FabSwingers.com forum: Seminal Bands

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Top 3 (yes you have to choose 3) who changed the way you felt about music in a positive way. For me it would be:

The Velvet Underground

Pink Floyd

The Clash

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Top 3 (yes you have to choose 3) who changed the way you felt about music in a positive way. For me it would be:

The Velvet Underground

Pink Floyd

The Clash"

Frank Zappa

Yes

Led Zeppelin

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Band

The Beach Boys

The Undertones

Richard Thompson if I can have a solo artist on the side

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The Band

The Beach Boys

The Undertones

Richard Thompson if I can have a solo artist on the side"

Just for mentioning The Undertones you can have whatever you want!

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By *ustforalaugh1Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

Early Heaven 17

Depeche Mode

Very early Spandau Ballet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For me (Mr), Rainbow (Ronnie James Dio era)

Led Zeppelin

Iron Maiden

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By *-and-LCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Three

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Perhaps not strictly bands in comparison to some of the others mentioned but that's what I'm going with.

Russ

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By *owboy BebopMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Bowie

Talking Heads

The Clash

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hard choice:

(In truth it was Why can't this be love by Van Halen that's started on the slippery slope, but that's too embarrassing).

The cult

The almighty

New Model Army

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By *damandeve4funCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow

Magazine

The Smiths

The Doors

Pink Floyd

Laibach

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Flaming Lips

Sorry, couldn't just pick three!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Magazine

The Smiths

The Doors

Pink Floyd

Laibach

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Flaming Lips

Sorry, couldn't just pick three!"

Greedy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Japan

The Smiths

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Magazine

The Smiths

The Doors

Pink Floyd

Laibach

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Flaming Lips

Sorry, couldn't just pick three!"

Love the Smiths but if you want a laugh take a view of Bernard Manning doing Morrissey on youtube.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oasis for me lol

I was more of a pop gal and yeah before anyone slags them off I know they arnt up there with bob Dylan and the stones lol

I felt all grown up Lisn to them lol

Auds

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By *hybutnaughtyoneWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow

this is so hard!

mine would be

Zappa

George Michael

The Smiths

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As a wannabe muso it was really hard to choose but at this moment it's still....

Fleetwood Mac

Motorhead

Del Amitri

There's some real life stories in there and a healthy dose of sex and fighting

Or both at once! - My fave

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hard choice:

(In truth it was Why can't this be love by Van Halen that's started on the slippery slope, but that's too embarrassing).

The cult

The almighty

New Model Army"

The Almighty were damned good Live, in their day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Timmy Mallet

Joe Dolce

Pappa Smurf

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pink Floyd

Yes

Fleetwood Mac

Those were the days!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

.....and The Doors

I was a huge Jim Morrison fan. God, he was delicious. I've visited his grave in Père la Chaise cemetery in Paris three times.

Come on Baby Light My Fire

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Oasis for me lol

I was more of a pop gal and yeah before anyone slags them off I know they arnt up there with bob Dylan and the stones lol

I felt all grown up Lisn to them lol

Auds

Nothin wrong with oasis, I still listen to them everyday

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

".....and The Doors

I was a huge Jim Morrison fan. God, he was delicious. I've visited his grave in Père la Chaise cemetery in Paris three times.

Come on Baby Light My Fire

The Lizard King! Did you know that the lyric "Mr Mojo Risin" is an anagram of Jim Morrison as he believed upon his death he would be reincarnated as Mr Mojo Risin. Fuck I'm a total anorak!!

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By *uitar_antiheroMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - opened up a whole new genre of music to me & made me re-assess what counts as music.

Boards of Canada - made me realise how good electronic music could be & I started to explore it a lot more.

Oasis - the first "real rock band" that I got into when I heard Some Might Say on a compilation tape.

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By *ikchattyfellahMan
over a year ago

Greenock

On a personal level, for making me take up and write my own music..

Aztec Camera / Roddy Frame (my guitar god!)

The Smiths

Neil Young

Apart from Aztec Camera & RF the other two can change around.

