YOUR influences

[nig1012]

right people this is probably aimed towards all the older dudes on this forum but anyone can join in. can u list the bands (in order) that have been the most important to you when you were growing up (asuming some of you have grown up) and i`m not talking about bands you`ve liked i mean the ones you were obsessed with or the bands that got you through some tough shit and have a special place, and they may not be what you would consider cool today. i`ll start you off

1) ADAM AND THE ANTS
2) THE JAM
3) MARILLION
4) GUNS N` ROSES
5) MANIC STREET PREACHERS
6) THE WILDHEARTS
7) BACKYARD BABIES

[markE]

1) public enemy
2) the wildhearts
3) dogs d,amour

[Ross]

Metallica
Faith no More
The Wildhearts
Pearl Jam
Skid Row

[someone else]

Wildhearts
Kyuss
Black Crowes
Ryan Adams
The Almighty

[Glen666]

Great topic my friend:

1) Bob Dylan
2) The Wildhearts
3) Izzy Stradlin
4) Transvision Vamp (remember them?? You gotta let me off, it was the 80's!!!!)
5) The Black Crowes
6) Bob Marley

[Chris Davies]

The Wildhearts (all things Ginger)
Rollins Band
Therapy?
Iron Maiden

and now i think i can add The Dogs D'Amour to that list aswell.

[skychaserhigh]

Guns n Roses
Faith no more
Soundgarden
Tool
Manic street preachers
Wildhearts (of course,i played my cassette of 'earth vs' till it snapped!)
Nine inch nails
My current obsession Bullet for my valentine

[davejnick]

Can list the bands I was obsessed with but can't do it in order, cos some of them overlapped and it'd get all awkward with arrows pointing all over the place

Ginger (in all his forms...yes, I even liked Clam Abuse)
Kiss
Bruce Springsteen
Def Leppard
Bob Dylan
The Almighty
Manic Street Preachers

[EvilElvis]

Great topic my friend:

1) Bob Dylan
2) The Wildhearts
3) Izzy Stradlin
4) Transvision Vamp (remember them?? You gotta let me off, it was the 80's!!!!)

Love the fact you put Wildhearts above Izzy - given their history!

I'm sure I got an email on myspace from Wendy James

[twunt]

Green Day
The Wildhearts
Aerosmith
Bon Jovi
Def Leppard
Guns'n'roses

[Dave C]

No laughing now, I was a product of the 70's.

These are in chronologiacl order: -

1. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - I was young ok!
2. Sigue Sigue Sputnik - The band that every one hated, I had to like them
3. KISS - I still love them til this day, I even have a Gene Simmons tattoo
4. The Wildhearts - what can I say, they ROCK!!!!
5. Ginger - The man himself, writer of some of the finest music I ever heard. If I could write a song half as good as one of his I'd be a very happy Dave.

[Damian]

The Wildhearts
Silver Sun
Radiohead
Terrorvision
Blur
Madness
Metallica
Manic Street Preachers
Franz Ferdinand
Clearlake
Muse
Orbital

Between that lot, you can find everything I'm into pretty much. Powerpop, showmanship, riffs, a bit of techno and no moaning. (Nope, I don't think Radiohead are moaners... in their music at least)

[Glen666]

Great topic my friend:

1) Bob Dylan
2) The Wildhearts
3) Izzy Stradlin
4) Transvision Vamp (remember them?? You gotta let me off, it was the 80's!!!!)

Love the fact you put Wildhearts above Izzy - given their history!

I'm sure I got an email on myspace from Wendy James

Yeah, I know I remember going to an Izzy gig in 1993 when the 'hearts supported. One of those once in a lifetime gigs for me.

You're right about Wendy, her new band are called Racine and they're awesome. I've been in touch with her a few times and even met her last year. Very small but one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen in real life.

Cheers.

[SteveP]

The musical mystery tour of my life starts at about age 9 and began with

Adam & The Ants
then Madness
Iron Maiden
Metallica
Warrior Soul
Anthrax
The Almighty
The Wildhearts

[Keith Richard]

From about 1970 onwards, my biggest influences have been (in kind of a chronological, but not necessarily influential order):

Rolling Stones
Alice Cooper
Led Zeppelin
Kiss (up til '79)
Aerosmith (old school)
Rush
Motorhead
Wildhearts / Ginger