I was so pleased - and in a way, relieved to learn I wasn't alone - when your first album right off the bat turned out to be Enema of the State. To try and keep a long story somewhat short: My dad is a fairly notable guitarist and something of a Fender collector, so my entire childhood I was surrounded by guitars. However, since my dad was so good, I was always too embarrassed to learn to play from him; I felt like I could never be as good at it, so I resisted. Despite my dad's best efforts to inspire me, I never really wanted to play guitar and dreamed of being a drummer, much to his chagrin. Then Enema of the State came out, and I saw Tom DeLonge playing a Strat not unlike several we had strewn about our house. I could sense that what Tom was playing wasn't particularly difficult, but still sounded great, and that was the first time I had that "I think I can do this too" realization. So I stealthily snuck my dad's stock '68 Strat (I've only recently realized how blessed I was to learn on this beautiful instrument, which my dad is the original owner of) into my bedroom and very quietly, secretly learned how to form a power chord, and once I did I was off to the races. Within a week or two, I could play along to pretty much the entire album. "Anthem" was the first song I ever learned to play from beginning to end. Without Enema of the State, I might never have picked up a guitar. 17 years later I am still playing a loving every minute of it. And to give this story a very sappy and corny conclusion, this summer my parents came to visit me, the first time they'd ever done so since I moved out of their house and to the opposite end of the globe ten years ago. And my dad brought with him that '68 Strat he's owned for nearly five decades, the one I'd learn to play on half my lifetime ago, and gave it to me.
Just like enama of the state inspired you to play guitar, the album that made me want to be a musician in general was American idiot by Green Day, seeing them live also gave me the greatest boost of motivation I had ever felt.
Pink Floyd-Animals Tool-10000 Days Muse-Origin of Symmetry Weezer-Pinkerton Death-Human/ITP Nirvana-In Utero Meshuggah-Nothing At The Gates-Slaughter of The Soul Metallica-AJFA... Obscura-Omnivium Killswitch Engage-Alive or Just Breathing Emperor-In The Nightside Eclipse Most of these just influenced me as a musician. I have a personal connection with In Utero and Pinkerton though.
I've been watching random videos of yours for past hour or so. Very insightful and encouraging (not just this one) on all counts. The reason I chose to comment on this particular one was bc Dumpweed was the very first song I ever learned back in 7th or 8th grade. Everyone evolves in taste as a musician, and I can't stand when some musicians shit on that stuff like they're better. I mean sometimes the nostalgia is the best creative boost, especially when it comes to the "less is more" approach.
1. New Order- substance 2. Tool- Undertow 3. Jimi Hendrix- electric lady land 4. Cypress Hill- Greatest Hits (from the bong 🙂) 5. The cure- Disintegration 6. Melvins- Lysol 7. Nirvana- Bleach 8. Tame Impala- Lonerisim 9. RHCP- Bloodsugar sex magic 10. Alice In Chains- Alice In Chains 11. Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath 12. Melvins- Stag I tried to make them all different artists but Melvins hold a special place in my heart
I was absolutely blown away once "Bright Size Life" popped up. Pat Metheny was the first musician I saw in a "real concert" and that's one of my favourite records of all time. Loving your content as well, keep up!
I love how you picked a live "Dave Matthews Band" album!!!! I love all the albums on your list, and it makes the respect I have for you grow even more. keep on playing, Mr. Ninja!!!
ah man I got chills when you said bright size life. that record has imo, the most inspired playing on record. I read about jaco in a bass player at 13 and bought the self titled album right away. hearing bright size life at the age of 20 was like hearing back for the first time all over again.
Nashville is a tough town for a guitarist, but you definitely have the chops for it. With all of the Dave Cobb produced albums doing so well now maybe the town will open up a little and branch out.
Learning the song Satellite by Dave Matthews Band is the reason I eventually decided to learn scales. It made me take a big step from just playing along to a few songs to actually learning how to play the instrument. Still a favourite of mine to play.
Howdy Samurai…. been enjoying your vids. I have Samurai in my heritage as well. So many influential albums, but Toad the Wet Sprocket's album Fear was hugely influential. Before then I was listening to a lot of heavy stuff, grind core, death metal… then, Toad the Wet Sprocket emerged. I was 18 at the time and diagnosed with a rare cancer out of high school. The album brightened up some really dark times. A month or so after my last chemo treatment, I met the band at a local record shop. Thanks for all the vids and inspiration. Ja mata
Here's mine in no particular order: Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland Nirvana - Unplugged in New York Cream - Disraeli Gears/Wheels of Fire Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Eric Clapton - Unplugged The Rolling Stones - Flashpoint Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I Queen - Greatest Hits II Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here The Blues Brothers Soundtrack Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms About 4 of them are because I grew up with those records. Then I got into a non-rock phase. Then I found Pink Floyd and it all went uphill from there. Picked up an electric guitar because of Floyd. Bought an acoustic because of Nirvana's Unplugged, experimented with Wah because of Cream and Jimi and so on.
This was a great vid, got me thinking about what albums I listened to the most. Here is my list starting from when I was around 8 till now (23): Backstreet's back - Backstreet boys (no shame) Fear of the dark - Iron maiden (great guitar) Appetite for destruction - Guns N' Roses Greendale - Neil Young (This is still my favorite album to binge, It makes you feel like your inside the town he masterfully creates. ) Peace sells.... But who's buying? - Megadeth (epic trashmetal) Food & liquor - Lupe fiasco (Vivid stories trough rap) Already free - The Derek Trucks Band (Cheerfull and inspiring rock) LONG.LIVE.A$AP - A$AP ROCKY (swaggered rap, impeccable flow) Band Of Gypsies - Jimi hendrix (I discovered him late in life even though a birthday card with an audioclip of 'wild things' attached got me playing guitar as a kid. The funk, the sound and the improvised solo's here is just breathtaking, his guitar solo's got exponentially better towards the end of his life. )
Great video man! Their are a few albums I have haven't heard of, I'll check in out. My favorite album that not many people have heard of is Lincoln Durham- the shovel vs the howling bones.
this is cool to see alot of peoples music tastes who are also musicians. you'd think there'd be a popular or good app for musicians and artists to find like minded people to form projects by now
Man, this video is eye opening. And I love the fact that you have your entire plan laid out, whereas most people are just saying "I'm gonna make songs until I eventually get picked up by someone famous". I love your overall dedication to music, and to it being more than just stringing and singing. One of my definitive albums... "MTV Unplugged in New York" - by Nirvana Admission, I had no idea who Nirvana were until Kurt died. I was in middle school, arrived for the day, and all throughout the hallways were lines of crying girls, and angry looking guys. I asked a buddy what was up, and he told me that Kurt Cobain killed himself. My response of course was, "who?" So that night he had me over for a listening party...yeah, we did those in 90's Northern Alberta.I instantly fell in love with the band, and grunge music in general. Fast forward a few years, and I got my first CD player, and the first CD I ever owned, was Unplugged. I played it at least 500 times that first year, and it has had major influence on my music style. Loving the sound of small, acoustic ensemble, and my singing voice (when in that style) was all about emulating that spirit of Cobain. 22 Years later, I still remember the day Kurt died, and can still pop the CD in and listen to it front to back with the same level of enjoyment as 13 year old me did.
samurai your an absolut inspiration... I started my own journey in the world of music when I was 12 years old and picked up my first guitar. bands like Green Day and Linkin Park cought my head that times... my real entrance to the ROCK world was when I first heard "Lovedrive" by scorpions when I was about 14 years old. as simple as this album is, it changed my musicview. my music landscape gone really wider when I first heard (and shortly after saw) The Wall by Pink Floyd. this album showed me that there is a big room in the music industry for being sophisticated, for being creative, and for being able to let a single melody or an Idea guide you throughout an intire album! this consept changed everything I know about music... Now, I plan big. I'm wishing every day to make a masterpeace like The Wall
My most influential album would be Alice in Chains Unplugged. I could never figure out, what I wanted my songs to sound like, but when I saw the full concert on youtube, it was a revelation to me. Layne Staleys powerful vocals, while he is just leisurely sitting on that chair. Putting oneself out there completely, open and vulnerable saying here, this is it, this is what I am is what, to me, defines being a musician. Another great example of this was Corey Taylors solo rendition of Snuff, where he breaks down to tears. You write music for yourself in the first place, so that when you perform it, it shows the blood, sweat and tears, the heart and soul that went into it. I have yet to accomplish the ability to take an imaginative (is that a word?) perspective, as I currently mostly write from personal experience. But your videos really motivate me to work on my songwriting and making it a craft.
Hey, just wanted to say that I've only recently started watching your videos, but I'm really enjoying them a lot :) . My list would be (in no particular order): 1. Throwing Copper - Live 2. Dirt - Alice in Chains 3. Sunset Mission - Bohren & Der Club of Gore 4. Octavarium - Dream Theater 5. Leftoverture - Kansas 6. Sound Awake - Karnivool 7. Altered State - TesseracT 8. Language - The Contortionist 9. Left Fire - Arcane Roots 10. Tirami Su - Alain Di Meola 11. Fragile - Yes 12. Bare Bones - Rob Chapman
For me, Pink Floyd - The Wall is the most important in my life. Besides the great songs in it, there's the fascinating storytelling aspect (PF does it in other albums like DSotM, but they really excell at doing so in The Wall), there are characters, scenery, a climax and a perfect ending. The themes presented in that album and the way they approach such topics really touched me, as it gets very depressing throughout the story, but showing some hope at the end. That album helped me go through some of my problems as a teenager, and it also introduced me to Pink Floyd, which to this day, is my favorite band ever. Hope some of you guys share this love for PF as I do, and as always, great work Samurai!
i honestly can't put it to one album, without "A fever you can't sweat out" i don't know where my musical interest would be, without them i wouldn't have gone on to listen to guns n roses "appetite for destruction" which slash is who inspired me to attempt music, although where im at now i dont know who i would be without "Two-Face Charade" it is an album that has a lot of gravity on my life at the moment and for the past few years. thank you for the videos dude, keep it up.
