Biggest musical influence as a kid

[kingdom warrior]

Elvis
The Beatles
Queen
Led Zeppelin
Paul McCartney and Wings

[toys2cool]

when I was a little kid i was into Elvis,Debbie Gibson,and the new kids on the block

[misterdroid]

Those early Sub Pop days were great. Mudhoney, Tad, Nirvana, Supersuckers, The Dwarves and my favorite Big Chief. That must have been something to have been there.

I'm glad to see someone out there remembers Big Chief! Great live band. I remember being blown away by seeing The Necros live in the 80's (they played Detroit and Flint a LOT)... Barry is a really great frontman whatever band he's in.

My big influences when I was a kid was 2 big stacks of early British invasion 7 inches my dad had. The Kinks, early Who, the Zombies etc. Probably why I was so attracted to the punk sound in the early 80's. I still can't stand the sound of most really polished arena style bands.

[Hector]

The first time I heard and knew of Queen, I instantly became a lifelong fan...nuff said.

[nvmbrsdoom5]

My favorite band as a kid was KISS. I'm still a big fan of theirs, too. I'm one of those nerds who knows like far too much trivia and details about them. But they're the main reason I play music now, even though what I play is nothing like KISS! lol

The first music that I heard that really impacted me was Alice Cooper's Love It To Death on 8-track. My aunts and uncles were teens, and I was about 3 or 4, and they'd try to scare me by putting it on. Instead, it fascinated me.

Other notable big influences on me back then was Cheap Trick, Queen, Zeppelin, Yes, Journey, The Beatles, Roy Orbison, and (not afraid to admit this) The Bee Gees! When I was about 9 I saw The Ramones in Rock And Roll High School, and that had a massive impact on me as well, and opened up another musical world to me.

The aforementioned Alice Cooper album, along with The Beatles Revolver and KISS Double Platinum are probably the most important albums I'd ever heard.

[nvmbrsdoom5]

Those early Sub Pop days were great. Mudhoney, Tad, Nirvana, Supersuckers, The Dwarves and my favorite Big Chief. That must have been something to have been there.

The Supersuckers are one of the greatest rock and roll bands in the world, in my opinion.

[monkey tennis]

Prince and the Revolution
Jimi Hendrix
Sly & the Family Stone
Bootsy Collins
James Brown
Graham Central Station
Frank Zappa
The Monkees
Guns & Roses
Rolling Stones
Mike Oldfield
David Bowie
T-Rex

They were on my constant playlist in the 80's

[Cosmicman]

The Beatles and Kiss for sure. They were the sound track to my childhood. I had stacks of Beatle and Kiss records (In storage now) that I played on my little record player while I played with my toys as a kid in my room.

[toys2cool]

it's funny cause I use to love Kiss when I was a little kid,just because of the toys I use to see and a couple of videos,but my Step dad would tell us NO WAY IN HELL! that music is Satanic and my mom would be like yeah it's true,listen to your dad.

But when my mom got divorced we were going thru an old case of records and GUESS WHAT I FOUND? IN BETWEEN HER HUGE ELVIS COLLECTION...3 KISS RECORDS,I was like mom...what the hell?? she just started cracking up and let me have them,I've been a huge fan ever since

[Joe90]

Interesting how we seem to fix on the music that was popular when we were children, and in High School.

The Beatles broke up when I was 12 years old, but they are #1 for me. Even mediocre bands from that era have my affection... Curious.

[huedell]

it's funny cause I use to love Kiss when I was a little kid,just because of the toys I use to see and a couple of videos,but my Step dad would tell us NO WAY IN HELL! that music is Satanic and my mom would be like yeah it's true,listen to your dad.

But when my mom got divorced we were going thru an old case of records and GUESS WHAT I FOUND? IN BETWEEN HER HUGE ELVIS COLLECTION...3 KISS RECORDS,I was like mom...what the hell?? she just started cracking up and let me have them,I've been a huge fan ever since

Your story of your mom "hiding " the ol' KISS brings to mind THIS
Cheap Trick lyric...

When I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch.
Rolling numbers, rock and rollin, got my Kiss records out.

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird.
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, aaaaaaaay.


Surrender To Rock and Roll All Nite----

[toys2cool]

Your story of your mom "hiding " the ol' KISS brings to mind THIS
Cheap Trick lyric...

When I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch.
Rolling numbers, rock and rollin, got my Kiss records out.

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird.
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, aaaaaaaay.


Surrender To Rock and Roll All Nite----

lol! man you know I played that song a million times on guitar hero and I never really stopped to pay attention to the lyrics

it does remind me of that though

[toysrus]

so many

So many bands to name. Heres a bunch.

Kiss
Pink Floyd
Deep Purple
Queen
Rainbow

[Evel KMego]

KISS was everywhere when I was a kid. Still love them today, although it is obvious to me now that they weren't very talented. They knew how to put on a show though!!!!

[monkey tennis]

I don't really get KISS.
I never saw the Mego toys until I came here.
I think the first I heard of them was on Quantum Leap.
I don't even really like there music.
There make-up was good though.

SORRY