the most important influence thread

[CypherOne]

You self-centred, braindead, moronic, myopic sheep. Your pathetic, petty, day-to-day concerns, your inexhaustable capacity for complete stupidity, the automaton-inspired way in which you drag yourselves through your appalling and pointless lives without even the merest hint of understanding that you are less than nothing. Your ability to satisfy your every whim without the slightest thought of the consequences of any of your actions. Or better yet, your ability to justify even the most appalling and inexcusable behaviour.

it's tough being happy.

[Emerald Tablet]

cant name artists but i can write down the path i followed from kid to now

hip-hop -> funk -> soul -> jazz -> classic music -> metel -> mediaeval and Celtic music -> folk

i never saw artists as electronic artists or performers or manufactured stars or whatever
but as unique products of their environment using the right tools of their time to shape the soundtrack of their dreams

some of the people i admire which influenced me the most

: Sting / Bowie / Beatles / Sade / Eurhythmics / Prince / Nick Drake / Jeff Buckley

I'm aware their all main stream artists but i believe they are because they are special.

[opiadream]

My biggest influence? People. All of you. You self-centred, braindead, moronic, myopic sheep. Your pathetic, petty, day-to-day concerns, your inexhaustable capacity for complete stupidity, the automaton-inspired way in which you drag yourselves through your appalling and pointless lives without even the merest hint of understanding that you are less than nothing. Your ability to satisfy your every whim without the slightest thought of the consequences of any of your actions. Or better yet, your ability to justify even the most appalling and inexcusable behaviour.

the reflective material is supposed to be on the outside part of the sunglasses

[.jon]

the reflective material is supposed to be on the outside part of the sunglasses

I think the irony was exactly the thing some of you didn't quite catch in the original post.

[donkey tugger]

the reflective material is supposed to be on the outside part of the sunglasses

I think the irony was exactly the thing some of you didn't quite catch in the original post.

Irony? Err, I don't think bonzo does irony.

[bluedad]

what really got me excited about synthesizers;
the monkees - one album had a moog mod, and some spacey electronic sounds.
jefferson starship - blows against the empire
again, some very spacey electronic sounds.

granted, the synth wasn't the focus on these albums, but they started my fascination

[.jon]

I see. Ok, my error, I didn't think bonzo does irony.

[Lunatique]

The most important influences:

Electronic music - Kraftwerk, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Yello, Sakamoto Ryuichi, LFO, 808 State, Orbital, Young American Primitive, Bigod 20, Front 242, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, New Order, Camouflage, Pet shop Boys, Secession..etc.

Jazz fusion - Casiopea, Hiroshima, The Rippingtons..etc.

Acid Jazz - the entire movement.

Film Scores - film scores from around the world, including Japanese animation soundtracks. John Williams, Basil Poledouris, John Barry, Hans Zimmers, Sakamoto Ryuichi..etc are favorites.

Classical - 19th century impressionism (Debussy, Satie, Ravel..etc), Stravinsky, Beethoven, Barber, Holst..etc.

Jazz - Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, John Coltrane..etc.

Progressive Rock - King Crimson (and member solo/side projects, particularly Trey Gunn's Third Star and Fripp's League of Crafty Guitarists), Liquid Tension, Dream Theater..etc.

Trip-Hop - Hooverphonic, Massive Attack, Lamb, Halou..etc.

Japanese rock/pop - Psy-S, B'z, Boowy, Buck-Tick, Anzen Chitai, Olivia Lufkin, Kawai Sonoko, Morikawa Miho, Nakayama Miho's "Catch the Nite" album, early Iijima Mari albums (before she moved to the States)..etc.

Korean pop - Lee Soo Young, Fin.K.L., Bada, S.E.S., Uhm Jung Hwa, To-Ya..etc.

Chinese rock - Dou Wei (and his side projects), various underground bands in Taiwan, Cheng Qi-Zhen..etc.

Alternative/modern rock/sub-genres (back when such labels meant something) - Curve, The Sundays, Cocteau Twins, Cranes, Sarah Mclachlan, Frazier Chorus, Tears For Fears, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Stone Roses, The Smiths, Rialto, Primus, Oingo Boingo, Peter Gabriel, James..etc.

Ethnic music - I particularly like traditional percussion music like belly dance, taiko drums, African tribal dance..etc.

Experimentalists (avant-garde, art rock, art pop) - Sakamoto Ryuichi, Art of Noise, Jaz Coleman (including Killing Joke), David Sylvian (including Japan), Akiko Yano, Dead Can Dance..etc.

[donkey tugger]

My dear donkey, apologies for the post buggeration. I don't know what came over me old chap. Ever so sorry old bean.

[zeoy]

One thing from my childhood that I wont forget is the time that I listened to the most legendary greek radio producer playing "Spirits in the night" from Manfred Mann. Must have been around 1976. Other influences from my childhood were :
a) Vila Lobos (was playing classical guitar)
b) A cassete with Hendrix on one side and Joplin on the other
c) Another cassete with the whole "Nightingales and bombers" album from Manfred Mann filled with two or three tunes from "Space" (do you remember "Magic Fly")
I also randomly bought a Queen LP and this was "A night at the Opera" (I was listening to the prophet's song repeatedly)

During my early teens I discovered Bowie (Changes, Station to Station, Heroes, Alladin Sane ...) Iggy Pop (Idiot , Stooges ...) thanx to girlfriend

Later there was the early hip-hop breakdance explosion so I got cassetes with Afrika Bambaata, Grandmaster flash etc. Major influence I think.

Later influences include Wipers and all the west coast revival groups (Dream Syndicate, REM , Green on red), reggae-dub groups, Public Enemy, NWA, Eric B and Rakim and of course all those rave parties during late 80s early 90s wich got me crazy with detroit-techno acid-house and smilar stuff

Latest influential rock groups were Kyuss and Queens of the stone age, rage against the machine and some freestyle DJs-producers like DJ Shadow, RJD2 etc.

[.jon]

Apologies are the old beans of the post-buggerant era.

[nBeat]

My dear donkey, apologies for the post buggeration. I don't know what came over me old chap. Ever so sorry old bean.

I really don't know why but...

Oh, influences ?
Take a look at my homepage under "The Man Behind the Beat".
That'll give you some hints...

[oldevil]

duh? lemme think...
Zappa
the beatles
pink floyd
the doors
Joe Byrd
Ken Kesey
William Burroughs(Naked Lunch, anyone?)
the blues
velvet underground

[splattabreakz]

blah

[AndreasE]

I´m very much influenced by Britney Spears