It's fascinating to hear what influences other guitarists. I'm a bit older, 51, so my albums predate yours a bit. The first album I ever got was Parallel Lines by Blondie, then I was a huge Foreigner fan ( Hotblooded, Cold as Ice etc). The next epiphany of music was when I traded Kiss Alive II for Black Sabbath's Master of Reality-mind blown! From there classic rock ruled for awhile, then my brother got into ELP and I got into prog rock (Yes, Mahavishnu Orchestra, King Crimson, Jeff Beck, ELP, etc) Then a friend turned me on to Steve Morse and I was floored. Almost gave up right there. I went to college, got into old time jazz and een some Indian music. i then got asked to join a punk rock band and went for it. Another huge shift for me. Band like the Dead Kennedys, Blag Flag, Circle Jerks became huge influences. And then came the night I remember so vividly. Some one put on Ride the Lightning. HOLY SH*T!!!! Immediately after they put on March of the SOD. Wow! Something about the speed, aggrssion and power resonated wildly with me. I'm by no means a 'metalhead' but I love any genre that has heavy music, whether by tone, playing, or concept. I love jazz, rock, metal, country etc if there is something new and unique about it. One of the heaviest songs of all time and what I feel is the one of the first 'metal' tunes is Sing, Sing, Sing. Newest band to blow me away is Maximum m the Hormone from Japan. There's always something new to learn and be inspired by. Now, turn off the computer and go play guitar!
Great list! I really have to check out the Dave Matthews Band. For me, some of the most important albums would be Dookie by Green Day for the same exact reason you listed Enema of the State, Gutter Ballet by Savatage because it helped me through some rough times in my teenage years, Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age, because hell yeah!, and a really recent release, Meliora by Ghost, because that's the kind of musicianship i aspire to :)
Tesla - Five Man Acoustic Jam I grew up in an almost rock free environment. Nobody in my family, or immediate environment listened to it so, other than in the background of movies, I had never really heard very much rock music. Eventually, I discovered hair metal and not long after this album came out. I loved it and listened to it over and over. In addition to the Tesla songs, I loved the classic rock covers and sought out the originals and a whole world of music was opened up to me. From the Grateful Dead, CCR, Beatles, and Stones covers on this album to the originals, to Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, ect... From that classic rock I found the blues. Not only did this album open the door to all the music I love today, but as my first live album, it also opened up my mind to what a band should do live. They mixed their originals with well chosen covers, improvised, and segued from one song to another with no break in between. It set the template for what a concert should be like and 26 years later, that's still what I expect when I go to a concert. I don't listen to this album at all anymore, but everything I listen to now is because of the doors opened and the tone set by it.
It's insane how you can find people who share exactly the same opnion on music as you, what you said about Axis: Bold As Love really just spoke to me, it's exactly how i view the album and little wing is my all-time favourite song. Its a shame how not that many people appreciate Hendrix nowadays.
Yeah i agree, im a pretty new guitarist so can't play all these songs yet but soon i will, honestly im not sure if i will ever find other music i enjoy quite as much as the music from Axis.
Nice ! :) i really like what you play. and now that i now you're main influences i'll listen to them ! thanks :). They are some many choices of album and artists. I cant decide. i'll pick the Help! album from the Beatles because it reminds me of a great period of my life. It would be great if you post each week an album on a vlog, and talk about it. just saying :)
Great stories of how important music is to your life. First album that got me rockin on guitar was "Black Parade" by MCR, their best album and best guitar riffs are on this album.
This is a great video. Thanks for sharing. Division Bell - Pink Floyd Appetite for Destruction - G 'N R Siamese Dreams - Smashing Pumpkins Hotel California - The Eagles. Just some of the thousands of albums that got me into guitar
Revolver - The Beatles Appetite for Destruction - GnR Californication - RHCP Living Things - Linkin Park Master of Puppets - Metallica Mutter - Rammstein 10000 Days / Aenima / Lateralus - Tool (couldn't choose just one of em) Meliora - Ghost Train Of Thought - Dream Theater The Joy of Motion - Animals As Leaders Once More 'Round The Sun - Mastodon Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree This list kinda represents my musical journey up until now (in order). Can't wait to see which amazing bands and albums I will discover in the future!! :D By the way, great video Steve!
So i was waiting in the car for my girlfriend, and i remembered you picking texas flood, so i gave it a try and i just fell in love man! Great choices!
Hey samuraiguitarist! That was really interesting and also got me thinking. I've been listening to tons of albums throughout the years so it's kinda hard but I remember watching dragonforce on their young guitar dvd (I couldn't really tell how sloppy they were at the time haha). But strangely enough, 6 years later and here I am playing stuff that I was impossible for me back then :)
Nice video! Here are my twelve in chronological order: 1. Elvis Presley- Elvis 30 #1 Hits (The album that made me love music). 2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience- Are You Experienced? (The album that made me want to rock) 3. The Who- Tommy (The album that made me want to play guitar) 4. AC/DC- Back in Black (First album I bought for myself, and the album that helped me transition into harder rock and metal) 5. Van Halen- Van Halen (The album that made me want to learn how to shred) 6. Coheed and Cambria- Good Apollo 1 (The album that made me want to write music) 7. Iron Maiden- The Number of the Beast (The album that made me take a chance on something with a "scary" album cover) 8. Pearl Jam- Ten (The album that got me through both middle and high school) 9. Metallica- Master of Puppets (The album that made me want to play fast) 10. Killswitch Engage- As Daylight Dies (The album that helped me transition into the really heavy stuff) 11. Rush- Moving Pictures (The album that reminded me of my classic rock roots, and that taking musical risks can b a great thing) 12. Against Me!- Transgender Dysphoria Blues (The album that rekindled my love of punk music, and made me want to be more open-minded towards others)
I really dislike a lot of the albums you picked, but enjoy your discussion on them. Clicked the video without realizing I'm wearing the same shirt. For me, Fleet Foxes self titled reinvigorated my interest in acoustic music and got me interested in harmonies in a way almost no other band has.
samuraiguitarist Absolutely. Funny enough, one of my closest friends who is also one of the fellow musicians I respect most would very likely include the SRV, DMB, and John Mayer albums you selected to his list for similar reasons (on those specific albums.)
pink floyd and elliott smith are what got me into guitar. me and my dad have a musical relationship that's on the next level, and so he'd always be showing me a bunch of songs he wanted me to learn. ultimately, "wish you were here" and "independence day/various other ES songs" are what made me want to pick up my guitar.
Communique- Dire Straits Joe Cool's Blues- Ellis Marsalis Trio Automatic for the People-R.E.M. Load- Metallica Excitable Boy- Warren Zevon Wildflowers- Tom Petty (Great choice sir!) I'll Play the Blues for You- Albert King Quebec- Ween To Tulsa and Back- JJ Cale Shangri-La- Mark Knopfler Conciousness- Pat Martino Carnavas- Silversun Pickups Much respect to you sir!! Keep doing what you're doing!
Brave New World by Iron Maiden means something to me because it reminds me of the time when my dad always drove me to school because we listened to that album a lot back then.
Excellent list, Samurai. Very entertaining video. I have a lot the same taste in music, but would add Trash by Alice Cooper, Metallica by Metallica, Blood Sugar Sex Magic by RHCP, Clean Shirt by Waylon and Willie, and Gold Buckle Dreams by Chris LeDoux.
Blueprints by Wage War. This is the album I would use to cope with anxiety, around the time I found it a bunch of others things in my life were happening along with the the anxiety and it was just too much to deal with, and this album got me through it. Absolutely amazing lyrics and instrumentation that jumps from being melodic to brutal
Bring Me Your Love by City and Colour started me off on playing guitar after I realised learning 'Why Georgia' by John Mayer was too hard to learn as a first song on guitar, so that album takes me back to when I didn't analyse songs and listen for notes or strumming patterns. I find it more difficult these days to just enjoy music rather than figure out how to play it while I listen.
I'm gonna take my time later to check those albums. I would most definitely include among mine Euphoria Morning by Chris Cornell, Cruel Melody by Black Light Burns, Discovery by Daft Punk, anything by the Foo Fighters, The Mayfield Four, Slash, maybe Ok Computer by Radiohead.
Great story, man! Is amazing what music can bring to your life. Playing guitar was a dream I had since I was in high school, nevertheless something always made me postpone it. Now I'm 40 and found myself some time to learn how to play decently. My list includes Latin American bands, since I'm Mexican. 1 Nada Personal, Soda Stereo (first rock album I've ever listened) 2 4 Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi (one of my firsts) 3 Ahí Vamos, Gustavo Cerati 4 Dínamo, Soda Stereo 5 Siempre es Hoy, Gustavo Cerati 6 El Diablito, Caifanes 7 Led Zeppelin IV 8 Black Holes and Revelations, Muse 8 Nevermind, Nirvana 9 Black Album, Metallica 10 Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd 11 Violator, Depeche Mode 12 El Nervio del Volcán, Caifanes
For my album, I'd have to go with No Doy by moe. I had just started to get into that album when I got the opportunity to go see them about a week later (this was about 4 years ago). That album was the one that got me into jam bands, which I completely fell in love with and it really opened my eyes musically to everything that I listen to today. Fantastic album; Rebubula is a masterpiece of a song.
