[eCowboy]

Originally Posted by WitchyWoman

It's probably not your age eCowboy.

Thunder - not widely known band from east London, but still going strong.
Jimmy Cliff - reggae soundtrack from a jamaican film in the 70's.
EC - Eric Clapton! on that one you must be pulling my leg.
Eva Cassidy - Very tragic story, she didn't receive much from the music industry until after she died of cancer aged 30 something.
Michael Messer - not too well known outside of the blues circuit, British contemporary slide guitarist.

Just my slightly obscure taste in music, and love of the non hyped talent that exsists.

No, not pulling your leg. I didn't recognize the album title and didn't realize that EC was Eric Clapton. My first concert was a Cream concert back in the late 60's or early 70's. I am suddenly feeling just a little younger.

[GotDeeBlues]

Live at the Filmore...Alman Brothers
Couldn't Stand The Weather..Stevie Ray Vaughn
The First 3 albums by Chicago..dead even, a toss up
American Beauty..Grateful Dead
First Time Together..B.B King and Bobby "Blue" Bland
Crosby, Stills and Nash..CSN (1st)

[scorpius]

Metallica (Black Album) - Metallica
The Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads - Scorpions
Past to Present (1977 - 1990) - Toto
Love Songs - Elton John
River of Love - David Foster
Final Fantasy X Piano Collection - Nobuo Uematsu
(yes, the last one comes from the video game)

[somedayillplaywell]

Appetite For Destruction--G-'N-R
The Chronic--Dr. Dre
The Doors--The Doors
Black Album--Metallica
Liscensed to Ill--Beastie Boys
Greatest Hits--Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Brian

[Hilch]

If I say mine I'm affraid no-one will talk to me

Or even know the 1/2 of them ..

Mostly Aussie rock groups from 70's and 80 's

AC/DC -Back in Black <---- most would know them

What about Kevin Bl$$dy Wilson ? anyone know him ?

[Stratrat]

Originally Posted by hilch

...What about Kevin Bl$$dy Wilson ? anyone know him ?

The only song I know from him is "Hey Santa Claus....".

[coldethyl]

Originally Posted by hilch

If I say mine I'm affraid no-one will talk to me

Or even know the 1/2 of them ..

Mostly Aussie rock groups from 70's and 80 's

You mean bands like Skyhooks, Sherbet, Hush, Cold Chisel, Mother Goose, Stylus, Little River Band, The Ted Mulry Gang, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Rose Tattoo, The Angels, Jo,Jo Zep & The Falcons, Supernaut, and many more I just can't think of at the moment.

[livinsane]

PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
Notorious B.I.G - Ready To Die
Velvet Underground - Very Best Of
Cat Power - Moon Pix
The Fall - Grotesque (After the Gramme)

[The Dude]

nevermind - nirvana
in utero - nirvana
appetite for destruction - guns n roses
the poison - bullet for my valentine
led zeppelin 4 - led zeppelin
master of puppets - metallica

[Andy S]

Ok, this one may be a REALLY scary one....but it is the one that got me doing vocals......

Bread - Baby I'm a want you. (go ahead....laugh!)

Beatles Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band
Todd Rundgren - Something Anything
Chicago-Live at Carnegie Hall
Peter Frampton - Frampton's Camel
Peter Frampton - Live

Hey, Bread.....I was young, shy, needed a way to meet girls...it worked!! But I developed a very high singing range because of that.

[Europa]

Hard for me, I always have problems naming my "favourite" albums, I love so many of them.

Ill give it a go, these aren't really in any order of preference.


The Eagles - Hotel California
Fort Minor - Rising of the Tied
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Led Zeppelin - II, III, IV (had to name 3, love them all)
Melvins - Gluey Porch Treatments
Melvins - Houdini
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - Black Album
Mudhoney - March to Fuzz
Nirvana - Bleach
Nirvana - In Utero
Nirvana - Incesticide
Nirvana - Nevermind
Pearl Jam - Ten
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Seether - Disclaimer/Karma & Effect
Silverchair - Freakshow
Silverchair - Neon Ballroom
Various Artists - The Grunge Years
Stone Sour - Come Whatever May
Van Halen - Van Halen

These are just some of my favourite albums. Yes ther's even a hiphop album in there. I used to hate hip hop to be quite honest, but this band is great. Mixes some Rock with Hip-Hop and doesn't sound to bad.

My overal music taste should be clear from that list.

[Europa]

That went way over 6 by the way .

I just find it hard naming only 6 favourites.

[Chaotic Kittie]

I'll do my list after which ones have influenced me the most musically (writing, playing, singing, etc), as a "favourites"-list is impossible for me to think of.. >_<

Machine Head - Deep Purple
Burn - Deep Purple
Rising - Rainbow
Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
Stained Class - Judas Priest
John Fogerty - Blue Moon Swamp

[Andy S]

Originally Posted by Europa

That went way over 6 by the way .

I just find it hard naming only 6 favourites.

No Kidding!! Yeh, I started writing about 12, then just before I hit 'Submit Reply', I went through and dropped a few.

It is difficult to limit it if there was something influential or important to you on each one.

My memory cells aren't what they used to be, but I can still recall things going on in my life at different times in the past long ago and they all seem to revolve around certain songs or albums.

[kidhaiti]

alright, I chose 6 influential albums that influenced what I played or attempted to on guitar. if I was going to an island i 'd probably ditch the album idea and take my acoustic, unless my name was Macgyver or The Professor

first thing I played open blues thanks to John lee hooker - I think it was a best of cassette

Hendrix and led zep -id go for box set for max listening value but for hendrix i.d want voodoo child (slight return) with Winwood on keys

Bruce Cochburn - High winds white sky's- i was addicted to this album found it in my dads records way back then( yeh spelt his name rong, didn't want to violate any forum rules=)

funkadelic - if I had to choose album "lets take it to the stage" or 'Maggot brain'

john scofield with MMW - 'a go go'

Devandra banhart- Rejoicing in the Hands
Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender these two around the same time influenced me back to playing acoustic and more alt folkie.

so these 6 albums or groups of are ones that I can thinkback on and say that they influenced what I was playing. Some of them Might even end up on an Island with me , depending on how much time I had to sift through the shelves before boarding that ill-fated yaught.