Page 1 of 3
Most Influential Artists
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:44 am
by Laser
For music that is, which bands/solo artists have changed the face of music forever, or at least influenced the community a lot?
These are my choices:
The Beatles
Queen
Bill Haley
Michael Jackson
Bob Dylan
Try to think of some obscure ones.
Re: Most Influencial Artists
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:00 pm
by Max Rambone
Influential?
Beatles, of course....seconded.
Nice on the Bill Haley....also seconded.
Bob Marley
Black Sabbath
Nirvana
Miles Davis
Herbie Hancock
Prince and the Revolution (Read: Just The artist formerly Known as 'the Artist Formerly Known as Prince')
Beastie Boys
Ray Charles
Marvin Gaye
The Beach Boys....(seriously.)
David Bowie
James Brown
Aretha Franklin
Otis Redding
Mary J. Blige
Sid Vicious/Sexpistols
Augustus Pablo
The Who
Just to name a few.....
Personally, the one group that changed the way I thought of music was 'Sublime.'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime_%28band%29
If you've never heard them, or only heard 'What I Got,' 'Santeria,' or 'Wrong Way,' you should really give them a listen.
They have tons of great music even though Brad overdosed before they ever had the chance to get huge.
If he hadn't, I believe they would have been one of the most legendary bands of all-time.
~archi
Re: Most Influencial Artists
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:58 pm
by Turky
um
Re: Most Influencial Artists
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:36 pm
by Kain
Max Rambone wrote:
Personally, the one group that changed the way I thought of music was 'Sublime.'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime_%28band%29
If you've never heard them, or only heard 'What I Got,' 'Santeria,' or 'Wrong Way,' you should really give them a listen.
They have tons of great music even though Brad overdosed before they ever had the chance to get huge.
If he hadn't, I believe they would have been one of the most legendary bands of all-time.
~archi
^agreed. Sublime is the shit. My personal favorite from Sublime is Caress Me Down.
Re: Most Influential Artists
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:03 pm
by Laser
Never even heard of Sublime, I definitely agree with most of Archi's though.
Re: Most Influential Artists
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:47 pm
by Kerafym
Neil Young and The Smashing Pumpkins.
Re: Most Influential Artists
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 7:38 pm
by Max Rambone
Laser wrote:Never even heard of Sublime, I definitely agree with most of Archi's though.
Youtube some of it.....good stuff.
~archi
Re: Most Influential Artists
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:02 am
by Laser
Just put the songs you gave a mention into Grooveshark; not bad

Re: Most Influential Artists
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:55 pm
by Max Rambone
Those are some of my least favorite Sublime songs....if there is such a thing.
Those got tons of airplay here in the states, so maybe I just got burned out on them.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... ry=sublime
Make sure to listen to: (BUT maybe not in public...he throws a few explicit lyrics in here and there, but not much.)
40oz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIuOLU_i ... 2C&index=0
5446/Ball and Chain - One of my favs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZue9XUe ... 2C&index=1
April 26, 1992 - LA riots AKA Rodney King riots. LOL this one is animated...BTW the videos that came out for other songs have Brad superimposed because he was already dead when they started really selling albums nationwide here in the states.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAs-i32 ... 2C&index=3
Badfish - The lyrics are awesome and so is the bass line.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI2INBQV ... 2C&index=4
Caress Me Down - LOL, hornier than Ron Jeremy. And, if you haven't noticed yet, he sings in Spanish at random...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvEj5iZM ... 2C&index=8
Saw Red - This version is cool cause Gwen Stefani helps him out a little.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpMTOqKO ... C&index=47
Get out! - Great beat and pretty funny...some cool scratching/mixing if you like that sort of thing.
Meh.....youtube crapped out on me....just listen to them all...
~archi
Re: Most Influential Artists
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:39 am
by Laser
lol ok I'll probably throw a bunch on in ICT (with headphones...)