Karnivool - asymmetry Talk talk - spirit of eden Slipknot - slipknot Deftones - saturday night wrist The jimi hendrix experience - are you experienced SOAD - mezmerize Alice in chains - dirt Converge - jane doe Mr bungle - mr bungle Twelve foot ninja - silent machine Pink floyd - DSOTM Electric wizard - dopethrone
Since I'm not that old yet I'm not gonna be listing 12 albums but a few that lead me to where I am right now. Afewsides by a german band called fewjar: this was the album that made me wanting to play music and so I started taking guitar lessons Nevermind: through this album I became conscious of so many other bands and I got immersed into the world of music. Blood sugar sex magik: this was the album that showed me that songs didn't have to feature distorted guitars and pounding drums in order to be good. Frusciante's playing opened my eyes on what is possible on the guitar. His funky and Hendrix inspired style was what really got me hooked on guitar and opened up a whole new musical world for me. Him being such a versatile guitar player showed me that you don't have to play only one genre of music but play what you feel is right at the time. He really got me out of that position where I would refuse to listen to artists because they didn't fit a certain genre. Axis Bold as love: castles made of sand is one of my favorite songs to play. The album is a masterpiece and through listening and playing along I improved so much. It took my guitar playing to a whole new level. Niandra LaDes and usually just a Tshirt- this album taught me to appreciate all kinds of music Inhibition by dot hacker: this album got me listening. Listening to how instruments work together and how a band works together. Jaco pastorius' self titled album: this album got me into jazz. Jaco's playing is so fascinating to me. Even tough I don't play the bass I find it so interesting how he practically reinvented bass playing. Heavy weather by weather report: through jaco I discovered Weather report and many other fusion jazz and Jazz artists. Jazz is what makes me want to learn everything about musical theory so I can improve my guitar playing to the maximum and become the best guitarist I can possibly be. Peace.
My list 1. Rage Against the machine- S/T(pre-school) 2. Gorillaz- Deamon days(middle school) 3 . Gorillaz- S/T(first 2 years of high school) 4. Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP(got me into Hip Hop) 5. Aesop Rock- Skelethon(Best Hip Hop album I found) 6. Cake- Fashion Nugget(got me back into rock) 7. Devin Townsend- Deconstruction(got me into metal and weird stuff) 8. Neutral Milk Hotel- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea(another early favorite) 9. Sturgill Simpson- Metamodern Sounds in Country Music(Favorite country album) 10.Neurosis- Souls at Zero(Favorite metal album) 11.Bach- B Minor Mass(Favorite classical compositions) 12.Radiohead- Amnesiac(Favorite album)
For me it's this 1. Stomachaches (frnkiero and the cellabration) 2.Nimrod (Green Day) 3.40 oz. to freedom (Sublime 4.Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (MCR) 5.Essential Billy Joel (Billie Joel) 6. MTV Unplugged Live (Nirvana) 7. Blue Album (Weezer) 8.By the Way (Red Hot Chili Peppers) 9.Greatest Hits (Queen) 9. Death of a Bachelor (Panic! At The Disco) 10. Cowboys From Hell (Pantera) 11. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness (Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness) 12. The album I'm currently working on "I Dream of Silence"
12 albums that changed my life forever (in no particular order) -The Dark Side of the Moon -Led Zeppelin IV -The Allman Brothers at Fillmore East -Rust Never Sleeps -Electric Ladyland -Wish You Were Here -Abbey Road -Robot Hive/Exodus -Europe '72 -Wheels of Fire -Beggars Banquet -Question the Answers I'm very glad you Mentioned Rust Never Sleeps! That albums doesnt get the praise that it deserves
War is the Answer- Five Finger Death Punch. This album is what got me through seventh and eighth grade. I was dealing with anorexia and mild depression from changing from a tiny private school to a big public school and then in seventh grade, my uncle committed suicide which really threw me over. I was not doing well until one day I saw this album in my explore section of Spotify. This album instantly became my most listened to album because it just spoke to me. Looking back it my middle school days, I can honestly say that this album saved my life.
My list: Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the holy Green Day- Dookie and American Idiot Nirvana- unplugged, in utero Metallica- Kill em all, Black Album, and Master Of puppets The Beatles- White Album Run DMC- Raising hell Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory
The album that really got me into guitar was Mister Asylum or The Boy Who Died Wolf. Both of have great song writing with modern hard rock and a blues twist.
Anurag Arya I think it's a great album, even without Tom. all the songs were pretty great on it. they're gonna release a deluxe version with 11 new songs go check em out.
Almost always, the way I visualize the guitar comes from a jazz background, seeing the neck in chord tones and how they relate to the underlying harmony. So I would say everything I play has been influenced by my jazz studies.
Thanks..cool list very eclectic. 'Who's Next' by The Who is one of my personal til I die favorites. Great and subtle guitar work by Pete and songs that showcase how rock can be confidently joyful without needing to be sentimental. 'Genesis 'Live' (the Peter Gabriel Genesis)..my first real foray into prog rock (other than Pink Floyd), I remember to this day the first time I heard Tony Banks haunting opening keyboards on Watcher of the Skies; 'Station to Station' by David Bowie, 'Blood on the Tracks' by Bob Dylan, 'Sgt Pepper's' by The Beatles; 'Irish Tour '74' by the sadly under appreciated late great Rory Gallagher. 'Blackouts' by Ashra- amazing space rock blues guitar.
Figure I'll do it too, Insomniac - Green Day got me to pick up guitar In Utero - Nirvana got me into writing more interesting songs The Battle Of Los Angeles - RATM got me riffwriting like a machine MCIS - The Smashing Pumpkins threw me into a state of intellectual musicianship Since then, there's been In The Aeroplane, Bowie's Scary Monsters, Debut by Björk, Raise Your Skinny Fists by GSY!BE, etc.
Senses Fail's Life Is Not A Waiting Room, and Coheed and Cambria's The Color Before The Sun. These helped me get through a tough break up that came up right before winter. Winter usually get's me in a pretty down mood. So you can imagine, a tough break up, just before a season that gets me somewhat depressed, not the best combination. But, I made it through alive, and I'm here, so I really do owe it to these albums.
1 - Like Clockwork - QOTSA 2 - AM - Arctic Monkeys 3 - Wasting Lights - Foo Fighters 4 - 1975 - The 1975 5 - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? - Megadeth 6 - Unplugged live in New York - Nirvana 7 - Royal Blood - Royal Blood 8 - Mothership - Led Zeppelin 9 Inside In/Inside Out - The Kooks 10 - Big Guns - Rory Gallagher 11 - Beacon - Two Door Cinema Club 12 - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
I could make a list of a dozen albums that define my life, but I'm only 16 so there's so little time to define. There is one albums though. David Bowie's 'The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars'. This albums got me into rock, and made me want to play guitar. Every song has it's own, yet similar story of this rock n roll star ruining his career in a time of need for hope. There's too much to say about the album, I think everyone has their own experiences with it. Probably one of the greatest albums ever, in my opinion.
Pink Floyd - The Wall was the album that made me want to play guitar in the first place. Then, a few years later I heard Stevie Ray Vaughan's Texas Flood which led me to the blues and that really made me pursue my guitar playing.
Wow... I've been discovering so much new music from this vid & comment section! Love it! My (defining?) album progression throughout life, mostly from my teenage years and early adulthood since the latter is where I'm still at: 1.Save This House - Spirit of the West : My parents would put this album on and my siblings and I would chase each other in circles in the living room when I was 5-6. The only music I can really remember from that time(aside from Disney movies?). I still come back to it. 2. Chuck - Sum-41: I specifically asked for this album for Christmas in 6th grade because I listened to it in a Radioshack, while looking for "Does This Look Infected?". Once I (surprisingly) got it, because my parents wouldn't buy me ^^, I listened to it every night before bed... some dark themes for 6th grade but I loved it without really giving much thought to the words. It was the energy I was really after. 3. Billy Talent - Billy Talent: I bought a tablature book for this album. It was way too hard for my power chord skills and it took me a while to understand dropped D tuning. Yet I pored over it for hours and hours until I could play along to every song. First (shitty)song I ever wrote used a lot of the fingerings that Ian D'sa uses. 4. American Idiot - Green Day 5. City of Evil - Avenged Sevenfold: I don't remember how I got into this one, but by that time I was familiar with dropped D tuning and this album gave me a massive technical challenge compared to what I had learned before. I needed to learn to do some pretty fast alternate picking, play chromatic scales(and plenty more), learned about sweep picking( and actually used bends and artificial harmonics. I didn't know any music theory at the time, so I could only put things together by looking at tabs. 6. Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses - Slipknot 7. Fortress - Protest The Hero: This is still one of my favourite albums. I remember being amazed by all the crazy time signature changes and the crazy tapping. Most of my song ideas are still tuned half a step down because of these guys. They opened for the first "big" concert I ever attended. I crowd surfed during the pre-recorded keyboard solo in "Limb From Limb" with my fists in the air. What a rush! 8. Colours - Between The Buried And Me. Never learned any of the songs. Technically, they all segue into one another. Too long, pretty technical, almost atonal at times, or just really chromatic or dissonant. But I'd sing along to the singable parts every time I drove somewhere and try to tap out beats with my hands. Watched the live version of the whole album a million times, and bought every single one of their albums ever since. 9. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire : I guess I was quite into the whole Metal thing beforehand, but this album seemed to strike something in me with a bit more finesse than just crazy energy and emotion delivered in a barrage of drums, screaming and palm muting. Perhaps because I was graduating from high school and was starting to get a real taste of the world? Anyway. Still like this one. It got me thinking about all of the other elements that a good song has apart from guitar, since this didn't have much intricate guitar work. 10. Bankrupt - Phoenix : I stumbled upon these guys on TH-cam. Couldn't help but notice how interesting their mix of synths and cryptic/nonsensical lyrics was. Still come back to it. 11. An Awesome Wave - Alt-J 12. Today We Are Believers - Royal Canoe: Has to be my favourite album of all time for the time being. I basically obsessed over it for almost 2 years. It helped me through what must have been the worst year of my life. To my ears, it was the perfect mix of catchy and complex, upbeat and mellow, along with a twist of mysterious, which has to be the best part of music for a musician(at least me): Listening to something without knowing what's happening, but recognizing that it's connecting with you on a level you haven't experienced before.
I have a huge variety in my music taste. I don't w if it intersts anyone but here is i think, my life defining albums: no particular order: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Led Zepplein - Led Zeppelin IV Between the buried and me - Colors Dream Theater - Metropolis Scenes From a Memory Muse - Origin of symmetry Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold Metallica - Master of Puppets The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium Porcupine Tree - In Absentia Avenged Sevenfold - Sounding the Seventh Trumpet Rush - Rush Judas Preist - Sad Wings of Destiny Again, this is not a list of my favorite albums although i like these albums a lot, this is a list of what i think the albums that changed my life.
