace
    kristmace Posts: 215
    Kurt Cobain (especialy unplugged)
    2000: Manchester | 2006: Astoria, Dublin, Leeds | 2007: Wembley, Nijmegen | 2008: New York 1 & 2 | 2009: Shepherds Bush, Manchester, London | 2010: Hyde Park | 2012: Manchester 1 & 2, EV London 1 & 2 | 2014: Stockholm, Leeds, Milton Keynes | 2017: EV Dublin | 2018: London 2 | 2019: EV London | 2022: London 1& 2 | 2024: Manchester

  • Gossard_Is_God
    Gossard_Is_God Posts: 1,031
    John5 Stone and Jerry Cantrell inspired me to play guitar
    Pearl Jam - London Astoria 20/4/06....One hell of a night :)

    Reading 2006 - WOOOOW!!!!!

    Paris 2006 - Fucking amazing

    Wembley 2007 :D

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