Members Yer Blues Posted May 21, 2013 Members Share Posted May 21, 2013 Building off the concept of this thread... http://www.harmonycentral.com/t5/Electric-Guitars/So-you-wanna-play-rock-guitar-Essential-listening/m-p/35448255#U35448255 But, instead of telling someone else what to listen to what albums were you listening to early on in your playing that gave you the base for how you play as a musician? Since I've started playing my influences have grown vastly to include some stuff that doesn't even have a guitar on the album. Early on these were the albums I was cutting my teeth to.... In no order... Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses Live at the Regal - BB King The Very Best of Albert King - Albert King Live at Donnington - AC/DC Live at the Fillmore - Allman Brothers Band One More From the Road - Lynyrd Skynyrd Get Your YaYas Out - Rolling Stones Live! Bootleg - Aerosmith Nevermind - Nirvana Truth - Jeff Beck Group Box Set - Led Zeppelin Not exactly par for the course for a kid growing up in the 90s, although I did enjoy listening to Nevermind a lot and could actually play songs on the album with our garage band. I actually didn't own any of the individual Led Zeppelin albums, but I had a 4 cd box set I picked up on sale from BMG or Columbia House for like $15. Man... that was a great deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goncalo Crespo Posted May 21, 2013 Members Share Posted May 21, 2013 Guns n Roses - Use your Illusion IIFaith No More - King for A DayIncubus - Make YourselfAC/DC - LiveOffspring - SmashedRadiohead - Paranoid AndroidQOTSA - Songs for the DeafRadiohead - The BendsIncubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted May 21, 2013 Members Share Posted May 21, 2013 I learned guitar by learning the songs on Green Day - Dookie and Kerplunk Nirvana - Nevermind and In Utero Pearl Jam - Ten, Vs., and Vitalogy The Who - Who's Next, By Numbers, and a greatest hits comp King's X - Dogman, Gretchen Goes to Nebraska, and IV Led Zeppelin - I, II, III, IV, and Houses of the Holy The Beatles - most of their albums That was my first four years of playing, after which I stopped putting much effort into learning covers. I still learn a few here and there, but all of the above records taught me "the basics." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted May 21, 2013 Members Share Posted May 21, 2013 I just noticed I named more than 10... Oopps. Reading comprehension fail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveAronow Posted May 21, 2013 Members Share Posted May 21, 2013 Writing fail as wells. Oops only has one p in it. Just busting balls, but I don't know what it is about that word? It is almost always typed wrong, most commonly spelled, opps, or some derivation thereof. I constantly have to correct my own misspelling of that word. Guess it is just the double letters and speed of typing that gets tangled up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yer Blues Posted May 21, 2013 Author Members Share Posted May 21, 2013 kayd_mon wrote:I just noticed I named more than 10... Oopps. Reading comprehension fail! No worries... I have more than 10, too. Every now and then I listen to one of those albums and can definitely tell an improvement in my ears... even if it is just things like hearing a guy's vibrato better. I still find myself learning covers whether it is for a band or just for my own enjoyment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted May 21, 2013 Members Share Posted May 21, 2013 Writing fail indeed! I must have double-tapped the "p" key, since I've never spelled it that way. I use my phone to post, and I'm sure that I have a ton of typos due to the damn keyboard. {censored} makes me misspell everything except, of course, Squier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted May 21, 2013 Moderators Share Posted May 21, 2013 1. Stars on 452. Now Thats What I Call Music 233. Power Ballads: The Greatest Driving Anthems in the World... Ever!4. Now That's What I Call Music 475. Titanic Soundtrack6. Ibiza Megamix 20097. Now That's What I Call Music 38. The Very Best of Jive Bunny and The Mastermixers9. Now That's What I Call Jive Bunny10 Led Zeppelin IV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted May 21, 2013 Members Share Posted May 21, 2013 @Ratae All bases covered for awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted May 21, 2013 Moderators Share Posted May 21, 2013 kayd_mon wrote:@Ratae All bases covered for awesome! I hummed and aaaaah'd over Zeppelin:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted May 21, 2013 Members Share Posted May 21, 2013 Pyromania - Def Leppard - my brother brought home the record when I was about 13, and I remember listening to it with our neighbors for the first time. It blew us away. Loved hard rock & metal ever since. It was amazing. "Rock of Ages" was the first song I learned to play on guitar - just open chords, but it was enough.Master of Puppets - Metallica - my favorite Metallica album, and a big influence. The first time I could actually play Battery was a milestone moment.