Music:
Member Since: 09/06/2006
Band Members: Joel
Influences: Friends, family, relationships, politics, thoughts, experience, mood and imagination. Here is a short list of some of my musical influences, some old and some new. Sometimes it was just a song, sometimes an entire album and sometimes their oeuvre. Either way and at one point or another, these artists have caught my attention and my ear. So here they are in no particular order. Believe it, or not: Biz Markie, Stillwater, AC/DC, Led Zepplin, David Bowie, The Specials, Yellowman, Bob Marley, The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCarthy, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Pearl Jam, Tool, Sound Garden, Nirvana, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fat Boys, Chris Cornell, Kai Kln, Early Times, Mamas Gravy, Nothing, Cake, EPMD, MC Hammer, Kool Moe Dee, NWA, Bell Biv Devoe, Michael Jackson, Living Color, The Cure, James Brown, Black Sabbath, Big Daddy Kane, Ali Farka Toure, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Monkees, Sly and The Family Stone, The Ventures, Lynrd Skynrd, The Bangles, Bob Dylan, The Animals, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, The Cantina Band, The Black Crowes, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Fat Albert and The Junkyard Band, John Williams, Herbie Hancock, Dixie Star, Galactic, Brad, Digital Underground, The Mother Hips, De La Soul, The Doors, Slick Rick, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Curtis Mayfield, The Mac Swanky Trio, Stetsasonic, Neil Young, Rage Against the Machine, Vince Guaraldi, Incubus, Weezer, The Stooges, The Toadies, Metallica, Ben Harper, Radiohead, Joshua Redman, Temple of the Dog, Our Lady Peace, The Jackson 5, Funkadelic, Parliament, The Blues Brothers, Capsule, Happy Going Nowhere, Ice Cube, The D.O.C.. Ice Tea, Henry Rollins, Oranger, Katy J, Christopher Lockett, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Spinal Tap, U2, Tang, Bill Withers, The Afghan Whigs, Spinal Tap, Eazy-E, Robert Johnson, Blind Faith, Blind Melon, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Green Day, Simon Says, Prince, Townes Van Zant, Rick James, Bob Dylan, Boston, Van Morrison, Dave Brubeck, Sheryl Crow, Heart, Mike Post and Pete Carpenter, John Lee Hooker, The Ramones, Pink Floyd, Van Halen (early), The Beastie Boys, Buddy Guy, The Deftones, The Revolution Smile, The White Stripes, Gregory Issacs, Jeff Buckley, Public Enemy, Third Bass, Special Ed, Cream, The Clash, Queens of the Stone Age; just to name a very few. More new and old influences to be posted later on.This film and soundtrack were an early influence. Here's a clip:One of the coolest scenes movie ever:
The man with the hat is back and it looks pretty damn good.
Sounds Like: Me trying to sing and play guitar.
Record Label: Yeah, Right.