My album that changed my musical world was Hatful of Hollow by The Smiths. The quality of songwriting and musicianship is phenomenal and opened up my eyes to a different type of guitar playing.
+jinzo664 Very cool, I only know a limited amount of stuff by the Smiths, these comments are giving me some great ideas of stuff to listen to. And yes, I love Toronto very much (besides the Leafs)
+samuraiguitarist Johnny Marr is easily one of the greatest guitarists ever. He blends a large amount of musical styles into his playing. Definitely learn a couple of Smiths songs on guitar.
Appetite for Destruction - Guns n' Roses Meddle - Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin The Doors - The Doors The Real Folk Blues - Howlin Wolf Artaud - Luis Alberto Spinetta (Argentina, great album) Pappo's Blues Vol. 3 - Pappo's Blues ( Argentinian 2) Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath Abraxas - Santana Disraeli Gears - Cream Emotion and Commotion - Jeff Beck In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
the albums that mean the most to me are Wish you were here, Ok computer and Meddle. Especially wish you were here for it always brings back memories of loved ones to me.
Most of their earlier work is usually underrated and I never understood that! Meddle is more of an acoustic album than all their others in my opinion which was very refreshing to me
My top 5 albums are: Grand National - The John Butler Trio Rubber Factory - The Black Keys Dive - Tycho Classics - Ratatat Powers Of Ten - Stephan Bodzin
Top 12 Albums 1) Blink 182 - Enema of the State (first guitar, first band) 2) AFI - Sing the Sorrow (first concert) 3) The Used - Self titled debut (first love) 4) Nirvana - Nevermind (start writing songs) 5) Arcade Fire - Funeral (Death of a parent) 6) GnR - Appetite (intro to guitar heroism/music industry) 7) Big Country - The Crossing (Niece born/move to other city) 8) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (first vinyl album, first trip, it's Hendrix...) 9) Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (Met now wife, bought first Les Paul) 10) Mountain - Climbing (Developed guitar style) 11) Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence (further develop sense of self) 12) The Ramones - Greatest hits (Reminder to dance and to not take life too seriously)
If I had to do this, but in a 10, since that's where I am at now, I'd do the following list: Bon Jovi - Lost Highway Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos Sonic Syndicate - Love and Other Disasters Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone In Flames - A Sense of Purpose In Flames - Soundtrack to Your Escape In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading Serenity - War of Ages Pain of Salvation - Road Salt Emarosa - 131 The most influence, inspiration and learning I got was from In Flames as a hole, especially Sounds of a Playground Fading. It's when I started noticing how instruments blend together and how they part, when and wyh and how that goes along with a concept of something - for a song, or a compilation. That allow me to think deeper for other albums, that I've taken more note of, but haven't been all that special to me. But as a story, this list definetely defines me, my taste and preference in music, and also - my story. Also, awesome video, took note of a lot of seemingly cool albums I've not heard since now, and I was on the lookout for some new jezz to spice up my playlist.
1.) Nirvana- In Utero and Nevermind 2.) Green Day- Insomniac and Dookie 3.) Weezer- Pinkerton, Blue and SFTBH 4.) Sum 41- Does This Look Infected 5.) NoFx- Punk in Drublic and Heavy Petting Zoo 6.) Blink 182- Dude Ranch and EOTS 7.) Jersey Boys- Jersey Boys 8.) Buddy Holly- Definitive 9.) Sublime- Sublime 10.) The Offspring- Smash
My list, discovered math rock right out of high school, my world's never been the same. Nevermind - Nirvana Green Album - Weezer Morning View - Incubus Phenomenon - Thousand Foot Krutch Lateralus - Tool Lightbulb Sun - Porcupine Tree Oceanic - Isis Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors Animals - This Town Needs Guns Everybody Loves You - Kaki King Filmlets - LITE Angle - Elephant Gym
I haven't listened to some of these in ages but they inspired me greatly at certain times of my life 1. Quiet riot - metal health... first cassette tape in 4th grade 2. Metallica - master of puppets 3. Iron Maiden - live after death 4. G&R -appetite 5. Zeppelin - 4 6. Hendrix - radio one 7. Fugazi - steady diet of nothing 8. Drive like jehu - self titled 9. Nirvana - nevermind / bleach 10. Mastodon - crack the skye 11. Flop - and the fall of the mopsqueezer 12. Man or astroman - experiment zero
You have pretty interesting vlogs. So leaving this comment here to thank you for interesting video. What do you think about jazz guitar? What is you favourite instrumental album?
12.Open up and say ahh.. - Poison. I was kinda obsessed with glam metal for a few months, before I got into metal proper. I still occasionally put a few songs on to drive though, say what you will about the genre itself, a lot of riffs are catchy af. 11.Led Zeppelin 4 - Jimmy Page was one of my first guitar heroes, and this whole album I think captures his full range of technique as well as some of Led's best lyrics masterfully 10.The Doors - The Doors. I don't identify much with Morrison anymore, but there was a time I was into everything he was about. This remains my favourite of theirs. 9.Appetite for Destruction - Guns n'Roses. We don't get big bands here in India, so when I heard Slash was coming, I listened to GnR for months on end. Like you said, one of the best debuts ever. 8.Kill em'all - Metallica. The album which finally got me into metal proper. 7. Rust in peace - Megadeth. Imo, the greatest thrash album ever. Marty Friedman and Dave Mustaine to me are one of metals greatest duos. 6. Tommy - The Who. This was weird af, but I adore it all the same. Townsend was particularly transcendent in it. 5.Affinity - Haken. Sci fi and prog are two of my favorite things in the world. So when I got them both, it obviously became one of my classics. 4.Metropolis pt.2 scenes from a memory - Dream Theater. The album that introduced me to my favourite guitarist, and prog metal. The story behind the entire concept sent me for a trip when I found out about it the first time. 3 - 1. Dark Side of the moon, Wish you were here and the Wall - Pink Floyd. The one thing that's remained constant in my life is Floyd being my favourite band. All the shit I've gone through, and am going through,they've always been there and probably always will be there. First thing on my bucket list is being able to see them live.
american idiot by green day is the album that really got me hooked on guitar. before it i couldn’t play shit, but most of the songs on that album have simple power chord progressions that are extremely easy to figure out and very fun to play. before i knew it, i could finally play something and have fun and feel somewhat competent on the guitar for once. so it kept me coming back. that’s the heavily abridged version.
Breaking Benjamin - We Are Not Alone/Phobia (My first great memory into my music journey, I was only four or five at the time) Three Days Grace - One-X (Follows and blended with Breaking Benjamin) Metallica and The Beatles (Back around 2011-2012 this is most of what I listened to. I can thank Guitar Hero and Rock Band for this.) Nightwish - Dark Passion Play (When I started to get into less mainstream music. I've heard much of the album prior but it was a feint memory. It was the summer of 2014 when I took a plane to Chicago to see my grandparents. The band is now one of my favorites of all time.) Overkill - The Years of Decay (An album that solidified Thrash Metal as a driving force in my life. Much like with Nightwish, one of my favorite bands now.) Dream Theater (What made me realize just how complex music can get and was a gateway into exploring more progressive rock, metal and other weird stuff like this.) Pegboard Nerds (My gateway into the EDM scene and Monstercat. My friends recommended me that and now it seems to take up alot more music time than rock and metal, although I refuse to complete dismiss of that music.) Excision - Codename X (Excision in general is a gateway into the heavier side of EDM and Dubstep although that album was a big part of my Excision listening.) SKisM and Never Say Die Records (Where I'm at today. After a devastating part of my life, I have recently tried a bit of the label's songs and mixes and I'm basically hooked to it. Both the main label and Black Label are absolutely amazing and it's nice to see how these artists have evolved overtime.)
Nice list dude. Really pleased to see 'Continuum' on there. That album is SO good.
Yeah but after Where the light is and how amazing the songs sound live I can't go back to the album versions
Eriml RGG The live version of Daughters with ole buddy on the slide is stellar.
I was so pleased - and in a way, relieved to learn I wasn't alone - when your first album right off the bat turned out to be Enema of the State. To try and keep a long story somewhat short: My dad is a fairly notable guitarist and something of a Fender collector, so my entire childhood I was surrounded by guitars. However, since my dad was so good, I was always too embarrassed to learn to play from him; I felt like I could never be as good at it, so I resisted. Despite my dad's best efforts to inspire me, I never really wanted to play guitar and dreamed of being a drummer, much to his chagrin. Then Enema of the State came out, and I saw Tom DeLonge playing a Strat not unlike several we had strewn about our house. I could sense that what Tom was playing wasn't particularly difficult, but still sounded great, and that was the first time I had that "I think I can do this too" realization. So I stealthily snuck my dad's stock '68 Strat (I've only recently realized how blessed I was to learn on this beautiful instrument, which my dad is the original owner of) into my bedroom and very quietly, secretly learned how to form a power chord, and once I did I was off to the races. Within a week or two, I could play along to pretty much the entire album. "Anthem" was the first song I ever learned to play from beginning to end. Without Enema of the State, I might never have picked up a guitar. 17 years later I am still playing a loving every minute of it. And to give this story a very sappy and corny conclusion, this summer my parents came to visit me, the first time they'd ever done so since I moved out of their house and to the opposite end of the globe ten years ago. And my dad brought with him that '68 Strat he's owned for nearly five decades, the one I'd learn to play on half my lifetime ago, and gave it to me.
Just like enama of the state inspired you to play guitar, the album that made me want to be a musician in general was American idiot by Green Day, seeing them live also gave me the greatest boost of motivation I had ever felt.
Dark Side of the Moon, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, White Album, Led Zeppelin II and A Night at the Opera. Amazing albums in my opinion
Pink Floyd-Animals
Tool-10000 Days
Muse-Origin of Symmetry
Weezer-Pinkerton
Death-Human/ITP
Nirvana-In Utero
Meshuggah-Nothing
At The Gates-Slaughter of The Soul
Metallica-AJFA...