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - almost picked Paranoid, but I heard this first. I learned pretty much both of those records note for note, and I think i still hear a little Tony Iommi in my style. Huge influence, great album.Passion & Warfare - Steve Vai - huge album for me when i first started playing. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. I couldn't even come close to playing it, but I loved the density and quirky shredding style. Vai was my hero back then.Santana - Santana - I finally started getting serious about music after fumbling around for a few years, and I took some lessons from a really good teacher who had me pick a song and learn it by ear. "Soul Sacrifice" was the tune. It was really important for me. The album is awesome, and I definitely hear myself doing a little Carlos here and there.Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd - how can I not put this. Unbelievable solos, unbelievable songs. This is the high bar I set for everything, and I still reach for Gilmour-esque epic bends. As exciting and fresh to listen to today as it was 25 years ago, and like Electric Ladyland, I still hear new things when I put it in.Texas Flood - SRV - I was really into hard rock & metal up until a friend of mine made me listen to SRV. I got hooked, and i've never been the same. Within a few years I quit my metal band, was going ot blue open mics every week, was tracing back through Albert Collins, BB King, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Son House... It just opened up worlds for me. SRV taught me music could be powerful and positive. In fact, songs about love and life could be more powerful (and relevant) than any doomsday-and-monsters metal. Even though I don't sound like SRV style-wise, his influence can't be overstated. It just opened up so much. Before SRV, it was all rock & metal. After SRV, it was blues, jazz, country, world music, classical... it really opened my ears.King of the Blues Disc 3 - BB King - I like a lot of BB King albums (non-compilatin albums), but disc 3 (66-69 IIRC?) of the boxed set is my favorite. I leanred a lot of those solos, and stole a lot of licks from that disc. Just a great period for him, and every song on that disc is great. I think I probably don't sound like SRV because I listen to so much BB King to balance it out. Very different styles.Essence - Lucinda Williams - I was playing gigs in the folk/rock/americana scene for a while, and one of the women I played with was a huge Lu fan. She got me hooked, and Essence opened up my ears to a lot of alt-country and "Americana" stuff that's become a big part of my style. My lyric writing style leans heavily on Lu's influence, but guitar-wise, I also got a lot out of Essence, Car Wheels, and World Without Tears... Huge influence on me.Live at the Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band - what can I say, the Allman Brothers are my favorite band of all time. I was in a band that covered a lot of ABB tunes, I learned a lot of them, I still do some of them, and Dickey & Duane's (and Warren Hayne's) influence on my is pretty big. If I had to pick one ABB album, it's this. I loved the strong blues foundation mixed with bits of country, rock & jazz. I still love that mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeanoBoy Posted May 21, 2013 Members Share Posted May 21, 2013 Meet The BeatlesOut of Our Heads - The Rolling StonesAre You Experienced - Jimi HendrixElectric Ladyland - Jimi HendrixMayal's "Beano" album with Eric ClaptonFresh CreamTruth - Jeff BeckRevolver- The BeatlesLive at The Regal - B B KingLive at the Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted May 21, 2013 Members Share Posted May 21, 2013 @pine apple slim Lark's Tongues in Aspic is an incredible album! Lots of other great selections on your wonderfully eclectic list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted May 23, 2013 Members Share Posted May 23, 2013 Dylan--John Wesley Harding (or Blood on the Tracks) Neil Young--Harvest Stephen Stills ET. Al. --Manassas CSN--Crosby, Stills and Nash Pink Floyd--The Wall Wilson Pickett/Sam and Dave --anything from the Stax years Beatles--Revolver Bon Iver--For Emma... Tool--Aenima Joni Mitchell--For the Roses Judy Collins--Colors of the Day Nick Drake-- Pink Moon REM--Murmur ZZ Top--Deguella/Rio Grande Mud (pick one) Iron Maiden--Poweslave Pat Metheney--American Garage/As Wichita Falls (pick one) Linda Ronstadt--Hasten Down the Wind George Benson--on Broadway Chet Atkins and Les Paul--Chester and Lester Journey-- Escape (yeah? So what?) Metallica--Ride the Lightening I'm older than the rest of you so I get to pick more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted May 23, 2013 Members Share Posted May 23, 2013 Almost forgot Live at Leeds and Electric Ladyland. Oh, and