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By *ucyfur77Woman
over a year ago

Pleasuretown

Nirvana

The Doors

Arcade Fire

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By *ortland51Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

Neil Young

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Suede

As a side point, Jarvis Cocker and Pulp wrote some brilliantly unglorifying songs about sex and the seedier side of it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The clash.

The lone wolfs

the stranglers...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oasis

Stone Roses

The Smiths

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Couldn't pick 3

I'm one of the elder statesmen on this site and a musician to boot. I have had the opportunity to meet many if my "idols" along the way. My taste in music has evolved over time and there are so many different people at different stages of my life that have influenced what I listen too and even what I play.

Came from and old fashioned family so was brought up listening to the Big Band sound so guys like Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa got me started drumming.

In my teens I found Roger Taylor and more importantly Freddie Mercury, also Cozy Powell, John Bonham and Neil Peart. Here my love for Rock Music was founded and still exits even stronger today

In the 80's I discovered Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie and Neil Young and this deep thinking blue coloured sound

Went through a Blues/ Jazz revival and discovered Django Rheinhard and really appreciated Hendrix

Never got into the Brit thing with Oasis or the Nirvana grunge thing,

Started listening to a lot of Goth Metal originally Marilyn Manson but moved in to more Prog sound.

Now I am listening to more Celtic/Gaelic music. I have an ear at the moment for bag rock bands like Chilli Pipers etc.

So very difficult to choose just 3 influences

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oasis

The Verve

The Killers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"On a personal level, for making me take up and write my own music..

Aztec Camera / Roddy Frame (my guitar god!)

The Smiths

Neil Young

Apart from Aztec Camera & RF the other two can change around."

Aztec one of my all time favs too...great live performer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

another 3 My dad was a talented musician who's passion was jazz and blues.. A family trait.

Sam Cook.

Miles Davies.

Billie Holiday

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"another 3 My dad was a talented musician who's passion was jazz and blues.. A family trait.

Sam Cook.

Miles Davies.

Billie Holiday

Excellent choice

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By *3rial Thr1LL3rMan
over a year ago

aberdeenshire

Aqua

The vengaboys

Scooter

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"another 3 My dad was a talented musician who's passion was jazz and blues.. A family trait.

Sam Cook.

Miles Davies.

Billie Holiday

Excellent choice "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Who

The Smiths

The Specials

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By *oversforfun2000Couple
over a year ago

glasgow

Oh to pick 3 is hard but mine would be

Muse

The killers

Early radiohead not keen on anything after ok computer! Xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Male half here

Metallica, early stuff before they turned crap

New order

Big country

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By *ustforalaugh1Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

I think we may have the makings of a very eclectic FS compilation album here!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"another 3 My dad was a talented musician who's passion was jazz and blues.. A family trait.

Sam Cook.

Miles Davies.

Billie Holiday

Excellent choice

Billie Holiday.....Lady Day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Couldn't pick 3

Came from and old fashioned family so was brought up listening to the Big Band sound so guys like Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa got me started drumming.

In my teens I found Roger Taylor and more importantly Freddie Mercury, also Cozy Powell, John Bonham and Neil Peart. Here my love for Rock Music was founded and still exits even stronger today

In the 80's I discovered Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie and Neil Young and this deep thinking blue coloured sound

Went through a Blues/ Jazz revival and discovered Django Rheinhard and really appreciated Hendrix

Never got into the Brit thing with Oasis or the Nirvana grunge thing,

Started listening to a lot of Goth Metal originally Marilyn Manson but moved in to more Prog sound.

Now I am listening to more Celtic/Gaelic music. I have an ear at the moment for bag rock bands like Chilli Pipers etc.

So very difficult to choose just 3 influences

Interesting post. Made me remember that the biggest influence on me was Victor Brox Blues Band.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"another 3 My dad was a talented musician who's passion was jazz and blues.. A family trait.

Sam Cook.

Miles Davies.

Billie Holiday

Excellent choice

Billie Holiday.....Lady Day

That's in my head all day now

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