the 25 bands who had an impact on my life are....

[Thorngrub]

Adam -- your list of 25 uncannily mirrors much of my own list (were I to get off my duff and compile one).

Although mine might start out differently, being that I got into music around 1978 or so. Yeah I was about 13 then -- and "Get Your Wings" by Aerosmith was my first official record album. I been kickin ass ever since.

[pattentank24]

No I don't compile I just continue with these


#19 Massive Attack

the sun always turns green
when you stare at it
with one eye shut

That's something kids do and say before nightfall
Massive Attack is a always a unfinshed meal
music left on the shelf to be picked apart
Since I have understood how to fall asleep to heaphones in darkness
Blue Lines,Protection,Mezzanine have been in rotation and you always gets the sense of something in the dark is alive.
You have to grow and mature to understand the ideal sitituation to listen to Massive.

When you listen to those subtle changes in production,you miss those languished vocals
We will try anything ALWAYS seemed to me to be Massive's strongest asset
And when SEX becomes involved in your life only then do you begin to appreciate that sense of emotional rescue much of their best work provides
Shara Nelson.The Wild Bunch,Tricky,Snead O'Connor,etc all speak to you at some intimate level.

I never heard the phrase trip-hop till a friend played Protection for me in her bedroom
Mad Professor vs Massive was the greatest remix album I had ever heard.
During my record store days Mezzanine got a least one spin when I just wanted to be leaft alone for a afternoon.

100th Window is proof I can be Wrong
For About 2 months in the spring of 2003 I HATED IT
By the end of 2003 it was on my top 20 list
It got me thru some dark times as I retired and I appreciate more and more the more I hear it

Massive Attack combined the urgency of Public Enemy with the sexulality of Prince on their earlier work
Now I just listen with both eyes open hoping to get the message
That introduced the phrase "trip-hop"

Favorite Album/Song/Times Seen Live
Blue Lines/"What Your Soul Sings"/0

[Adam]

Patten,

Have you listened to Massive Attack's soundtrack for Unleashed? I can imagine a lot of their stuff working cinematically but I wonder how it stands on its own.

[pattentank24]

No I'm really interested to hear how RZA mixes with 3-D
I hope it can at leats rival the No protection remix album
I was really impressed with the b-sides off 100th Window though

[Adam]

I'll probably purchase Unleashed Friday along with the new NIN and Star Wars soundtrack. Massive Attack's been used quite well in tv and film (The Insider, Snatch, The West Wing).

Speaking of which, I listened to Blue Lines to and from work. Terrific blueprint, that is.

[Thorngrub]

ok this is not a joke


The "26th" band that has impacted my life: porcupine tree

ok, listen

Their new album DEADWING, I listened to it for the first time yesterday | | | | | | | | | | It changed my life


I love the new NIN -- remember that

Not only did the first track off DEADWING alone pretty much blow away the entire album With Teeth -- but I swear to you -- Each and every track off Deadwing, *without exception*, DID THE VERY SAME THING (i.e, blow away the entire NIN album) - ! ! !

Don't believe me -? Then you need to get yourself DEADWING . . . .and have your Life changed too.

DEADWING made me cry. The same could not be said of the new NIN (despite how much I may have liked it).

Like I said . . .dont' get me wrong: With Teeth is a solid nails release.

Deadwing is an historic release in the history of music. Porcupine Tree IS just perhaps the greatest band EVER. Steve Wilson is god's gift to every single one of us who ever worshipped the likes of Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Peter Gabriel, and any other "progressive", kick ass, motherfucking brilliant band, m'k -? PORCUPINE TREE forces the legacies of ALL those aforementioned bands to drop to their knees in abject worship.

Deadwing is stunning. It rocks hard as fuck. It touches all your secret sensitive spots. It achieves harmonic, melodic beauty unparalleled. It is shattering. Soulful. Piercing, caressing, exquisite musicianship. Adrian Belew appears on a couple tracks. And so does Mikael (of course).

DEADWING is the sort of music that I imagine Trent Reznor himself must listen to, and outright fucking worship.

I'm familiar with In Absentia -- their penultimate album -- and possibly their "Dark Side Of The Moon", in terms of popularity with the fans -- and of course Opeth's Damnation would not exist if it weren't for Steve Wilson's invaluable input. It is pretty much a Tree/Opeth release . . .

I've listened to and enjoyed With Teeth, not a bad album.

"Deadwing" : this is the kind of music I live for. This is what Life is all about. This is the real fuckin deal. You cannot afford to miss out on this.

[melon1]

U2 would be the first for me. Then came Led Zeppelin and The Doors and the Rolling Stones. Then came Hendrix and Dylan. Then Floyd which was as magical as discovering U2 and Zeppelin. Of course most everybody knows that Dark Side of the Moon blew me away much moreso than any other album I've ever heard. Then in the early 90s I discovered Jane's Addiction, The Pixies, Blind Melon, Dinosaur Jr., Smashing Pumpkins and this millineum has been all about Radiohead. Other than "Creep" I knew nothing about them until after Amnesiac was released. Then came an absolute obsession with OK Computer, Kid A and The Bends. After Radiohead if there's been anyone that has REALLY impressed me on the same level as my favorite bands I sure as hell can't think of them at the moment. Of course I dig Wilco and The White Stripes and The Strokes. I'm sure I'm forgetting someone but that's all for now.

[Thorngrub]

well, the 25 bands who had an impact on my life are

1Aerosmith--My first album: Get Your Wings, around the tender age of 13
2 Led Zeppelin--The first rock band to "worship"
3Pink Floyd--I remain, to this day, a Floyd Casualty - my heart the prism which refracts a rainbow
4Jethro Tull--Ian Anderson's lyrics+flute remain unparalleled, as does this troupe's relentless rocking
5 Iron Maiden--Was listening to their 1st couple album while a teenager
6 Rush--1st concert I ever saw (Spring Training leg of Moving Pictures tour '82)
7 Yes--Collected all their albums \seen em live at least 4 times
8 King Crimson--ultimate band \seen em live 3 times \belew once
9David Bowie--Collected all his albums \ saw Sound & Vision Tour [belew=guitarist] +Tin Machine live@theOrpheum in Boston
10 T-Rex--the man, the poetry, the music
11Bob Dylan--Grew up with his songs \seen him live twice with the dead \ met him
12The Beatles--The world's first 'greatest pop band' (the second would be Korn).
13 Iggy Pop--idol \ hero \ godfather of punk
14peter gabriel--his catalogue is mandatory
15 peter murphy--seen him with nin opening, and touring for 'dust', one of the best shows I've ever attended
15brian eno--my favorite artist \dedicated my 2nd book of poems to him \was able to present him with a copy
16nine inch nails--opening for p.murphy they were industrial punk \fragility 2.0 best live show since AMLOR\PF
17 alice in chains--layne r.i.p.
18 korn--favorite band \seen em 12 times
19rage against the machine--the evolution of the protest song
20 tool--quintessential live band \seen em 6 times
21 smashing pumpkins--billy corgan \are you my mirror?
22dredg--my NEW favorite band \seen em 4 times \gotten to know the band esp gavin, drew, &dino
23the mars volta--lord jesus these guys are my personal saviours of rock
25porcupine tree--& here we go, ready to step it up to the next level \leaving floyd behind, these guys are my new obsession
\ to be cont.