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[Paulscoconutass]

Pay your respect here to the single most influencial thing that has changed the type of music that you listen to/ play/ appreciate.

It would be the Tony Hawks computer games that got the ball rolling for me and my spiral into punk/skate and rock music. Bands like Bodyjar, Goldfinger, Rage, CKy, Zebrahead, Millencolin, to name but a few on the awesome soundtracks in the games. I'd say "hi-five" to the guy that chose the songs for each game, what a hero.

What's been the most influencial event / album / game / person in shaping your taste in music???

[New Found Power]

The Black Album by Metallica, without a doubt.

[Dizzy Storm]

Originally posted by Paulscoconutass:
It would be the Tony Hawks computer games that got the ball rolling for me

im gonna use that quote as an excuse for a quick plug....!! FIVE HORSE JOHNSON that are playing here on monday, thats monday 5th april have a track on the new Tony Hawk computer game.....fact!

foo fighters - theres nothing left to lose. the first real rock album i bought. changed my life really.

saliva - every six seconds. introduced me to the nu metal side of things. still into some now.

[MattJimF]

Working at McDonalds for 6 years, infulences of other people that worked there also heard a lot of good songs on the in store cd that made me find out who they were by and buy the albums with the songs on them, subsequent albums and concert tickets to see them live

seeing the vids for 'Same Old Story' by Pennywise and 'Leave It Alone' by NOFX on MTV2 and the Tony Hawk's games also.

im not even gonna say mine cos itll make me seem REALLY old.....

[Hardcore Mel]

aw go on ben!

mine would be 'like a virgin' by madonna. the first album i got, when i was 2 and obsessed over till i was 8. it influenced how i dressed (like a madonna wannabe, which amused my parents greatly) and made music a really big part of my life.

[PrincessHolly]

Ooh what a clever thread. I think I was about 14 when I started getting into, lets label it (eurgh) "alternative" music and at the risk of sounding like a nerd I owe most of it to Napster. An ex boyfriend plays in a band called Charling and broadened my musical tastes somewhat but at the end of the day it's all down to that wonderful little download program.

Those were the days when it was ever so easy to download exactly what you wanted and if you didn't like it, you didn't care.

Yeah there wasn't really a whole lot going on in Whitchurch, Hampshire.

[Mr.Mike]

Yeah Napster and now Kazaa have meant that I can check out any band out there before I buy their CD's. I'm against downloading whole albums but I reckon MP3's have broadened my musical tastes like no other.

Also "Make Yourself" by Incubus. Say what you want about Incubus these days, some of their music is dubious at best, but that album taught me so much about music and influenced my tastes and guitar playing like no other before or since.