Name THEE first musician to inspire you to play

long4theblur · Post by **long4theblur** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:15 pm

Flea.

Go.

Motorhead · Post by **Motorhead** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:29 pm

Les Claypool, Jason Newsted and Lemmy.

long4theblur · Post by **long4theblur** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:36 pm

THEE. Uno.

And how in Hades name did Jason Newsted inspire you to play?

Motorhead · Post by **Motorhead** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:41 pm

long4theblur wrote:THEE. Uno.

And how in Hades name did Jason Newsted inspire you to play?

His live presence, his energy and all the crazy running around and headbanging. The guy puts more into it than almost anyone I've seen.

long4theblur · Post by **long4theblur** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:47 pm

Motorhead wrote:
long4theblur wrote:THEE. Uno.

And how in Hades name did Jason Newsted inspire you to play?
His live presence, his energy and all the crazy running around and headbanging. The guy puts more into it than almost anyone I've seen.

Agreed, he just has nothing on album that lends itself to musical inspiration. Maybe live performance inspiration.

Motorhead · Post by **Motorhead** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:27 pm

long4theblur wrote:
Motorhead wrote:
long4theblur wrote:THEE. Uno.

And how in Hades name did Jason Newsted inspire you to play?
His live presence, his energy and all the crazy running around and headbanging. The guy puts more into it than almost anyone I've seen.
Agreed, he just has nothing on album that lends itself to musical inspiration. Maybe live performance inspiration.

When James and Lars won't allow you to write.

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:37 pm

Cliff Burton. I remember being five years old listening to Kill 'Em All with my uncle and heard "bass solo take one", and always wondered how that kind of music was possible. Ten years later I found out.

long4theblur · Post by **long4theblur** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:38 pm

Motorhead wrote:
long4theblur wrote:
Motorhead wrote:
long4theblur wrote:THEE. Uno.

And how in Hades name did Jason Newsted inspire you to play?
His live presence, his energy and all the crazy running around and headbanging. The guy puts more into it than almost anyone I've seen.
Agreed, he just has nothing on album that lends itself to musical inspiration. Maybe live performance inspiration.
When James and Lars won't allow you to write.

Don't care what the excuse is, there's still nothing on an album that I can be like

about when it comes to his playing.

Gor-Gor · Post by **Gor-Gor** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:07 pm

as cliche as it sounds id have to go with Dime. The first time i heard 5 Minutes Alone i was blown away.

Dimebaggage · Post by **Dimebaggage** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:29 pm

jerry cantrell on the dirt album is what got me going

nothing really amazing to some people. but i found it really good.

-Will- · Post by **-Will-** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:56 pm

My dad, my brother, and I guess Dimebag Darrel. I'm a douchebag.

Hunter/Killer · Post by **Hunter/Killer** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:27 pm

Hetfield, King, Hanneman, Schuldiner

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:25 am

It was some local garage band type thing that played a show in an old theater. It was the first time I had seen a band. I was 14 and hooked.

Hunter/Killer · Post by **Hunter/Killer** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 4:00 am

Pfl?yd wrote:It was some local garage band type thing that played a show in an old theater. It was the first time I had seen a band. I was 14 and hooked.

then theres that, local musicians

When i first got to highschool there were 2 dudes in grade 12 that would hang out in the music/av room alot during lunch break and they would let me and a couple of my buddies in to watch them jam. We were just starting out playing instruments ourselves so we were happy as pigs in shit just watching them play.

Both were amazing, one played bass and the other drums. They occasionally had a guitarist in on the sessions but it was mainly just them 2.
In that room they had all the schools lighting and other junk for stage setup so sometimes they would would turn out the lights and put the stobes on and even a fucking fog machine

Small room engulfed in that fog juice, probably not good for the lungs.