More of the Monkees (because it was playing the first time I made out with a girl when I was 12). Got underneath her bra during Mrs. Gradenko. Unfortunately, well, you do the math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wschart Posted May 31, 2013 Members Share Posted May 31, 2013 I'm going to date myself here, being of a much older generation than most. Probable the main influence that got me to get back into playing music (I had taken piano lessons when in grade school but quit before junior high) and to take up the guitar would be the earlier Beatles albums, the US versions per-Rubber Soul. There were a few other groups whose best hit albums I had: the Animals and Paul Revere come to mind. Then there was the Byrds. Then the classical side also came into play. My dad had several Segovia albums that I listened to, but I can't really remember specific titles here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leftyaxeman Posted May 31, 2013 Members Share Posted May 31, 2013 Band of Gypsies - Jimi Hendrix Blizzard of Ozz - Randy Rhoads Van Halen - Van Halen. Passion & Warfare - Steve Vai Master or Reality - Black Sabbath Road Games - Allan Holdsworth Casino - Al DiMeola Unorthodox Behavior - Brand X Michael Schenker Group - Michael Schenker Group Wired - Jeff Beck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slvrsrpnt Posted May 31, 2013 Members Share Posted May 31, 2013 Black Sabbath - ParanoidIron Maiden - The Number of the BeastMetallica - Ride the LightningMercyful Fate - Don't Break the OathSlayer - Hell AwaitsFrank Zappa - ApostropheDBC - Dead Brain CellsCarnivore - RetaliationSaxon - Strong Arm of the LawJudas Priest - British Steel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members realtree71 Posted May 31, 2013 Members Share Posted May 31, 2013 I got into a lot of live stuff and some studio stuff so mines a mix Aerosmith, Bootleg live Led Zepplin, Song Remains the Same UFO, Strangers in the Night Peter Frampton, Frampton Comes Alive Van Halen, all Ozzie Ozzborne, Blizzard of Ozz Scorpions, world Wide Live Rush, 2112, Moving Pictures Pat Travers, Live, Go for What You Know U2, Rattle and Hum, Achtung Baby, Joshua Tree, Boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted May 31, 2013 Members Share Posted May 31, 2013 - Hendrix - Are You Experienced- Santana - 1st album- Cream Wheels of Fire- Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon- Allman Brothers- Live at Fillmore East- Dave Mason - Alone Together (one song in particular: "Look at Me, Look at You)- Spirit - 1st album- Yes - The Yes album- Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame- Miles Davis - Bitches Brew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted June 1, 2013 Members Share Posted June 1, 2013 AC/DC - For Those About To Rock... The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bullocks Faith No More - The Real Thing Metallica - And Justice For All Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast Van Halen - Women and Children First Guns n Roses - Appetite Joe Satriani - Surfing With the Alien The Dead Kennedy's - Give Me Convenience... Black Sabbath - Paranoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 23miles Posted June 2, 2013 Members Share Posted June 2, 2013 Miles Davis Quintet - Kind of BlueBeatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonley Hearts Clup BandRolling Stones - Beggar's BanquetJohn Coltrane Quartet - A Love SupremeB.B. King - LucilleGrateful Dead - Live DeadMoody Blues - Days of Future PastWillie Nelson - Red Headed StrangerSantana - AbraxasJimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsalit Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 Tough to pick ten. These were all albums that turned me on to something I hadn't heard before. Meet the BeatlesWheels of Fire - CreamLive Dead - Grateful DeadLed Zeppelin I Live at the Fillmore - Allman BrothersSorcerer - Miles DavisBass on Top - Paul ChambersMore Songs About Buildings and Food - Talking HeadsThis Year's Model - Elvis CostelloThe Band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Minnie The Moocher Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 - The Beatles: Revolver- Deep Purple: Made in Japan- AC/DC: Let There Be Rock- Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks- Cheap Trick: In Color and In Black & White- The Clash: The Clash- Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour '74- Status Quo: Live '77- The Rolling Stones: first album- Ultravox! Ha!-Ha!-Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alexilaiho Posted June 4, 2013 Members Share Posted June 4, 2013 Sleep- dopesmoker Sleep- holy mountain Acid king- acid king III Acid king- free EP Electric wizard- electric wizard Electric wizard- dopethrone Sleep- Jerusalem Acid king- buses woods Black sabbath- masters of reality Also sleep- antarcticans thawed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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