Obscura-Omnivium
Killswitch Engage-Alive or Just Breathing
Emperor-In The Nightside Eclipse
Most of these just influenced me as a musician. I have a personal connection with In Utero and Pinkerton though.
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Such great and inspirational videos! I also picked up the guitar by listening to "pop-punk" rock, with Offspring's Greatest Hits
+Crone Filler And all the girlie's thing I'm pretty fly!
It's awesome you included dave. I love pretty much everything they've ever done.
Great choices, Steve! Love the shoutout to TP and PH.
I've been watching random videos of yours for past hour or so. Very insightful and encouraging (not just this one) on all counts. The reason I chose to comment on this particular one was bc Dumpweed was the very first song I ever learned back in 7th or 8th grade. Everyone evolves in taste as a musician, and I can't stand when some musicians shit on that stuff like they're better. I mean sometimes the nostalgia is the best creative boost, especially when it comes to the "less is more" approach.
That's a pretty awesome story. Thanks for sharing. It was cool to see some of the albums the inspired me were also on you ur list. Great video!
1. New Order- substance
2. Tool- Undertow
3. Jimi Hendrix- electric lady land
4. Cypress Hill- Greatest Hits (from the bong 🙂)
5. The cure- Disintegration
6. Melvins- Lysol
7. Nirvana- Bleach
8. Tame Impala- Lonerisim
9. RHCP- Bloodsugar sex magic
10. Alice In Chains- Alice In Chains
11. Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath
12. Melvins- Stag
I tried to make them all different artists but Melvins hold a special place in my heart
I was absolutely blown away once "Bright Size Life" popped up. Pat Metheny was the first musician I saw in a "real concert" and that's one of my favourite records of all time. Loving your content as well, keep up!
I love how you picked a live "Dave Matthews Band" album!!!! I love all the albums on your list, and it makes the respect I have for you grow even more. keep on playing, Mr. Ninja!!!
well, I could do without Eric Church, but that's okay, because I love Garth Brooks, so I understand. I just love the variety!!!
ah man I got chills when you said bright size life. that record has imo, the most inspired playing on record. I read about jaco in a bass player at 13 and bought the self titled album right away. hearing bright size life at the age of 20 was like hearing back for the first time all over again.
Greetings from a fellow Winnipegger. I can only think of 1 album that truly changed how I think about music. Blackwater Park by Opeth.
Nashville is a tough town for a guitarist, but you definitely have the chops for it. With all of the Dave Cobb produced albums doing so well now maybe the town will open up a little and branch out.
Learning the song Satellite by Dave Matthews Band is the reason I eventually decided to learn scales. It made me take a big step from just playing along to a few songs to actually learning how to play the instrument. Still a favourite of mine to play.
I enjoyed this vid, nice to hear the personal stories. Thanks for sharing.
Dude, loved that list! I think it's essential to any musician to be eclectic.
Howdy Samurai…. been enjoying your vids. I have Samurai in my heritage as well. So many influential albums, but Toad the Wet Sprocket's album Fear was hugely influential. Before then I was listening to a lot of heavy stuff, grind core, death metal… then, Toad the Wet Sprocket emerged. I was 18 at the time and diagnosed with a rare cancer out of high school. The album brightened up some really dark times. A month or so after my last chemo treatment, I met the band at a local record shop. Thanks for all the vids and inspiration. Ja mata
Here's mine in no particular order:
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Nirvana - Unplugged in New York
Cream - Disraeli Gears/Wheels of Fire
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Eric Clapton - Unplugged
The Rolling Stones - Flashpoint
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
Queen - Greatest Hits II
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
The Blues Brothers Soundtrack
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
About 4 of them are because I grew up with those records. Then I got into a non-rock phase. Then I found Pink Floyd and it all went uphill from there. Picked up an electric guitar because of Floyd. Bought an acoustic because of Nirvana's Unplugged, experimented with Wah because of Cream and Jimi and so on.
John Mayers "Where the light is". The reason my passion for guitar got reignited.
Shane Dsouza Trying to learn Neon was the reason why I nearly did not graduate from college.
This was a great vid, got me thinking about what albums I listened to the most. Here is my list starting from when I was around 8 till now (23):
Backstreet's back - Backstreet boys (no shame)
Fear of the dark - Iron maiden (great guitar)
Appetite for destruction - Guns N' Roses
Greendale - Neil Young (This is still my favorite album to binge, It makes you feel like your inside the town he masterfully creates. )
Peace sells.... But who's buying? - Megadeth (epic trashmetal)
Food & liquor - Lupe fiasco (Vivid stories trough rap)
Already free - The Derek Trucks Band (Cheerfull and inspiring rock)
LONG.LIVE.A$AP - A$AP ROCKY (swaggered rap, impeccable flow)
Band Of Gypsies - Jimi hendrix (I discovered him late in life even though a birthday card with an audioclip of 'wild things' attached got me playing guitar as
a kid. The funk, the sound and the improvised solo's here is just breathtaking, his guitar solo's got exponentially better towards the end of his life. )
Great video man! Their are a few albums I have haven't heard of, I'll check in out. My favorite album that not many people have heard of is Lincoln Durham- the shovel vs the howling bones.
It's great that you went to Humber. Toronto represent!
this is cool to see alot of peoples music tastes who are also musicians. you'd think there'd be a popular or good app for musicians and artists to find like minded people to form projects by now
I really love all of those albums and you reasoning for the neil young album touched my heart
Man, this video is eye opening. And I love the fact that you have your entire plan laid out, whereas most people are just saying "I'm gonna make songs until I eventually get picked up by someone famous". I love your overall dedication to music, and to it being more than just stringing and singing. One of my definitive albums...
"MTV Unplugged in New York" - by Nirvana
Admission, I had no idea who Nirvana were until Kurt died. I was in middle school, arrived for the day, and all throughout the hallways were lines of crying girls, and angry looking guys. I asked a buddy what was up, and he told me that Kurt Cobain killed himself. My response of course was, "who?" So that night he had me over for a listening party...yeah, we did those in 90's Northern Alberta.I instantly fell in love with the band, and grunge music in general.
Fast forward a few years, and I got my first CD player, and the first CD I ever owned, was Unplugged. I played it at least 500 times that first year, and it has had major influence on my music style. Loving the sound of small, acoustic ensemble, and my singing voice (when in that style) was all about emulating that spirit of Cobain. 22 Years later, I still remember the day Kurt died, and can still pop the CD in and listen to it front to back with the same level of enjoyment as 13 year old me did.
samurai your an absolut inspiration...
I started my own journey in the world of music when I was 12 years old and picked up my first guitar. bands like Green Day and Linkin Park cought my head that times... my real entrance to the ROCK world was when I first heard "Lovedrive" by scorpions when I was about 14 years old. as simple as this album is, it changed my musicview.
my music landscape gone really wider when I first heard (and shortly after saw) The Wall by Pink Floyd. this album showed me that there is a big room in the music industry for being sophisticated, for being creative, and for being able to let a single melody or an Idea guide you throughout an intire album!
this consept changed everything I know about music...
Now, I plan big. I'm wishing every day to make a masterpeace like The Wall
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My most influential album would be Alice in Chains Unplugged. I could never figure out, what I wanted my songs to sound like, but when I saw the full concert on youtube, it was a revelation to me. Layne Staleys powerful vocals, while he is just leisurely sitting on that chair. Putting oneself out there completely, open and vulnerable saying here, this is it, this is what I am is what, to me, defines being a musician. Another great example of this was Corey Taylors solo rendition of Snuff, where he breaks down to tears. You write music for yourself in the first place, so that when you perform it, it shows the blood, sweat and tears, the heart and soul that went into it. I have yet to accomplish the ability to take an imaginative (is that a word?) perspective, as I currently mostly write from personal experience. But your videos really motivate me to work on my songwriting and making it a craft.
you are such an inspiration!
Great channel, bro. Keep it up.
Continuum!! Very underrated in the guitar world.
Hey, just wanted to say that I've only recently started watching your videos, but I'm really enjoying them a lot :) .
My list would be (in no particular order):
1. Throwing Copper - Live
2. Dirt - Alice in Chains
3. Sunset Mission - Bohren & Der Club of Gore
4. Octavarium - Dream Theater
5. Leftoverture - Kansas
6. Sound Awake - Karnivool
7. Altered State - TesseracT
8. Language - The Contortionist
9. Left Fire - Arcane Roots
10. Tirami Su - Alain Di Meola
11. Fragile - Yes
12. Bare Bones - Rob Chapman
TheOfficialKaiEll Live and Arcane Roots! Love it
i wont list all 12 but my number 1 is hemispheres by Rush. La villa strangiato blows my mind everytime i hear it
For me, Pink Floyd - The Wall is the most important in my life. Besides the great songs in it, there's the fascinating storytelling aspect (PF does it in other albums like DSotM, but they really excell at doing so in The Wall), there are characters, scenery, a climax and a perfect ending.
The themes presented in that album and the way they approach such topics really touched me, as it gets very depressing throughout the story, but showing some hope at the end. That album helped me go through some of my problems as a teenager, and it also introduced me to Pink Floyd, which to this day, is my favorite band ever.
Hope some of you guys share this love for PF as I do, and as always, great work Samurai!
i honestly can't put it to one album, without "A fever you can't sweat out" i don't know where my musical interest would be, without them i wouldn't have gone on to listen to guns n roses "appetite for destruction" which slash is who inspired me to attempt music, although where im at now i dont know who i would be without "Two-Face Charade" it is an album that has a lot of gravity on my life at the moment and for the past few years. thank you for the videos dude, keep it up.
