most influential band to you
 

throughout my years listening to punk and emo there have been a lot of bands that i have really gotten a lot of inspiration from. some are

ampre
circle takes the square
orchid
you and i
welcome the plague year

and i have been listening to ruhaeda almost religiously lately. sometimes i feel like these lyrics are a story of my life too. maybe you've had the same experience.

Awesome listt, add Saetia/Hot Cross, Cap'n Jazz, Trophy Scars (pre-alphabets), Thursday, Million Dead, Bloody Brothers, Fall Of Troy, Converge and mines the same. Well roughly, maybe Ampere, You & I, and Welcome The Plague year would be lower then some other bands.

The Minutemen are such a big inspiration and influence to me. So intelligent, unique, passionate, fun, diverse, honest, talented and...yeah you get the picture. They did what they wanted, and in those days the idea that a bunch of untrained, working-class kids could pick up instruments and make such great and interesting music was practically unheard of. That's something which has inspired so many people, myself included.

Other bands that've inspired/influenced:

Black Flag
Dead Kennedys
Jawbreaker

and lately Sonic Youth.

Moss Icon
Indian Summer
Husker Du
The Minutemen
Fugazi

none

^ No bands have influenced you in any way?

Boy do I like this. Such great bands, all of them.

The Mars Volta and Alexisonfire probably most

Flogging Molly influenced me to return to acoustic instruments.

drunken lullabyes was a great album

^^ Agreed.

Flogging Molly influenced me to drink more.

Alive Behind The Green Door = Awesome Album.

^Drinking to them on St Patty's day is perfect. But because of them I picked cello back up in hopes to start a band with it. Plans fell through, but I'm still playing.

No love for Swagger or Within' a Mile of Home?

I didnt care much for "Within a Mile of Home." I absolutely loved "Swagger" though.

yeah, swagger is good. my personal favorite song is if i ever leave this world alive

I love Within' a Mile of Home.
The last couple songs on album are brilliant and Tomorrow Comes a Day Too Soon.

Alive Behind The Green Door > Drunken Lullabys > Within' A Mile Of Home > Swagger

But they're all fantastic albums.

Wasnt "Alive Behind The Green Door" their live CD?

Yes

Oh, ok. A friend of mine saw them live once and my exboyfriend saw them twice. I heard they're pretty boss live. I should take a listen.

Yeah, they're good live, really energetic.

The Real McKenzies are 10 times better than Flogging Molly live, lots of whiskey shots and kilts flying everywhere

somebody ALWAYS has to come along and say of some band they know thats waaaay better than flogging molly. dont poo-poo on our parade.

dropkick murphy's is the best irish band.

the band that influenced me the most is probablly stiff little fingers.

the dropkick murphys suck

you suck.

so....

irish guitar pwnz though.

Quoted for tr00f.
Flogging Molly>>>>>>>>>>>>Dropkicks.
Though the Real McKenzies own them both.
The Pogues are also better then flogging molly & the dropkicks.
Thus ends your irish/scottish/whatever punk facts.

Spoken like a true Elitist. :)

Agreed.

k, dont hate me. taking back sunday and afi

im not saying those bands are punk tho

AFI influenced me quite a lot too. And at least I consider early AFI punk.

it were to seem that you an myself have a very similar taste in music, that's awesome. i am sure you know that wtpy, hot cross, you and i, and saetia all share similar members. many of whom i went to high school with. i have a couple of questions for you, "Crowquill, that is an obvious reference to ctts correct, and when you cite bloody brothers, is that a different band from the blood brothers. thursday, converge, cap'n jazz and fot are almost always in my cd rotation, all though i've never heard of trophy scars or million dead. are they good, any comparisons?

Million Dead are a british post-hardcore band, really good great lyrics. Similar to like, Reuben or At the Drive-In.

http://www.purevolume.com/milliondead

Trophy scars are an emo/post-hardcore band they're very good. Except, their latest album isn't that great, its just kind of boring. Don't listen to any of the songs that are like, "A*word. A*word*s". Listen to like, cats and sleep little nemo. Make sure you listen to Jerrys the name on their myspace its probaly my favorite song by them.

http://www.purevolume.com/trophyscars
http://www.myspace.com/trophyscars