Albums that molded you into the musician you are today?

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Led Zeppelin: All of them
Stones: Hot Rocks
AC/DC: Dirty Deeds/Highway To Hell
Deep Purple: Machine Head/ Who do we think we are??
Grand Funk: Phoenix

Great Topic!!!! Interested to see which albums come up the most......
 
Lynch Mob - Wicked Sensation. Hands down this album (I first listened to it in early 2000) made me want to transform from being a cover guitar player to a lead guitar player. Plus it is my benchmark for rhythm guitar tone :D

Pretty much anything I listen to has some sort of influence on me/"hey I want to cop that tone or riff", but nothing has motivated me as much as WS.

Kinda surprised none of the Dokken answers were followed up with some Lynch Mob . . .
 
byrdparis":2rl7uq3j said:
November5th":2rl7uq3j said:
Yngwie J. Malmsteen- Rising Force, Marching Out, and Trilogy
Racer X- Street Lethal, Second Heat, Live Extreme Volume 1-II
Queensryche- Rage For Order, Operation Mindcrime
Crimson Glory- Transcendence
David Lee Roth- Eat 'Em And Smile
Jason Becker- Perpetual Burn
Dream Theater -Images And Words, Awake
Dokken-Under Lock And Key, Back For The Attack
Tony MacAlpine- Maximum Security
Allan Holdsworth- Secrets
Garsed & Helmerich- Quid Pro Quo
Shawn Lane -Powers Of Ten
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its like i'm looking into a mirror :thumbsup:
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Hall of mirrors?
 
sahlomonic":23fwu35g said:
Lynch Mob - Wicked Sensation. Hands down this album (I first listened to it in early 2000) made me want to transform from being a cover guitar player to a lead guitar player. Plus it is my benchmark for rhythm guitar tone :D

Pretty much anything I listen to has some sort of influence on me/"hey I want to cop that tone or riff", but nothing has motivated me as much as WS.

Kinda surprised none of the Dokken answers were followed up with some Lynch Mob . . .
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Well I was l aready into George earlier from Breaking The Chains onward so I do not list it as an influence, but it is defintely up there as a classic IMO!! It pretty much equals or surpasses the Dokken stuff!!!
 
richardt4520":1bv2mu8t said:
byrdparis":1bv2mu8t said:
November5th":1bv2mu8t said:
Yngwie J. Malmsteen- Rising Force, Marching Out, and Trilogy
Racer X- Street Lethal, Second Heat, Live Extreme Volume 1-II
Queensryche- Rage For Order, Operation Mindcrime
Crimson Glory- Transcendence
David Lee Roth- Eat 'Em And Smile
Jason Becker- Perpetual Burn
Dream Theater -Images And Words, Awake
Dokken-Under Lock And Key, Back For The Attack
Tony MacAlpine- Maximum Security
Allan Holdsworth- Secrets
Garsed & Helmerich- Quid Pro Quo
Shawn Lane -Powers Of Ten
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its like i'm looking into a mirror :thumbsup:
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Hall of mirrors?
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:lol: :LOL:
Some of us have good taste. :thumbsup: :rock:
 
Damn it :doh: :doh:

How can I forget Terrible Ted...Double Live Gonzo :rock: And yes...I still have the 8 track....I'm pathetic.:aww:and old :cry:

Judas Priest Screaming for Vengance and Unleashed in the East
Deep Purple Machine Head and Perfect Strangers
 
jcm800x4":2aq3hv8g said:
Damn it :doh: :doh:

How can I forget Terrible Ted...Double Live Gonzo :rock: And yes...I still have the 8 track....I'm pathetic.:aww:and old :cry:

Judas Priest Screaming for Vengance and Unleashed in the East
Deep Purple Machine Head and Perfect Strangers
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I think I wore out a copy of Double Live Gonzo on vinyl :thumbsup:
 
jcm800x4":12za14io said:
Damn it :doh: :doh:

How can I forget Terrible Ted...Double Live Gonzo :rock: And yes...I still have the 8 track....I'm pathetic.:aww:and old :cry:
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Am I remembering correctly that there was a track change right in the middle of Snakeskin Cowboys?
 
Kiss Alive 1
Alice Cooper, Billion Dollar Babies

Artists I have follower all of their albums

Dire Straits
AIC
Rush
 
AC/DC - Back In Black
Buddy Guy - the First Time I Met The Blues
Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Step
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Queensryche - Empire
Ronnie Earl - Still River
Albert Collins - Cold Snap
Trip Shakespeare - Lulu
Dream Theater - Images and Words
The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Roll of the Dice
Kid Ramos - West Coast House Party
Dokken - Under Lock and Key
 
I had listened to Sabbath and heard Purple and a few others. I enjoyed music but did not have any intention of being a guitarist. Then, a friend of mine played Live After Death and it was over for me. So, although I can list Sabbath, Ozzy, Metallica, Megadeth, Satriani and a slew of others, Live After Death was my launching pad. I was a huge Maiden fan after that, and I wanted to play guitar for the first time.