It's fascinating to hear what influences other guitarists. I'm a bit older, 51, so my albums predate yours a bit. The first album I ever got was Parallel Lines by Blondie, then I was a huge Foreigner fan ( Hotblooded, Cold as Ice etc). The next epiphany of music was when I traded Kiss Alive II for Black Sabbath's Master of Reality-mind blown! From there classic rock ruled for awhile, then my brother got into ELP and I got into prog rock (Yes, Mahavishnu Orchestra, King Crimson, Jeff Beck, ELP, etc) Then a friend turned me on to Steve Morse and I was floored. Almost gave up right there. I went to college, got into old time jazz and een some Indian music. i then got asked to join a punk rock band and went for it. Another huge shift for me. Band like the Dead Kennedys, Blag Flag, Circle Jerks became huge influences. And then came the night I remember so vividly. Some one put on Ride the Lightning. HOLY SH*T!!!! Immediately after they put on March of the SOD. Wow! Something about the speed, aggrssion and power resonated wildly with me. I'm by no means a 'metalhead' but I love any genre that has heavy music, whether by tone, playing, or concept. I love jazz, rock, metal, country etc if there is something new and unique about it. One of the heaviest songs of all time and what I feel is the one of the first 'metal' tunes is Sing, Sing, Sing. Newest band to blow me away is Maximum m the Hormone from Japan. There's always something new to learn and be inspired by. Now, turn off the computer and go play guitar!
Great list! I really have to check out the Dave Matthews Band.
For me, some of the most important albums would be Dookie by Green Day for the same exact reason you listed Enema of the State, Gutter Ballet by Savatage because it helped me through some rough times in my teenage years, Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age, because hell yeah!, and a really recent release, Meliora by Ghost, because that's the kind of musicianship i aspire to :)
Great list, great stories.
Tesla - Five Man Acoustic Jam
I grew up in an almost rock free environment. Nobody in my family, or immediate environment listened to it so, other than in the background of movies, I had never really heard very much rock music. Eventually, I discovered hair metal and not long after this album came out. I loved it and listened to it over and over. In addition to the Tesla songs, I loved the classic rock covers and sought out the originals and a whole world of music was opened up to me. From the Grateful Dead, CCR, Beatles, and Stones covers on this album to the originals, to Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, ect... From that classic rock I found the blues.
Not only did this album open the door to all the music I love today, but as my first live album, it also opened up my mind to what a band should do live. They mixed their originals with well chosen covers, improvised, and segued from one song to another with no break in between. It set the template for what a concert should be like and 26 years later, that's still what I expect when I go to a concert.
I don't listen to this album at all anymore, but everything I listen to now is because of the doors opened and the tone set by it.
It's insane how you can find people who share exactly the same opnion on music as you, what you said about Axis: Bold As Love really just spoke to me, it's exactly how i view the album and little wing is my all-time favourite song. Its a shame how not that many people appreciate Hendrix nowadays.
jesper isaksson Castles made of sand, bold as love and little wing are the first JH songs I learned. All from Axis... Such a good album.
Yeah i agree, im a pretty new guitarist so can't play all these songs yet but soon i will, honestly im not sure if i will ever find other music i enjoy quite as much as the music from Axis.
Nice ! :) i really like what you play. and now that i now you're main influences i'll listen to them ! thanks :).
They are some many choices of album and artists. I cant decide.
i'll pick the Help! album from the Beatles because it reminds me of a great period of my life.
It would be great if you post each week an album on a vlog, and talk about it. just saying :)
Great stories of how important music is to your life. First album that got me rockin on guitar was "Black Parade" by MCR, their best album and best guitar riffs are on this album.
This is a great video. Thanks for sharing.
Division Bell - Pink Floyd
Appetite for Destruction - G 'N R
Siamese Dreams - Smashing Pumpkins
Hotel California - The Eagles.
Just some of the thousands of albums that got me into guitar
Revolver - The Beatles
Appetite for Destruction - GnR
Californication - RHCP
Living Things - Linkin Park
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Mutter - Rammstein
10000 Days / Aenima / Lateralus - Tool (couldn't choose just one of em)
Meliora - Ghost
Train Of Thought - Dream Theater
The Joy of Motion - Animals As Leaders
Once More 'Round The Sun - Mastodon
Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree
This list kinda represents my musical journey up until now (in order). Can't wait to see which amazing bands and albums I will discover in the future!! :D By the way, great video Steve!
So i was waiting in the car for my girlfriend, and i remembered you picking texas flood, so i gave it a try and i just fell in love man! Great choices!
Hey samuraiguitarist! That was really interesting and also got me thinking. I've been listening to tons of albums throughout the years so it's kinda hard but I remember watching dragonforce on their young guitar dvd (I couldn't really tell how sloppy they were at the time haha). But strangely enough, 6 years later and here I am playing stuff that I was impossible for me back then :)
Chief was a really good album, interesting to see on your list. Not a lot of rock people like country much
U2's the Joshua Tree is my favourite album ever because i connect with all the songs on it
Pink Floyd dark side of the moon.... listening front to back is when I realized what good music is. That album is truly a masterpiece
Nice video! Here are my twelve in chronological order:
1. Elvis Presley- Elvis 30 #1 Hits (The album that made me love music).
2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience- Are You Experienced? (The album that made me want to rock)
3. The Who- Tommy (The album that made me want to play guitar)
4. AC/DC- Back in Black (First album I bought for myself, and the album that helped me transition into harder rock and metal)
5. Van Halen- Van Halen (The album that made me want to learn how to shred)
6. Coheed and Cambria- Good Apollo 1 (The album that made me want to write music)
7. Iron Maiden- The Number of the Beast (The album that made me take a chance on something with a "scary" album cover)
8. Pearl Jam- Ten (The album that got me through both middle and high school)
9. Metallica- Master of Puppets (The album that made me want to play fast)
10. Killswitch Engage- As Daylight Dies (The album that helped me transition into the really heavy stuff)
11. Rush- Moving Pictures (The album that reminded me of my classic rock roots, and that taking musical risks can b a great thing)
12. Against Me!- Transgender Dysphoria Blues (The album that rekindled my love of punk music, and made me want to be more open-minded towards others)
That Elvis album is also what got me into music and made me want to learn how to play guitar!
I really dislike a lot of the albums you picked, but enjoy your discussion on them. Clicked the video without realizing I'm wearing the same shirt. For me, Fleet Foxes self titled reinvigorated my interest in acoustic music and got me interested in harmonies in a way almost no other band has.
Isn't that the beauty of it though? If everyone shared the same taste the world would be pretty boring. Thanks for watching mate!
samuraiguitarist Absolutely. Funny enough, one of my closest friends who is also one of the fellow musicians I respect most would very likely include the SRV, DMB, and John Mayer albums you selected to his list for similar reasons (on those specific albums.)
pink floyd and elliott smith are what got me into guitar. me and my dad have a musical relationship that's on the next level, and so he'd always be showing me a bunch of songs he wanted me to learn. ultimately, "wish you were here" and "independence day/various other ES songs" are what made me want to pick up my guitar.
Communique- Dire Straits
Joe Cool's Blues- Ellis Marsalis Trio
Automatic for the People-R.E.M.
Load- Metallica
Excitable Boy- Warren Zevon
Wildflowers- Tom Petty (Great choice sir!)
I'll Play the Blues for You- Albert King
Quebec- Ween
To Tulsa and Back- JJ Cale
Shangri-La- Mark Knopfler
Conciousness- Pat Martino
Carnavas- Silversun Pickups
Much respect to you sir!! Keep doing what you're doing!
Brave New World by Iron Maiden means something to me because it reminds me of the time when my dad always drove me to school because we listened to that album a lot back then.
I feel you on Continuum. That would be on my top 12 too
Excellent list, Samurai. Very entertaining video. I have a lot the same taste in music, but would add Trash by Alice Cooper, Metallica by Metallica, Blood Sugar Sex Magic by RHCP, Clean Shirt by Waylon and Willie, and Gold Buckle Dreams by Chris LeDoux.
Blueprints by Wage War. This is the album I would use to cope with anxiety, around the time I found it a bunch of others things in my life were happening along with the the anxiety and it was just too much to deal with, and this album got me through it. Absolutely amazing lyrics and instrumentation that jumps from being melodic to brutal
Bring Me Your Love by City and Colour started me off on playing guitar after I realised learning 'Why Georgia' by John Mayer was too hard to learn as a first song on guitar, so that album takes me back to when I didn't analyse songs and listen for notes or strumming patterns. I find it more difficult these days to just enjoy music rather than figure out how to play it while I listen.
Glad to see Bright size life on there 😊😊
I'm gonna take my time later to check those albums.
I would most definitely include among mine Euphoria Morning by Chris Cornell, Cruel Melody by Black Light Burns, Discovery by Daft Punk, anything by the Foo Fighters, The Mayfield Four, Slash, maybe Ok Computer by Radiohead.
+Ian Whiteout Great choices!
Great story, man! Is amazing what music can bring to your life.
Playing guitar was a dream I had since I was in high school, nevertheless something always made me postpone it. Now I'm 40 and found myself some time to learn how to play decently.
My list includes Latin American bands, since I'm Mexican.
1 Nada Personal, Soda Stereo (first rock album I've ever listened)
2 4 Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi (one of my firsts)
3 Ahí Vamos, Gustavo Cerati
4 Dínamo, Soda Stereo
5 Siempre es Hoy, Gustavo Cerati
6 El Diablito, Caifanes
7 Led Zeppelin IV
8 Black Holes and Revelations, Muse
8 Nevermind, Nirvana
9 Black Album, Metallica
10 Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd
11 Violator, Depeche Mode
12 El Nervio del Volcán, Caifanes
Lovely concept, video and list
For my album, I'd have to go with No Doy by moe. I had just started to get into that album when I got the opportunity to go see them about a week later (this was about 4 years ago). That album was the one that got me into jam bands, which I completely fell in love with and it really opened my eyes musically to everything that I listen to today. Fantastic album; Rebubula is a masterpiece of a song.
Karnivool - asymmetry
Talk talk - spirit of eden
Slipknot - slipknot
Deftones - saturday night wrist
The jimi hendrix experience - are you experienced
SOAD - mezmerize
Alice in chains - dirt
Converge - jane doe
Mr bungle - mr bungle
Twelve foot ninja - silent machine
Pink floyd - DSOTM
Electric wizard - dopethrone
KraZi Kreature Yeah, Twelve Foot Ninja.)
