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All Semi-chronologically and not all-inclusive

Guitar:
Jimmy Page
David Gilmour
Eric Clapton
Johnny Greenwood
J. Mascis
Joey Santiago
Eddy Hazel
Sonny Sharrock

Drums(which I've been playing a lot more since I bought a kit and realized that everybody plays guitar but nobody plays drums):
The guy from the Pixies
John Bonham
Clyde Stubblefield
Greg Errico
Greg Eriico
Greg Errico
Greg Errico

Guitar:
Neil Young
Juliana Hatfield
Ron Asheton & James Williamson
Nine Inch Nails
Josh Homme & Troy Van Leeuwen
Joey Santiago
Frank Zappa
Warren Ellis

and probably loads more but that's pretty much the main ones

Bass:
Akiko Fukuoka
Andy Rourke
Tina Weymouth
Billy Talbot
and loads of jazz composers/arrangers from when I used to play a lot of jazz from sheet music

It's hard to say who influenced me, i listened to alot of music growing up (50's beatnik jazz, military marches, oi punk, grunge) but none of that sounds like what i play. When i first set out to find my own style i decided to never learn how to play anyone else's songs, and i still can't play any except 1 Alice in Chains song on acoustic from the jar of flies album. I didn't want anyone to influence what came out of me, i wanted my creations to be true to me. People say my style is very early sabbath and neurosis influenced, but i also see alot of late 90's early 00's post-hardcore, and early shoegaze mixed in with it. I guess my inspirations were the bands i saw playing with everything they had and as if they were the only one's there, they didn't play what the fans wanted to hear they played what they needed to say.

Greg Ginn
John Dwyer

that's really it

Mingus, Scott Lefaro (sound, not speed or number of notes!), Bill Evans.

Lately, Zoe Keating.

death cabbbbbbbbbbbbb

Brian Cook, David Wm. Sims, Duane Dennison, my friend Tommy, Scott Reeder, Jonathan Nunez, and Justin Pearson. I could write paragraphs about each of their influences on my style, not only on bass, but guitar, singing (er, well, screaming) and general antics, but I have class in a few minutes, so deal.

bass:
Scott LaFaro
John Entwistle
Evan Brewer
the dude in Weather Report before Jaco
Percy Jones
Daniel Lee

guitar:
Victor Villareal
Robert Fripp
Adrian Belew
Sonny Sharrock
Isaac Brock

aens_wife wrote:Mingus, Scott Lefaro (sound, not speed or number of notes!), Bill Evans.

Lately, Zoe Keating.

yay Zoe!

but more yay Scott and Bill.

Village Vanguard era BET was in my opinion one of the ultimate pinnacles of music

Gearmond wrote:
Village Vanguard era BET was in my opinion one of the ultimate pinnacles of music

Exactly! The idea of the bassist and piano actually interacting, especially during solos, just blew me away in high school. LaFaro just showed that you could be a bass player and not just walk lines all fucking night long.

Autumn Leaves is just about my favorite song of all time, but only when Bill Evans plays it...

I'll just list for the current styles I'm approaching in my music.

Style 1:
Johnny Ramone
Sean Bonnette

Style 2:
Isaac Brock
Zach Hill's drumming
Tune-Yards' vocal loops
Justin Vernon
John Frusciante's work in Ataxia
James Brown's Live at the Apollo
Keith Levene
How to Dress Well

I think that's accurate enough for both.

aens_wife wrote:

Gearmond wrote:
Village Vanguard era BET was in my opinion one of the ultimate pinnacles of music

Exactly! The idea of the bassist and piano actually interacting, especially during solos, just blew me away in high school. LaFaro just showed that you could be a bass player and not just walk lines all fucking night long.

Autumn Leaves is just about my favorite song of all time, but only when Bill Evans plays it...

tbh i can barely walk a bassline

Well I probably can't walk a good bass line anymore, since it has been 10 years since I played in a jazz band.

only kings of leon and that's it.

Bass guitar
Cliff Burton
Duck Dunn
Geezer Butler
Mike Watt
Tony Levin
John Entwistle
Roger Waters
Lemmy
Paul Barker
Bootsy
George Porter Jr

Doudle Bass
Willie Dixon
Ray Brown
Stefano Scodanibbio
Charles Mingus

Guitar
Buzz Osborne
Link Ray
Tad Doyle
Billy Gibbons
John Lee Hooker