by kevin shephard » Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:24 pm
Hmmmm......pretty much in chronological order as I was growing up (growing up? Right.) and first heard them.
Bee Gees, ABBA (loved the disco when I was a kid, and still holds a place in my heart), KISS
Duran Duran - Rio, Seven and the Ragged Tiger (good call Sammy)
The Beatles - Rubber Soul, Sgt Pepper
Platinum Blonde - Platinum Blonde, Alien Shores
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Meddle, Obscured by Clouds, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, Momentary Lapse of Reason, Division Bell (You get the point...)
Metallica - Master of Puppets, And Justice For All
Toto - Toto, Toto IV, Isolation, Fahrenheit, Seventh One
Def Leppard - Pyromania, Hysteria (wore this out drumming along to it on my first kit. Ironically, I guess it's a drum machine)
Pearl Jam - Ten, Vs
David Gilmour - David Gilmour, About Face
U2 - Joshua Tree (wore this one out too)
Steely Dan - Katy Lied, Royal Scam
The Grapes of Wrath - Treehouse, Now and Again, I Am Here (couldn't get enough of these guys. The one band I've seen the most live. And had the most beers with)
Northern Pikes - Secrets of the Alibi, Snow In June
Lost and Profound - Lost and Profound, Memory Thief
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
The Police - Synchronicity
Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales (I hear ya there Matt - Vinnie...da man), Mercury Falling (Malcolm and I saw him on this tour in Montreal....again, Vinnie....da man)
Radiohead - The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows
Coldplay - Parachutes, Rush of Blood to the Head, X&Y
And more recently.....
Eisley - Room Noises (the song-writing and vocals of this (very young) group completely blew me away when I first heard them about 4 years ago)
Elbow - Cast of Thousands (simply incredible band)
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans, Narrow Stairs
Grizzly Bear - Veckatamist (opened for Radiohead last summer.....incredible and different)
And most recently....
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia, Deadwing, Fear of a Blank Planet, The Incident (incredible songwriting, sound and musicianship) For a few years (probably since first hearing Jeff Porcaro, Stewart Copeland and Vinnie Colaiuta) there was nobody that REALLY influenced me drumming-wise (besides all you guys around town, of course), until I heard Gavin Harrison. His creativity behind the kit is mind-blowing and has been incredibly inspiring to me).
Well....That was longer than I expected.