To this day i never seen a bass player as good as that guy in highschool. After he graduated i heard he got signed to a record company out west in Calgary or somewhere to sit in on studio sessions for recording, I don't remember to term used for those musicians.
The drummer went to uni or college for music and i think worked or works at studio as an engineer.

mo0sE · Post by **mo0sE** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:34 am

Slash

Ascan · Post by **Ascan** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:46 am

Lars Ulrich

Eibon · Post by **Eibon** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:54 am

Reinhard Heydrich

The Doctor · Post by **The Doctor** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:34 am

Dave Murray and Steve Harris.

texasborn · Post by **texasborn** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:06 am

hektik wrote:Cliff Burton. I remember being five years old listening to Kill 'Em All with my uncle and heard "bass solo take one", and always wondered how that kind of music was possible. Ten years later I found out.

your uncle made you suck his dick?

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:30 am

texasborn wrote:
hektik wrote:Cliff Burton. I remember being five years old listening to Kill 'Em All with my uncle and heard "bass solo take one", and always wondered how that kind of music was possible. Ten years later I found out.

your uncle made you suck his dick?

This is the Musician's Forum, I think you made a wrong turn.

Big Ben · Post by **Big Ben** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:42 am

Layne Stayley and Johnny Cash inspired me to try to sing but I fucking suck.

Geezer Butler and Billy Gould got me into bass.

Van Williams, Dave Lombardo, and Chris Adler got me into drumming.

Too many guitarists to name inspired me to pick up a guitar

whitemike · Post by **whitemike** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:57 am

Got into music through RATM when I was like 11

Then got into guitar through Led Zeppelin and Page. Usual shit.

croninburg · Post by **croninburg** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:27 am

There was no single musician, I originally started playing because of the horrible stuff I was listening to when I was 12 or 13, along with local musicians. However, I have to say that learning Pantera stuff did a lot for my playing when I was about 18

Motorhead · Post by **Motorhead** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:59 am

whitemike wrote:Got into music through RATM when I was like 11 Then got into guitar through Led Zeppelin and Page. Usual shit.

Tim Commerford made me want to play bass too.

Dawdy · Post by **Dawdy** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:13 pm

one of my friends was learning to play guitar, and he was learning Nirvana stuff. Then he was teaching me how to play it. So thank you Kurt Cobain for writing such easy stuff.

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:06 pm

Foo Fighters

croninburg · Post by **croninburg** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:28 pm

Dawdy wrote:one of my friends was learning to play guitar, and he was learning Nirvana stuff. Then he was teaching me how to play it. So thank you Kurt Cobain for writing such easy stuff.

Come as you are

tokin20deuce · Post by **tokin20deuce** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:58 pm

Marty Mcfly from Back to the Future

Boshtwik · Post by **Boshtwik** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:47 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UQ_ZhC-1CU

you just won't ever find a better guitarist

Tweel · Post by **Tweel** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:08 am

Billy fuckin' Gibbons

Aeon · Post by **Aeon** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:48 am

James LaBrie, Marty Friedman

scorn · Post by **scorn** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:11 pm

matt cameron

Lando Griffin · Post by **Lando Griffin** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:58 pm

admittedly, Hammet's probably the reason why I first picked up guitar

walking_ash · Post by **walking_ash** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:20 pm

Dimebar.

Edna Bodine · Post by **Edna Bodine** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:19 pm

tokin20deuce wrote:Marty Mcfly from Back to the Future

PABassPlayer · Post by **PABassPlayer** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:26 pm

Ric Ocasek from The Cars.

Lager · Post by **Lager** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:38 pm

Vinnie Paul

PABassPlayer · Post by **PABassPlayer** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:42 pm

Lager wrote:Vinnie Paul

Dude, they said "musician".

Lager · Post by **Lager** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:47 pm

PABassPlayer wrote:
Lager wrote:Vinnie Paul
Dude, they said "musician".

oh, well then Dave Lombardo

PABassPlayer · Post by **PABassPlayer** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:48 pm

Lager wrote:
PABassPlayer wrote:
Lager wrote:Vinnie Paul
Dude, they said "musician".
oh, well then Dave Lombardo

That's more like it!