Who are your influences?

[himynameisbuddy]

All songwriters have influences - who are yours? My big 3 are:

~Elliott Smith
~Rhett Miller
~Damien Rice

[drummerboy_04AP]

woah, nice!

Elliott Smith
Nick Drake
Isaac Brock

For lyrics at least, but really everything I listen to influences me in one way or another.

[rayc]

Lyrically:
Elvis Costello
Noddy Holder & Jim Lea
Nick Cave
Leonard Cohen.
Musically:
I listen to heaps & love many but my musicals skills are too limited to take influences & use them.

[Whatmysay]

Bowie
Bacharach & David
Brian Wilson
Neil Finn
My wife
My daughters
My mortgage

[himynameisbuddy]

Originally Posted by Whatmysay

My mortgage

HA!

DrummerBoy, I tried for like a month straight to like Nick Drake... I think it's his voice, I dunno - he's extremely talented, though, I cannot deny that. I'm pumped that you've heard of Elliott, though - he's influenced so many huge bands that it shocks me to learn that very few "average" listeners know about him. It's a shame

[jeffchastain]

Lyrically

Jeff Buckley
Thom Yorke
Billy Corgan

Musically

Jeff Buckley
Radiohead
Walking Concert
And you will know us by the trail of Dead

[Nightfire]

Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Wilco
Neil Young
The Band

[mikeh]

Johnny Mercer, Fats Waller, etc. (Tin Pan Alley writers)
Mann & Weil, Goffin & King, Bacharach, etc. (Brill Building writers)
Lennon & McCartney
Glen Frey & Don Henley
Tom Petty
Bruce Springsteen

And almost any other songwriter and/or musician I've ever listened to or worked with.

[random.hero]

brian aubert
john frusciante
lindsey buckingham

pretty set on those guys

[Somnium7]

Lyrics:
Johnny Cash
Ian Curtis
Nivek Ogre (real name Kevin Graham Ogilvie)
Mark Burgess
Jello Biafra
Several Cyber-Punk SciFi authors
William S Burroughs

Music:
Joy Division
Gary Numan
Buzzcocks
Big Black
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Morton Subotnick
John Foxx
Einstürzende Neubauten
The Beatles

[raven46]

in no order

tom waits
john lennon
josh homme
bob dylan
chris goss
jimi hendrix

[himynameisbuddy]

Raven, I've always wanted to know: Is Damien Rice like HUGE in Ireland? I'm a real big fan of him, and a few of my friends are as well, but he's not too big here in the U.S. Hmmm, just wondering

[raven46]

Originally Posted by himynameisbuddy

Raven, I've always wanted to know: Is Damien Rice like HUGE in Ireland? I'm a real big fan of him, and a few of my friends are as well, but he's not too big here in the U.S. Hmmm, just wondering

lol, i was surprised when i saw his name.. im not into him myself but he has a big following over here

if you like him check out

paddy casey
david gray
gemma hayes (she is amazing)
paul brady
luke kelly
Damien Dempsey
van morrison
christy moore

[himynameisbuddy]

Awesome, thanks for the names ! Van Morrison and David Gray i really like - I gotta check out the rest.

[AMTA]

Opeth
Nevermore
Dream Theater
Megadeth
Radiohead

[Richard Monroe]

David Wilcox
Glenn Frey
Maddy Pryor
Pete Townsend
Alice Cooper
Tom Lehrer
Garth Brooks
Jim Morrison

and countless others-Richie

[Cosmic]

Doc Pomus
Leiber and Stoller
Tom Waits
Willie Nelson
Don Robertson
Jack Clement
Irving Berlin

...among many

C.

[TerraMortim]

Frank Zappa
Modest Mussorgsky (and really anything like that)
Marilyn Manson (seriously)
Cheesy 80s heavy metal (ala Accept and Manowar)
Dead Kennedys
Human Stupidity
Power Structures
Human Suffering
Religious Zealotry

[DAS19]

John Lennon
Paul Mccartney
Billy Joel
Elliot Smith
Rob Thomas
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Dave Grohl
Adam Schlesinger
Andrew McMahon
Jim Adkins
Ryan Ross

[Zarathustra]

Bob Dylan
Johnny Cash
Paul Simon
Neil Young

Musically,

Bob Dylan
Johnny Cash
Paul Simon
Neil Young
Robert Johnson
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Bukka White

Marilyn Manson is probably in there somewhere, it was my first great musical love affair, I just find the power chords alittle silly.