Who have been the most influential bands (popular or not)?

Victory Guy · 10-28-2009, 04:12 PM

The NWOBHM brought heaps of inlfuencial bands.
Iron Maiden (they influenced Thrash Metal, Power Metal and pretty much all metal types)
Def Leppard (Glam Metal and loads of other metal bands from all sorts of genres)
Saxon (Thrash metal, Power metal and with the spandex, Glam Metal)
Venom (Black metal of course. Also Death metal in the case of Possessed who site Venom as there biggest influence).
Motorhead (Speed metal, thrash metal, punk, blues-rock. Heaps of ****)
Diamond Head (Thrash metal)
Tygers of Pan Tang (Many metal bands)

Necromancer · 10-28-2009, 06:47 PM

The 'DOORS', to me, were a major influence with alot of bands since the early 90's. I never really liked the Doors that well until, I became to respect their sound/style, more than my own personal choice of music & style. And the Rolling Stones, The Who,.....

music_phantom13 · 10-30-2009, 12:38 PM

I cannot even comprehend that no one has listed Chuck Berry or Little Richard yet. In fact, I remember the Rock n' Roll hall of fame cited Chuck Berry as being the closest to creator of Rock n' Roll. For god's sake, Bob Dylan's dream was to join Little Richard, and Jimi Hendrix said he wanted to do with his guitar what Little Richard did with his voice. I really don't think an argument can be made that any one in rock n' roll history has had more of an influence than these two.

Aragn Ramone · 10-31-2009, 11:13 PM

Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Rush
Deep Purple
Pink Floyd
Velvet Underground
Ramones

screemin187 · 11-01-2009, 09:40 AM

Rock/Metal
Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Thin Lizzy, Metallica, King Diamond, Led Zeppelin

Punk
Ramones, Sex Pistols, Clash

Hardcore
Agnostic Front, Cro Mags, Sick of it All, Bad Brains

I agree with most of the other suggestions like The Beatles but only posted up who i think is influential in the three main categories of music i most prefer

**Janszoon** · 11-01-2009, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by music_phantom13

I cannot even comprehend that no one has listed Chuck Berry or Little Richard yet. In fact, I remember the Rock n' Roll hall of fame cited Chuck Berry as being the closest to creator of Rock n' Roll. For god's sake, Bob Dylan's dream was to join Little Richard, and Jimi Hendrix said he wanted to do with his guitar what Little Richard did with his voice. I really don't think an argument can be made that any one in rock n' roll history has had more of an influence than these two.

I'm totally with you. For some strange reason neither of those two are particularly well regarded here at MB, a fact which has absolutely baffled me in the past and continues to do so today.

music_phantom13 · 11-01-2009, 09:07 PM

Heh yeah, I've been baffled by that myself. I'll be honest, I'm not a huge fan, but I'll pull out greatest hits albums for both of them once in a while. It just surprises me I don't know I've ever even seen either of them mentioned on here before, and whatever you listen to, they probably played a huge part in getting music there.

clutnuckle · 11-02-2009, 04:42 PM

Suicide may not have influenced everybody, but the people they did influence is pretty vast; They started a pretty big amount of electronic/synth artists off, and it's also pretty cool how Bruce Springsteen found himself influenced by them.

I'd also like to nominate Howlin' Wolf.

ElephantSack · 11-03-2009, 02:21 PM

Well, it all started somewhere.

Here's a little story/theory that kind of centers around that focus.

Think about Kurt Cobain, and why he might have killed himself. Sure, he was tired of being a rock star. Yes, he might have been ashamed about how popular his music had become. But an idea that came up a while back was that he might have felt guilty about betraying the aspects of D.Y.I. hardcore punk rock that had influenced him so much when he was still a struggling musician. He might have realized that he opened the doors for what was to follow: bands like Blink 182, Green Day, Sum 41, Good Charlotte and also bands like Staind, Puddle of Mudd and Nickelback... all that terrible bull****.

Now think about the hardcore, underground punk scene. Jello Biafra once said about Grunge music that, "instead of having rock-inspired punk bands, you now had punk-inspired rock bands". Basically meaning that at the time that punk rock had come along, rock music had become something that was very pretentious and drawn-out, and all these punk rock kids were just inspired by the original artists like Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley. When several punk rock artists were asked what was really punk to them, Steve Jones mentioned hippies and Dr. Know mentioned Chuck Berry's "duck walk".

loveissucide · 11-03-2009, 02:30 PM

The Fall inspired a huge amount of music, and it's surprising they arn't cited as an influence on 90's alternative rock more.

