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[Atratus]

Who or what was the inspiration for your musical journey? who gives you chills up the spine now?


My original inspirations were AC/DC, early Metallica and Slayer when I was around 13, I swapped an SG Copy for a yamaha psr keyboard that I never used and that was my fate sealed. Later I discovered dance music and psy trance and drum n bass started to do weird things to me. I still listen to all the above and my current faves would have to be nightrage, lamb of god and arch enemy for metal and philosomatika.com and dnbradio.com for dance.

[brandondrury]

Oh, growing up in the 80s a radio was always on. The pop music of the 80s hate a tremendous influence on me even though I didn't realize it until I hit my mid 20s.

The big record for me was The Offspring 'Smash' which hit when I was 14. From there I jumped head first into rock music. By my late teens, I hit metal pretty hard, but grew bored with most of it when I got into my 20s.

Now my tastes vary quite a bit and are not really bound by any single genre.

Brandon

[TAlderson]

Well, Bob Dylan is definitely the first folk artist I took seriously. But I think the first Woody Guthrie cd I bought was the first time that I heard something in folk music that I couldn't hear in any other kind of music. So I think I'd have to say that Guthrie is my primary influence, with too many others to name coming in second.

-Tyler

[lumpy]

The first music I really got into was The Beach Boys. My dad was a big 60's California sound fan since he lived there for awhile; Beach Boys, Ventures, Mamas and Papas, Byrds, Iron Butterfly, CCR et al. He had a nice collection of albums that I ruined. He also had some British Invasion stuff that I am eternally grateful for having been exposed to. He was into all kinds of cool shit; everything from Herb Albert (don't laugh, it's cool) to the Young Rascals to Johhny Cash to Buck Owens. All of it played into what I consider good.

The first "contemporary" band I got into was The Police. Shows my age huh?

In high school I moved onto the LA and Minneapolis punk bands; DK, MOD, Husker Du, Replacements, Dead Milkmen.

I also like be-bop jazz; Dizzy, Trane, Miles, Monk, Bird, et al.

I like anything that an American Idol contestant won't sing!

Lump

[jjjjj]

the first band that hooked me in was fishbone and i was 11 years old. 1986 what memories!!