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No particular order for this one... but I'll try.
-Kurt Cobain: This motherfucker influenced me to pickup a guitar. Got into Nirvana about a few months after he died with Nevermind. Met a friend who played guitar, he showed me a few chords, and that was about it.
-Stephen Carpenter/Deftones: Around high school I was asked to join a band and yada yada... hadn't played my guitar in a few years. Picked up an axe, drop tuned it, and started playing Bored without knowing it. Deftones have always been my numero uno band and always will. Once my musical skill grew a little bit I would sit in my room playing along to Adrenaline and Around the Fur for hours. So much angst and beauty.
-Ben Weinman/the Dillinger Escape Plan: About the time I created my current band I was all metalcore'd out but had a basic idea of how I wanted my style. I was experimenting when a friend introduced me to this band and it BLEW MY MIND! I'm talking full on aneurism mixed with a 4some orgy of orgasms. This was the noise I was hearing in my head. I quickly gathered all their albums and tried learning their style. These guys really inspired me to go explore other genres of music and ultimately not limit myself to just metal.
-Django Reinhardt: No introduction needed for this guy. His playing has been an inspiration of mine... I watch guys like Vai and others just insanely sweep pick the hell out of their guitars and it's a bummer as my wrists and fingers are weak due to years of bmx injuries and carpeltunnel. Then I listen to Django, so much passion and emotion is poured into his music and he does it with only 2 fingers. His playing has been an inspiration to so many musicians through the years. It's truly an amazing legacy.
-Louie Armstrong: Weird inspiration for a guitarist. My band in high school lost our bassist right before our 1st show so I switched to bass and we picked up another guitarist. I fell in love with the bass and learned everything I could. My parents would listen to all the big band/swing and blues on the weekends while they cleaned or got ready to go out. So I began playing along to it and instantly fell in love with Louie. Now I turn on a Louie album and play my guitar adding lil bebop lines to the music and harmonizing with his trumpet.
-Kurt Cobain: This motherfucker influenced me to pickup a guitar. Got into Nirvana about a few months after he died with Nevermind. Met a friend who played guitar, he showed me a few chords, and that was about it.
-Stephen Carpenter/Deftones: Around high school I was asked to join a band and yada yada... hadn't played my guitar in a few years. Picked up an axe, drop tuned it, and started playing Bored without knowing it. Deftones have always been my numero uno band and always will. Once my musical skill grew a little bit I would sit in my room playing along to Adrenaline and Around the Fur for hours. So much angst and beauty.
-Ben Weinman/the Dillinger Escape Plan: About the time I created my current band I was all metalcore'd out but had a basic idea of how I wanted my style. I was experimenting when a friend introduced me to this band and it BLEW MY MIND! I'm talking full on aneurism mixed with a 4some orgy of orgasms. This was the noise I was hearing in my head. I quickly gathered all their albums and tried learning their style. These guys really inspired me to go explore other genres of music and ultimately not limit myself to just metal.
-Django Reinhardt: No introduction needed for this guy. His playing has been an inspiration of mine... I watch guys like Vai and others just insanely sweep pick the hell out of their guitars and it's a bummer as my wrists and fingers are weak due to years of bmx injuries and carpeltunnel. Then I listen to Django, so much passion and emotion is poured into his music and he does it with only 2 fingers. His playing has been an inspiration to so many musicians through the years. It's truly an amazing legacy.
-Louie Armstrong: Weird inspiration for a guitarist. My band in high school lost our bassist right before our 1st show so I switched to bass and we picked up another guitarist. I fell in love with the bass and learned everything I could. My parents would listen to all the big band/swing and blues on the weekends while they cleaned or got ready to go out. So I began playing along to it and instantly fell in love with Louie. Now I turn on a Louie album and play my guitar adding lil bebop lines to the music and harmonizing with his trumpet.