+Алан Салпагаров its been a while since I made that comment. I might have to change it up a bit
if you like Karnivool, you might like Fair to Midland th-cam.com/video/sD3HwZbKAlo/w-d-xo.html
Алан Салпагаров terrible
Since I'm not that old yet I'm not gonna be listing 12 albums but a few that lead me to where I am right now.
Afewsides by a german band called fewjar: this was the album that made me wanting to play music and so I started taking guitar lessons
Nevermind: through this album I became conscious of so many other bands and I got immersed into the world of music.
Blood sugar sex magik: this was the album that showed me that songs didn't have to feature distorted guitars and pounding drums in order to be good. Frusciante's playing opened my eyes on what is possible on the guitar. His funky and Hendrix inspired style was what really got me hooked on guitar and opened up a whole new musical world for me. Him being such a versatile guitar player showed me that you don't have to play only one genre of music but play what you feel is right at the time. He really got me out of that position where I would refuse to listen to artists because they didn't fit a certain genre.
Axis Bold as love: castles made of sand is one of my favorite songs to play. The album is a masterpiece and through listening and playing along I improved so much. It took my guitar playing to a whole new level.
Niandra LaDes and usually just a Tshirt- this album taught me to appreciate all kinds of music
Inhibition by dot hacker: this album got me listening. Listening to how instruments work together and how a band works together.
Jaco pastorius' self titled album: this album got me into jazz. Jaco's playing is so fascinating to me. Even tough I don't play the bass I find it so interesting how he practically reinvented bass playing.
Heavy weather by weather report: through jaco I discovered Weather report and many other fusion jazz and Jazz artists.
Jazz is what makes me want to learn everything about musical theory so I can improve my guitar playing to the maximum and become the best guitarist I can possibly be.
Peace.
My list
1. Rage Against the machine- S/T(pre-school)
2. Gorillaz- Deamon days(middle school)
3 . Gorillaz- S/T(first 2 years of high school)
4. Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP(got me into Hip Hop)
5. Aesop Rock- Skelethon(Best Hip Hop album I found)
6. Cake- Fashion Nugget(got me back into rock)
7. Devin Townsend- Deconstruction(got me into metal and weird stuff)
8. Neutral Milk Hotel- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea(another early favorite)
9. Sturgill Simpson- Metamodern Sounds in Country Music(Favorite country album)
10.Neurosis- Souls at Zero(Favorite metal album)
11.Bach- B Minor Mass(Favorite classical compositions)
12.Radiohead- Amnesiac(Favorite album)
Sebastian Walraven god damn you listened to ratm in pre school? nice
Yup, love the flaming lips btw.
Sebastian Walraven Radiohead😊
Devin is a rabbit hole. Keep digging, you won't be disappointed.
And don't forget Punky Brewster - Cooked On Phonics
For me it's this
1. Stomachaches (frnkiero and the cellabration)
2.Nimrod (Green Day)
3.40 oz. to freedom (Sublime
4.Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (MCR)
5.Essential Billy Joel (Billie Joel)
6. MTV Unplugged Live (Nirvana)
7. Blue Album (Weezer)
8.By the Way (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
9.Greatest Hits (Queen)
9. Death of a Bachelor (Panic! At The Disco)
10. Cowboys From Hell (Pantera)
11. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness (Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness)
12. The album I'm currently working on "I Dream of Silence"
12 albums that changed my life forever (in no particular order)
-The Dark Side of the Moon
-Led Zeppelin IV
-The Allman Brothers at Fillmore East
-Rust Never Sleeps
-Electric Ladyland
-Wish You Were Here
-Abbey Road
-Robot Hive/Exodus
-Europe '72
-Wheels of Fire
-Beggars Banquet
-Question the Answers
I'm very glad you Mentioned Rust Never Sleeps! That albums doesnt get the praise that it deserves
War is the Answer- Five Finger Death Punch. This album is what got me through seventh and eighth grade. I was dealing with anorexia and mild depression from changing from a tiny private school to a big public school and then in seventh grade, my uncle committed suicide which really threw me over. I was not doing well until one day I saw this album in my explore section of Spotify. This album instantly became my most listened to album because it just spoke to me. Looking back it my middle school days, I can honestly say that this album saved my life.
My list:
Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the holy
Green Day- Dookie and American Idiot
Nirvana- unplugged, in utero
Metallica- Kill em all, Black Album, and Master Of puppets
The Beatles- White Album
Run DMC- Raising hell
Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory
The album that really got me into guitar was Mister Asylum or The Boy Who Died Wolf. Both of have great song writing with modern hard rock and a blues twist.
Speaking of blink 182..What do you think of their new song, 'Bored to Death'?
And their new album in general?
Anurag Arya I think it's a great album, even without Tom. all the songs were pretty great on it. they're gonna release a deluxe version with 11 new songs go check em out.
Thank God for music!
Do you use your jazz knowledge and apply it to more mainstream stuff?
Almost always, the way I visualize the guitar comes from a jazz background, seeing the neck in chord tones and how they relate to the underlying harmony. So I would say everything I play has been influenced by my jazz studies.
Thanks..cool list very eclectic.
'Who's Next' by The Who is one of my personal til I die favorites. Great and subtle guitar work by Pete and songs that showcase how rock can be confidently joyful without needing to be sentimental.
'Genesis 'Live' (the Peter Gabriel Genesis)..my first real foray into prog rock (other than Pink Floyd), I remember to this day the first time I heard Tony Banks haunting opening keyboards on Watcher of the Skies;
'Station to Station' by David Bowie,
'Blood on the Tracks' by Bob Dylan,
'Sgt Pepper's' by The Beatles;
'Irish Tour '74' by the sadly under appreciated late great Rory Gallagher.
'Blackouts' by Ashra- amazing space rock blues guitar.
Jim Hall - Jazz guitar would be my most memorable guitar album I've ever listened to.
Figure I'll do it too,
Insomniac - Green Day got me to pick up guitar
In Utero - Nirvana got me into writing more interesting songs
The Battle Of Los Angeles - RATM got me riffwriting like a machine
MCIS - The Smashing Pumpkins threw me into a state of intellectual musicianship
Since then, there's been In The Aeroplane, Bowie's Scary Monsters, Debut by Björk, Raise Your Skinny Fists by GSY!BE, etc.
Senses Fail's Life Is Not A Waiting Room, and Coheed and Cambria's The Color Before The Sun. These helped me get through a tough break up that came up right before winter. Winter usually get's me in a pretty down mood. So you can imagine, a tough break up, just before a season that gets me somewhat depressed, not the best combination. But, I made it through alive, and I'm here, so I really do owe it to these albums.
+Noah Miller That's the power of music, glad you had that album to help deal with tough times
1 - Like Clockwork - QOTSA
2 - AM - Arctic Monkeys
3 - Wasting Lights - Foo Fighters
4 - 1975 - The 1975
5 - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? - Megadeth
6 - Unplugged live in New York - Nirvana
7 - Royal Blood - Royal Blood
8 - Mothership - Led Zeppelin
9 Inside In/Inside Out - The Kooks
10 - Big Guns - Rory Gallagher
11 - Beacon - Two Door Cinema Club
12 - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
UseAGuitarAlready dude, I can't believe it, there's someone else who likes Rory Gallagher, he's one of the best guitarists ever to live
I could make a list of a dozen albums that define my life, but I'm only 16 so there's so little time to define. There is one albums though. David Bowie's 'The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars'. This albums got me into rock, and made me want to play guitar. Every song has it's own, yet similar story of this rock n roll star ruining his career in a time of need for hope. There's too much to say about the album, I think everyone has their own experiences with it. Probably one of the greatest albums ever, in my opinion.
Pink Floyd - The Wall was the album that made me want to play guitar in the first place. Then, a few years later I heard Stevie Ray Vaughan's Texas Flood which led me to the blues and that really made me pursue my guitar playing.
Wow... I've been discovering so much new music from this vid & comment section! Love it!
My (defining?) album progression throughout life, mostly from my teenage years and early adulthood since the latter is where I'm still at:
1.Save This House - Spirit of the West : My parents would put this album on and my siblings and I would chase each other in circles in the living room when I was 5-6. The only music I can really remember from that time(aside from Disney movies?). I still come back to it.
2. Chuck - Sum-41: I specifically asked for this album for Christmas in 6th grade because I listened to it in a Radioshack, while looking for "Does This Look Infected?". Once I (surprisingly) got it, because my parents wouldn't buy me ^^, I listened to it every night before bed... some dark themes for 6th grade but I loved it without really giving much thought to the words. It was the energy I was really after.
3. Billy Talent - Billy Talent: I bought a tablature book for this album. It was way too hard for my power chord skills and it took me a while to understand dropped D tuning. Yet I pored over it for hours and hours until I could play along to every song. First (shitty)song I ever wrote used a lot of the fingerings that Ian D'sa uses.
4. American Idiot - Green Day
5. City of Evil - Avenged Sevenfold: I don't remember how I got into this one, but by that time I was familiar with dropped D tuning and this album gave me a massive technical challenge compared to what I had learned before. I needed to learn to do some pretty fast alternate picking, play chromatic scales(and plenty more), learned about sweep picking( and actually used bends and artificial harmonics. I didn't know any music theory at the time, so I could only put things together by looking at tabs.
6. Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses - Slipknot
7. Fortress - Protest The Hero: This is still one of my favourite albums. I remember being amazed by all the crazy time signature changes and the crazy tapping. Most of my song ideas are still tuned half a step down because of these guys. They opened for the first "big" concert I ever attended. I crowd surfed during the pre-recorded keyboard solo in "Limb From Limb" with my fists in the air. What a rush!
8. Colours - Between The Buried And Me.
Never learned any of the songs. Technically, they all segue into one another. Too long, pretty technical, almost atonal at times, or just really chromatic or dissonant. But I'd sing along to the singable parts every time I drove somewhere and try to tap out beats with my hands. Watched the live version of the whole album a million times, and bought every single one of their albums ever since.
9. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire : I guess I was quite into the whole Metal thing beforehand, but this album seemed to strike something in me with a bit more finesse than just crazy energy and emotion delivered in a barrage of drums, screaming and palm muting. Perhaps because I was graduating from high school and was starting to get a real taste of the world? Anyway. Still like this one. It got me thinking about all of the other elements that a good song has apart from guitar, since this didn't have much intricate guitar work.
10. Bankrupt - Phoenix : I stumbled upon these guys on TH-cam. Couldn't help but notice how interesting their mix of synths and cryptic/nonsensical lyrics was. Still come back to it.
11. An Awesome Wave - Alt-J
12. Today We Are Believers - Royal Canoe: Has to be my favourite album of all time for the time being. I basically obsessed over it for almost 2 years. It helped me through what must have been the worst year of my life. To my ears, it was the perfect mix of catchy and complex, upbeat and mellow, along with a twist of mysterious, which has to be the best part of music for a musician(at least me): Listening to something without knowing what's happening, but recognizing that it's connecting with you on a level you haven't experienced before.
+Cédric Morier-Roy Great list, something tells me you are fellow Canadian
Didn't Phoenix have that song called Lasso? Thought it was a pretty cool and different kinda song.
I have a huge variety in my music taste. I don't w if it intersts anyone but here is i think, my life defining albums: no particular order:
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Led Zepplein - Led Zeppelin IV
Between the buried and me - Colors
Dream Theater - Metropolis Scenes From a Memory
Muse - Origin of symmetry
Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold
Metallica - Master of Puppets
The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Avenged Sevenfold - Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
Rush - Rush
Judas Preist - Sad Wings of Destiny
Again, this is not a list of my favorite albums although i like these albums a lot, this is a list of what i think the albums that changed my life.
My album that changed my musical world was Hatful of Hollow by The Smiths. The quality of songwriting and musicianship is phenomenal and opened up my eyes to a different type of guitar playing.
+jinzo664 Very cool, I only know a limited amount of stuff by the Smiths, these comments are giving me some great ideas of stuff to listen to. And yes, I love Toronto very much (besides the Leafs)
+samuraiguitarist Johnny Marr is easily one of the greatest guitarists ever. He blends a large amount of musical styles into his playing. Definitely learn a couple of Smiths songs on guitar.
Appetite for Destruction - Guns n' Roses
Meddle - Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
The Doors - The Doors
The Real Folk Blues - Howlin Wolf
Artaud - Luis Alberto Spinetta (Argentina, great album)
Pappo's Blues Vol. 3 - Pappo's Blues ( Argentinian 2)
Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath
Abraxas - Santana
Disraeli Gears - Cream
Emotion and Commotion - Jeff Beck
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
apetite for destruction was the 1st album that introduced me to rock music i went nut on that album
the albums that mean the most to me are Wish you were here, Ok computer and Meddle. Especially wish you were here for it always brings back memories of loved ones to me.
All 3 of those are amazing albums. I'm surprised people actually listen to Meddle, it's very underrated
Most of their earlier work is usually underrated and I never understood that! Meddle is more of an acoustic album than all their others in my opinion which was very refreshing to me
+ez dude I love all of their stuff. True geniuses
My top 5 albums are:
Grand National - The John Butler Trio
Rubber Factory - The Black Keys
Dive - Tycho
Classics - Ratatat
Powers Of Ten - Stephan Bodzin
+Mellow Fellow Ratatat! That's a great choice, it was on my shortlist of albums for this video!
Top 12 Albums
1) Blink 182 - Enema of the State (first guitar, first band)
2) AFI - Sing the Sorrow (first concert)
3) The Used - Self titled debut (first love)
4) Nirvana - Nevermind (start writing songs)
5) Arcade Fire - Funeral (Death of a parent)
6) GnR - Appetite (intro to guitar heroism/music industry)
7) Big Country - The Crossing (Niece born/move to other city)
8) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (first vinyl album, first trip, it's Hendrix...)
9) Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (Met now wife, bought first Les Paul)
10) Mountain - Climbing (Developed guitar style)
11) Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence (further develop sense of self)
12) The Ramones - Greatest hits (Reminder to dance and to not take life too seriously)
GUESS WHO JUST GOT TICKETS TO SEE GNR THIS SUMMER
***** Dude.. Duff, Slash, Axl... Legen.... Wait for it... dary!!!
If I had to do this, but in a 10, since that's where I am at now, I'd do the following list:
Bon Jovi - Lost Highway
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Sonic Syndicate - Love and Other Disasters
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone
In Flames - A Sense of Purpose
In Flames - Soundtrack to Your Escape
In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading
Serenity - War of Ages
Pain of Salvation - Road Salt
Emarosa - 131
The most influence, inspiration and learning I got was from In Flames as a hole, especially Sounds of a Playground Fading. It's when I started noticing how instruments blend together and how they part, when and wyh and how that goes along with a concept of something - for a song, or a compilation. That allow me to think deeper for other albums, that I've taken more note of, but haven't been all that special to me. But as a story, this list definetely defines me, my taste and preference in music, and also - my story. Also, awesome video, took note of a lot of seemingly cool albums I've not heard since now, and I was on the lookout for some new jezz to spice up my playlist.
1.) Nirvana- In Utero and Nevermind
2.) Green Day- Insomniac and Dookie
3.) Weezer- Pinkerton, Blue and SFTBH
4.) Sum 41- Does This Look Infected
5.) NoFx- Punk in Drublic and Heavy Petting Zoo
6.) Blink 182- Dude Ranch and EOTS
7.) Jersey Boys- Jersey Boys
8.) Buddy Holly- Definitive
9.) Sublime- Sublime
10.) The Offspring- Smash
My list, discovered math rock right out of high school, my world's never been the same.
Nevermind - Nirvana
Green Album - Weezer
Morning View - Incubus
Phenomenon - Thousand Foot Krutch
Lateralus - Tool
Lightbulb Sun - Porcupine Tree
Oceanic - Isis
Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors
Animals - This Town Needs Guns
Everybody Loves You - Kaki King
Filmlets - LITE
Angle - Elephant Gym
I haven't listened to some of these in ages but they inspired me greatly at certain times of my life
1. Quiet riot - metal health... first cassette tape in 4th grade
2. Metallica - master of puppets
3. Iron Maiden - live after death
4. G&R -appetite
5. Zeppelin - 4
6. Hendrix - radio one
7. Fugazi - steady diet of nothing
8. Drive like jehu - self titled
9. Nirvana - nevermind / bleach
10. Mastodon - crack the skye
11. Flop - and the fall of the mopsqueezer
12. Man or astroman - experiment zero
Mad respect for the Fugazi
You have pretty interesting vlogs. So leaving this comment here to thank you for interesting video. What do you think about jazz guitar? What is you favourite instrumental album?
12.Open up and say ahh.. - Poison. I was kinda obsessed with glam metal for a few months, before I got into metal proper. I still occasionally put a few songs on to drive though, say what you will about the genre itself, a lot of riffs are catchy af.
11.Led Zeppelin 4 - Jimmy Page was one of my first guitar heroes, and this whole album I think captures his full range of technique as well as some of Led's best lyrics masterfully
10.The Doors - The Doors. I don't identify much with Morrison anymore, but there was a time I was into everything he was about. This remains my favourite of theirs.
9.Appetite for Destruction - Guns n'Roses. We don't get big bands here in India, so when I heard Slash was coming, I listened to GnR for months on end. Like you said, one of the best debuts ever.
8.Kill em'all - Metallica. The album which finally got me into metal proper.
7. Rust in peace - Megadeth. Imo, the greatest thrash album ever. Marty Friedman and Dave Mustaine to me are one of metals greatest duos.
6. Tommy - The Who. This was weird af, but I adore it all the same. Townsend was particularly transcendent in it.
5.Affinity - Haken. Sci fi and prog are two of my favorite things in the world. So when I got them both, it obviously became one of my classics.
4.Metropolis pt.2 scenes from a memory - Dream Theater. The album that introduced me to my favourite guitarist, and prog metal. The story behind the entire concept sent me for a trip when I found out about it the first time.
3 - 1. Dark Side of the moon, Wish you were here and the Wall - Pink Floyd. The one thing that's remained constant in my life is Floyd being my favourite band. All the shit I've gone through, and am going through,they've always been there and probably always will be there. First thing on my bucket list is being able to see them live.
american idiot by green day is the album that really got me hooked on guitar.
before it i couldn’t play shit, but most of the songs on that album have simple power chord progressions that are extremely easy to figure out and very fun to play.
before i knew it, i could finally play something and have fun and feel somewhat competent on the guitar for once. so it kept me coming back.
that’s the heavily abridged version.
Breaking Benjamin - We Are Not Alone/Phobia (My first great memory into my music journey, I was only four or five at the time)
Three Days Grace - One-X (Follows and blended with Breaking Benjamin)
Metallica and The Beatles (Back around 2011-2012 this is most of what I listened to. I can thank Guitar Hero and Rock Band for this.)
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play (When I started to get into less mainstream music. I've heard much of the album prior but it was a feint memory. It was the summer of 2014 when I took a plane to Chicago to see my grandparents. The band is now one of my favorites of all time.)
Overkill - The Years of Decay (An album that solidified Thrash Metal as a driving force in my life. Much like with Nightwish, one of my favorite bands now.)
Dream Theater (What made me realize just how complex music can get and was a gateway into exploring more progressive rock, metal and other weird stuff like this.)
Pegboard Nerds (My gateway into the EDM scene and Monstercat. My friends recommended me that and now it seems to take up alot more music time than rock and metal, although I refuse to complete dismiss of that music.)
Excision - Codename X (Excision in general is a gateway into the heavier side of EDM and Dubstep although that album was a big part of my Excision listening.)
SKisM and Never Say Die Records (Where I'm at today. After a devastating part of my life, I have recently tried a bit of the label's songs and mixes and I'm basically hooked to it. Both the main label and Black Label are absolutely amazing and it's nice to see how these artists have evolved overtime.)