Who made you first wanna pick up a guitar?

[Endrik]

Re: Who made you first wanna pick up a guitar?

Billy Gibbons

[neilli]

Re: Who made you first wanna pick up a guitar?

As far as 'adult' decisions are concerned, it was EVH and Iron Maiden when I was 11, but:

I used to love music as a kid, so had a 'pretend' acoustic guitar from the age of 6, so I guess it should really be whoever wrote 'Puff The Magic Dragon'!!

[Snoogans]

Re: Who made you first wanna pick up a guitar?

Ritchie Blackmore.
Consequently, my first decent guitar was a white Squier Strat!

[pagemalicious]

Re: Who made you first wanna pick up a guitar?

David Gilmour and Jimmy Page

[YetAnotherOne]

Re: Who made you first wanna pick up a guitar?

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ACE.............I wanted to BE Ace, and when you are six..that is mighty powerful, brotha.

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Roger that. Ace got me interested but Randy was the reason I finally picked up a guitar (much to the chagrin of all of my neighbors over the last 25 years). [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[micha]

Re: Who made you first wanna pick up a guitar?

guess it was die toten hosen (german punk/rock-band) and maybe rammstein. I listened a lot to them in my early years... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
first tracks I played was some red hot chili peppers, where I copied the vocal-line on my one string guitar (the other five were missing when I first got my fathers old crappy guitar out of the attic), and later when I knew how to tune a guitar and got my first 6-string experience, I jammed some hammerfall!! I had a buddy who showed me the mighty power-chord and I was addicetd right after... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

roope latvala brought me to jackson then. I was (and still am) a huge waltari-fan, and I just loved the way this rhoads looked. [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[AfterForever]

Re: Who made you first wanna pick up a guitar?

Probably Kirk Hammett..

[DonP]

Re: Who made you first wanna pick up a guitar?

I think it depends on what as popular at the time you hit guitar buying/playing age, and what was hot in your area or with your friends. In my area in 1983-1984, Iron Maiden, Dio, Queensryche, Accept and Scorpions were hot at the time. I think the first song I started playing was rock you like a hurricane.

I think EVH and Randy came a couple of years too early for me. Savatage (Cris Olivia) & Metallica showed up too late (in my area) to be "First".

[hippietim]

Re: Who made you first wanna pick up a guitar?

Paul Stanley

I remember when I got Destroyer, I thought Ace was a wierd name for a girl. Look at that cover again - clearly that is not a manly pose.

[Big D]

Re: Who made you first wanna pick up a guitar?

This is gay, but when I heard the first two power chords on Rock Rock till Ya Drop by Def Lep, I wanted a guitar real bad. After that, it was Eddie, George, and Randy.

[tonemonster]

Re: Who made you first wanna pick up a guitar?

EVH was the first reason I picked it up. even though that changed in time..... but he was the FIRST reason.

[pebber]

Re: Who made you first wanna pick up a guitar?

Dave Murray

[442w30]

Re: Who made you first wanna pick up a guitar?

Judas Priest - Glenn Tipton/KK Downing Screaming for Vengeance
Ace was a close second, then EVH...
Metallica Ride the lightning sealed the deal when it came out and I started playing about 2 months after I heard it.

[jgcable]

Re: Who made you first wanna pick up a guitar?

The guitar solo on 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago was 1st.
Roy Clarks appearance on The Odd Couple was 2nd.
Ace was 3rd, 4th, and 5th.

[StukaJU87]

Re: Who made you first wanna pick up a guitar?

Ok, well I'll be showing my age here. The guys that FIRST made me want to pick up a guitar around 11 or 12 years old, (and I did) were Alvin Lee (TYA), and Blair Thornton (BTO). I liked Bad Company too. Remember, this is early to mid 70's, before I discovered Sabbath. Then Tony Iommi was my hero, followed by Rhoads and Maiden when they first made the scene. Naturally, then Metallica.