I would listen to that cassette with headphones on and picture myself on stage and just become absorbed in it. The first time I felt like I was a real guitarist was when I nailed the intro to The Trooper.
 
All out war - truth in the age of lies
Meshuggah - contradiction collapse and none
Pantera - vulgar display of power
American nightmare - background music
 
This thread is great!


For me, there was definitely a SINGULAR moment that made me want to pick up a guitar and play...

I was born in 1968 and listened to all the regular radio rock, with particular interest in the harder stuff, along with any albums my youngest uncle brought into my grandma's house.

Loved Priest, The Stones, Black Sabbath, Nazareth, Mountain, ELO, The Doors, Pink Floyd, etc.

Then, someone in school gave me a copy (and I do mean copy :yes: ) of "No Life Til Leather".

Sound quality was shit, but I can still remember thinking " I don't know what the hell this is, but I want to do it!" :rock: :rock: ....and I want MORE!

That crappy quality cassette was a game changer for me.


Specific Albums that molded me:

Metallica, everything
Anthrax, everything
S.O.D Speak English or Die
Slayer Reign in Blood
Judas Priest everything, but especially the early stuff
Pink Floyd anything Gilmore plays on
Iced Earth Something Wicked This Way Comes
Pantera everything

There is a lot more that I am influenced by in one way or another too.
 
First one that comes to mind.....
KISS ALIVE!!
I was in Kindergarten. :lol: :LOL:
Swear to truth....had friends over in elementary school and we would listen to that double record set for hours. :yes:
 
VH - Van Halen
VHII - Van Halen
All the Worlds a Stage - Rush
2112 - Rush
Moving Pictures - Rush
Tooth and Nail - Dokken
Under Lock and Key - Dokken
Back for the Attack - Dokken
Blizzard of Oz - Ozzy
Dairy of a Madman - Ozzy
Operation Mind Crime - Queensryche
Empire - Queensryche
Images and Words - Dream Theater
Foghat Live - Foghat
Surfing with the Alien - Satriani
Flying in a Blue Dream - Satriani
Marching Out - Malmsteen
Pornografitti - Extreme
Alien Love Secrets - Vai
Out of the Cellar - Ratt
 
jcm800x4":1cjfp3ag said:
Damn it :doh: :doh:

How can I forget Terrible Ted...Double Live Gonzo :rock: And yes...I still have the 8 track....I'm pathetic.:aww:and old :cry:

Judas Priest Screaming for Vengance and Unleashed in the East
Deep Purple Machine Head and Perfect Strangers
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I know one of my favs!!! I had to go back and add it!!! Also Cheap Trick Budokan!!!
 
Can't believe I forgot Purple and Priest myself.

Definitely Made In Japan and Hell Bent For Leather (called Killing Machine in Australia)

Also Gary Moore, Corridors of Power and Status Quo, Quo LIve.

Sex Pistols, Never Mind The Bollocks.

Black Flag - Slip It In
 
This is a great thread! Many great albums mentioned!

Mine:
I think I was about 5 yrs old when I started to notice this stuff and I blame my sister for forcing me to listen to many of these albums.....

Earliest I can remember:
Donna Summer - McArthur Park (yes....I know.....disco....it was the thing at the time, apparently)
Kiss - Dynasty - saw them on one of those Saturday morning shows... (again.....guess why I liked it...lol..see above!)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (this was rockin')
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (I think this was my first concert?)
Led Zeppelin - IV
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Van Halen 1, 2, & Fair Warning ('nuff said!)
Iron Maiden - Killers, Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Powerslave
Judas Priest - Hell Bent for Leather, British Steel, Point of Entry, Screaming for Vengance
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
Ratt - Out of the Cellar, Invasion of Your Privacy
Dokken - Tooth and Nail, Under Lock and Key, Back for the Attack
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien
Steve Vai - Passion and Warefare
David Lee Roth - Eat'em and Smile
Whitesnake - 1987
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
 
Old Sabbath
Old Metallica
Slayer-1983-86 is bulletproof
Danzig - I through III
Emperor - All except the last one, which was decent
Faith No More - All except the last one, which had it's moments
Motorhead
Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard, Terrifyer and Natasha are unbelievable
Misfits-All
Deathspell Omega-Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspies
Burzum-Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Darkthrone
Old Gn'R
Black Flag-Damaged, First 4, My War/Slip it in
Discharge-Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing

Not that I'm as good as those musicians (nor do I particularly sound like them), but they make me want to reach for my guitar.
 
Whats cool is I can hear an old Pat Benetar song on the radio....or Rick Springfield.....
and makes me want to play! :rock:
Just what ever tickles my fancy at the moment these days I guess.... :lol: :LOL:
 
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