10-28-2009, 04:12 PM	#21 (permalink)
Victory Guy Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 59	The NWOBHM brought heaps of inlfuencial bands. Iron Maiden (they influenced Thrash Metal, Power Metal and pretty much all metal types) Def Leppard (Glam Metal and loads of other metal bands from all sorts of genres) Saxon (Thrash metal, Power metal and with the spandex, Glam Metal) Venom (Black metal of course. Also Death metal in the case of Possessed who site Venom as there biggest influence). Motorhead (Speed metal, thrash metal, punk, blues-rock. Heaps of ****) Diamond Head (Thrash metal) Tygers of Pan Tang (Many metal bands) __________________ my last.fm profile

11-03-2009, 02:21 PM	#29 (permalink)
ElephantSack Man vs. Wild Turkey Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ATX Posts: 948	Well, it all started somewhere. Here's a little story/theory that kind of centers around that focus. Think about Kurt Cobain, and why he might have killed himself. Sure, he was tired of being a rock star. Yes, he might have been ashamed about how popular his music had become. But an idea that came up a while back was that he might have felt guilty about betraying the aspects of D.Y.I. hardcore punk rock that had influenced him so much when he was still a struggling musician. He might have realized that he opened the doors for what was to follow: bands like Blink 182, Green Day, Sum 41, Good Charlotte and also bands like Staind, Puddle of Mudd and Nickelback... all that terrible bull**. Now think about the hardcore, underground punk scene. Jello Biafra once said about Grunge music that, "instead of having rock-inspired punk bands, you now had punk-inspired rock bands". Basically meaning that at the time that punk rock had come along, rock music had become something that was very pretentious and drawn-out, and all these punk rock kids were just inspired by the original artists like Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley. When several punk rock artists were asked what was really punk to them, Steve Jones mentioned hippies and Dr. Know mentioned Chuck Berry's "duck walk". __________________ OF THE SUN**

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loveissucide Himself Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Leuven ,Belgium, via Ireland Posts: 1,325	The Fall inspired a huge amount of music, and it's surprising they arn't cited as an influence on 90's alternative rock more. __________________ www.last.fm/user/p-mccusker http://www.mixcloud.com/pmccusker www.valjester.wordpress.com

10-28-2009, 06:47 PM	#22 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	The 'DOORS', to me, were a major influence with alot of bands since the early 90's. I never really liked the Doors that well until, I became to respect their sound/style, more than my own personal choice of music & style. And the Rolling Stones, The Who,.....

10-30-2009, 12:38 PM	#23 (permalink)
music_phantom13 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 942	I cannot even comprehend that no one has listed Chuck Berry or Little Richard yet. In fact, I remember the Rock n' Roll hall of fame cited Chuck Berry as being the closest to creator of Rock n' Roll. For god's sake, Bob Dylan's dream was to join Little Richard, and Jimi Hendrix said he wanted to do with his guitar what Little Richard did with his voice. I really don't think an argument can be made that any one in rock n' roll history has had more of an influence than these two.

10-31-2009, 11:13 PM	#24 (permalink)
Aragn Ramone Groupie Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Porto Alegre, Brazil Posts: 15	Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath Rush Deep Purple Pink Floyd Velvet Underground Ramones

11-01-2009, 09:40 AM	#25 (permalink)
screemin187 Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: County Antrim Posts: 68	Rock/Metal Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Thin Lizzy, Metallica, King Diamond, Led Zeppelin Punk Ramones, Sex Pistols, Clash Hardcore Agnostic Front, Cro Mags, Sick of it All, Bad Brains I agree with most of the other suggestions like The Beatles but only posted up who i think is influential in the three main categories of music i most prefer

11-01-2009, 09:07 PM	#27 (permalink)
music_phantom13 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 942	Heh yeah, I've been baffled by that myself. I'll be honest, I'm not a huge fan, but I'll pull out greatest hits albums for both of them once in a while. It just surprises me I don't know I've ever even seen either of them mentioned on here before, and whatever you listen to, they probably played a huge part in getting music there.

11-02-2009, 04:42 PM	#28 (permalink)
clutnuckle Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: -_-_-_-_~__~-~_-`_`-~_-`-~-~ Posts: 1,276	Suicide may not have influenced everybody, but the people they did influence is pretty vast; They started a pretty big amount of electronic/synth artists off, and it's also pretty cool how Bruce Springsteen found himself influenced by them. I'd also like to nominate Howlin' Wolf.