The one most influential....

Killjingle · Post by **Killjingle** » Tuesday Jul 01, 2008

I am curious who is the one musician that would be the most influential with your own personal style TODAY? For me its a little hard because I love really aggressive metal and I really like to vokill. Theres not to many guys in the genre that I really would fall all over or say that I do what I do because of them.

For me I have to go with Max Cavalera. I wasnt really hip on singing and playing until I heard Sepultura in the early 90's. The way he approached rhythm and inflected his voice has a lot to do with how I play, sing, and write today. I would like to think that I am a much better lead player than he is (LOL) but this guy really got me thinking that being a good rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist in a modern era heavy metal band was what I wanted to do. I loved Tony Iommi, Trower, and Hendrix, but they did something that I could relate to but not necessarily do. Max Cavalera gave me a blueprint.

witchhunt · Post by **witchhunt** » Wednesday Jul 02, 2008

Easy...Steve Harris.

Post by **Ron** » Wednesday Jul 02, 2008

Edward Van Halen.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Wednesday Jul 02, 2008

Donald "Duck" Dunn

Bloodsong · Post by **Bloodsong** » Wednesday Jul 02, 2008

James Hetfield. lousy newer albums can't diminish the best right hand (in both tone and picking) in the biz.

EyesOfAnguishbassist · Post by **EyesOfAnguishbassist** » Wednesday Jul 02, 2008

Tom Morello (even tho I play bass) hes the main reason I wanted to play in a band..

And back when I was in high school the local band "Battery Inc" 's local shows are what made me wanna play music. It just looked so fun playing in front of a crowd and rocking out! haha

Killjingle · Post by **Killjingle** » Wednesday Jul 02, 2008

best right hand

I think Hetfield is great, but I think maybe the greatest pickhand in metal may belong to Trey "Goth Talk" Azagorareth or whatever it is. Of course I am making my judgement based on recordings, not live.

Atomic Jim · Post by **Atomic Jim** » Wednesday Jul 02, 2008

Larry Lykens, from the Thunderbolts, circa. 1962-64. My first big influence.

Then, The Ventures and Eric Clapton

metalchurch · Post by **metalchurch** » Wednesday Jul 02, 2008

Max Cavalera, was probably one guy who influenced my rhythm style and speed when I was in High School.
Sepultura was my favorate band then, well right below Sabbath/Ozzy.

My album then was 'Schizophrenia', then I got into 'Beneath the Remains', and 'Arise'

I remember when 'Chaos A.D.' came out and it broke them into the mainstream more.
It was like Metallica who???

Andreas Kisser is an awesome player, and his tones were phenomenal man.
Max was talking of a possible reunion someday with the old 'Morbid Visions' lineup with Jairo T.
Either or I'm all for it.

Chad, me and you were from the same school!

homerski · Post by **homerski** » Wednesday Jul 02, 2008

Floyd Sneed (Drums) - Three Dog Night

Nothin' fancy, just solid and tasty.

Bo Duke · Post by **Bo Duke** » Wednesday Jul 02, 2008

Waylon Jennings and my Uncle Jesse hahaha! I'm Kidding! Probably Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Dave Gilmour. I learned alot from listening to them growing up.
There's not much of that style and sound in todays music anymore,and I think we all have alot to learn from the forefathers of rock and roll.

BassFinger · Post by **BassFinger** » Wednesday Jul 02, 2008

Chuck Rainey, Anthony Jackson and Jaco Pastorius

Jared Michaels · Post by **Jared Michaels** » Thursday Jul 03, 2008

John Henry Bonham was my biggest influence growing up. When I hit the highschool scene and got into the hair bands it was Tommy Lee for sure. Two completely different styles but both awesome drummers. They both had a huge impact on me and my playing style.

Killjingle · Post by **Killjingle** » Thursday Jul 03, 2008

John Henry Bonham was my biggest influence growing up. When I hit the highschool scene and got into the hair bands it was Tommy Lee for sure. Two completely different styles but both awesome drummers. They both had a huge impact on me and my playing style

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These guys have huge a drum sound. With these as influences you cant go wrong

DirtySanchez · Post by **DirtySanchez** » Thursday Jul 03, 2008

Lou Koller from Sick Of It All.

Glen Danzig Era Misfits made me fall in love with Punk/Hardcore/Metal. Sick Of It All made me want to DO IT!

Possessed · Post by **Possessed** » Thursday Jul 03, 2008

It's hard to nail down just one.
I would have to say Chuck Schuldiner(Death).
When I'm not playing Death metal I would say Joe Satriani.
My first guitar teacher Rich Hughes. He taught me that if I'm not a good rhythm player there's no use continuing on to leads.

DrumAndDestroy · Post by **DrumAndDestroy** » Thursday Jul 03, 2008

wow i take a lot of influence from a lot of drummers...pete finestone, bobby schayer, brooks wackerman, erik sandin, jordan burns, josh freese, hugh o'neill, dave grohl, dale crover, joey castilo are some of my favs

JackANSI · Post by **JackANSI** » Thursday Jul 03, 2008

Easy as cake.. Matt Freeman.

Plastered Bastards · Post by **Plastered Bastards** » Thursday Jul 03, 2008

Iommi

lynch1 · Post by **lynch1** » Thursday Jul 03, 2008

My biggest influence would be George Lynch (even though I can't even touch his playing)....hence the screen name Lynch1....next would be Eddie Van Halen.

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Friday Jul 04, 2008

Elton John... not the person, the music. He and Bernie Taupin, which sort of equal one person, since neither did anything worth mentioning without the other. Their sense of melody and phrasing defines pop music for me, as well as their arrangements.
I must say, however, that I'm more influenced by overall genres than by specific people... and I'm often influenced by people who don't actually play what I play... I feel that Mato Nanji from Indigenous had a HUGE influence on my harmonica playing (he's a blues-rock guitarist), as did SRV.------>JMS

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Friday Jul 04, 2008

Neil Peart (Rush), John Bonham (Zeppelin), Alan White (Yes, Lennon), Cindy Blackman (Lenny Kravitz), David Garibaldi (Tower Of Power), Hilary Jones (Tribal Tech), Bernard Purdie, Jamie Oldaker (Eric Clapton), and Peter Criss (KISS) are the main ones.

More than any other, it's Cindy Blackman.

whitedevilone · Post by **whitedevilone** » Friday Jul 04, 2008

Al Di Meola.He was the dude that made me pay attention to my picking,fingering and phrasing.I became a slave to the metronome ha ha.Playing along with his records opened so many doors.Although i did stop bending notes for 10years,but that's another story.
Then came Bill Frisell.He taught me to take all that stuff and throw it out the window and play with the pulse and movements of the music,still within the trippy world of improvising jazz but with defenite rock vibes.
As an old man i've come full cycle back to the dudes who covered my walls as a kid and believe me some of those cats are playing better and recording better records than ever.Gary Holt comes to mind right away.The new Testament record is full on.Maiden never fail.Zakk,Anthrax,Flotsam,Megadeth....the list goes on and on Hellyeah.

dnsrks1 · Post by **dnsrks1** » Sunday Jul 06, 2008

Joe Satriani & George Lynch.

I try for Satriani's sense of the melodic while I use (and over-abuse) Lynch's pinch harmonics. I'm working on Lynch's "jack off" vibrato to where it almost sounds like you're using the bar. Way back when I first started listening to Dokken I often mistook his hard vibrato with whammy shakes until I learned and saw otherwise.

daveb · Post by **daveb** » Sunday Jul 06, 2008

I am the son of two daddy's Jeff Beck and Ace Frehley. And they are both disapointed in me.....