Early Influences

[~K~]

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Slash and Phil Collen got me wanting to play guitar when I was about 8 in the mid-80's.

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Fukk I'm getting old ...

[~K~]

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Lesse

Frehley
Brian May
Tony Iommi
Randy Rhoads
Jake E Lee

[jeff300]

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Gilmour
Knopfler
Stevens
Sambora
Slash

[VulfgangPfuck]

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Frehley - 1st and foremost
Jimmy Page - just for the imagination, and not technical ablity.
JY/Tommy Shaw...the solos on The Grand Illusion really pushed me along!
KK/Tipton...Stained Class era up till about Screaming For Vengeance
Denny Lane/Jimmy McCullough (WINGS)...my favorite until they were replaced by KISS in the mid 70's

There's many more, but that's my top list

[diablomozart]

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glen buxton/michael bruce
brian may
steve vai
john sykes
george lynch...

it was only later that i discovered folks like david gilmour and paul gilbert...lol...d.m.

[Ripley7t]

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Schon, Downing, and Tipton.

[jblicharz]

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Ritchie Blackmore(somethings never change!)Got tix for 12/08/05 NYC!!!
Tony Iommi
Then it was off to Adrian Smith, Dave Murry, Randy Rhoads, Wolf Hoffman, Yngwie, Michael Schenker, Andy LaRocque, Micheal Denner, Hank Sherman and several bands too.

Everything I heard that I liked actually turned into an influence but the main players are above. To this day I still pump myself up for a show listening to these guiarists.

[shelby22]

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Clapton and Hendrix were the first. Strange that noone mentioned either of these. Only the cream stuff from Clapton, the rest of his career was a waste. Marino, Blackmore, Joe perry, EVH, and RR were big for me after that.

[Inazone]

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Vernon Reid was probably the first guitarist to really inspire me. I knew of Twisted Sister, KISS, Van Halen, Boston and Def Leppard, but hadn't really developed an interest in guitar until around the time Living Colour took off with "Cult of Personality".

From that point, it was stepping stones as I got into the more "extreme" stuff. First it was Dave Mustaine and Jerry Cantrell and Dimebag (first time hearing "Primal Concrete Sledge" sealed the deal), and then being exposed to Carcass, Death, Dissection and the like.

[donf]

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Frampton, Robin Trower here.

[charvelguy]

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I downloaded Hocus Pocus by Focus last night and it got me to thinking about my early influences. Man I love that song.

Other players I remember vividly were Gary Rickrath of REO Speedwagon, Frank Marino, Al DiMeola, Tony Iommi.

The first solo I figured out note for note was 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago. That started me going on the quest for speed. I started to search out faster and faster players and technique.

Was never too much into the Hendrix thing although I knew he was an original. I just did not want that blues type sound in my playing because everyone was doing it.

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These were mine when I was a teen too. Kiss was a big early influence. I tried to get into Hendrix, but I always liked his offshoot influence on others like Frank Marino, Uli Roth, Pat Thrall & Robin Trower too, if not liking their renditions a little better.

Holdsworth, Schenker, Page, Blackmore, Randy Bachman too...Let it Roll has a great solo.
I grew up with that Disco, R&B, Funk & Folk crossover,
and there were some great players/songwriters there.
I really liked Blues after a couple years of playing tho.

But Jan Akkerman shreds, 'bout the first guy I heard doing sweeps.

[Cuthroat]

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my earliest influences would have to be jimmy page, black sabbath, van halen, white zombie, joan jett (i remember that I absolutely loved her at a young age. My sister listened to her in the early 80's all the time. one of my earliest musical memories), Iron maiden, megadeth, rush, metallica.

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[lerxstcat]

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Page, Blackmore, Lifeson, Schenker, Roth, Van Halen, Yngwie, Gilbert and Bouillet. There were others I liked of course, but these guys gave me the chills and lit a fire under my ass.

[Razor]

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These are who influenced me long before I started playing.

Randy Rhoads
George Lynch
Warren DeMartini and Robbin Crosby
Mark Kendall - House of Broken Love kicks my ass every time I hear it!
Frank Hannon and Tommy Skeoch

[Jason1212]

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My parents had good taste in music. I remember listening to Cosmos Factory by CCR alot as a kid as well as Jethro Tull, and Deep Purple. My dad liked Jim Croce as well so that was in the 8 track too. Later in the 70's it was Foghat, REO Speedwagon, Waylon, Willie and the boys. Once I was able to buy my own records it was Ozzy, Crue, Ratt........