Albums That Made You Who You Are
 

I've seen this done in other forums and it thought it was pretty cool. Just post the albums that influenced you. Lets keep it civil, fellas.

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nothing. music doesnt influence who I am.

Not a big music fanatic. Which is why my latest comm project is such a bitch

how?

Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith

i find this too hard to answer. I have too broad of music tastes to list them in influencial albums--Jazz, classical, soundtrack, some hip-hop, 80's rock, rock, pop (yeah i admit it stfu)...pretty much everything except for hardcore gangsta rap. That stuff is better on paper as poetry.

it doesnt affect me. I like music, but I cant name many bands or identify their songs

Yeah, I don't think music has infulenced me really to be who I am, but I think there is some music that I really enjoy listening to because perhaps I can relate to it, and I find it extremly beautiful. Namley Pink Floyd.

Pink Flyod - Animals
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Pink Floyd - The Wall
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Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
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Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
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lol, most overrated band ever.

Im with nyck, music hasnt influenced me.

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i disagree, why are they overrated?

tom morello is an excellent guitarist, great use of effects and is extremely unique. zach de la rocha's vocals are powerful and i like the mix of electric guitar and rap vocals.

Audioslave is better imo. Its also proably my distaste for the lead singers voice, he is probably more annoying than the backstreet boys.

I totally disagree. I'd much prefer Rage over Audioslave. I find Audioslave bland.

Just sayin'.

I listed the albums I did for different reasons. The Maiden albums dominated my years from grade 7 to this day.

"Shout at the Devil" was the first "metal" record I ever bought.

"...And Justice For All" was the mainstay of my high school days

"Surfing..." was a huge influence on my guitar playing when it first came out. Satch blew my little mind.

"Defenders..." can be lumped in with the Maiden records. Just a dominant soundtrack to my youth, which I look back on with nothing but fondness.

All those albums were bought on cassette...heh.

I loved RATM. Saw audioslave when they came here last year. they played a few RATM songs as well as Soundgarden. The concert was awesome. Tom morello is an awesome guitar player. Would go back to see audioslave in a heartbeat. And i'm sure I will when they come through again for their new album tour.

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Rage is SO much better than Audioslave...but yeah people think Rage is better than they actually are, but damn are they entertaining.

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Ive always been a fan of Classic Rock, especially after the early 90s when rock totally started to suck ass. Best album by the best band.

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Best album of the 90s

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The beginning of Pink floyd in their prime, and their best album.

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my favourite rap album, from the best year hip-hop has ever seen, 1994.

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I used to hate Rap, because well, I never really tried to listen to it. Then I heard this.

Millencolin, NUFAN and Strung Out. Spent a whole lotta years listening to almost nothing but those three bands.

beer:

just what i do

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Blood Sugar Sex Magik

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Abbey Road

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...And Justice for All

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The White Album

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Ascendancy

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The D

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i dunno about albums but 80s music had the greatest impact on me since it was the first i was really exposed to. 80s metal probably shaped my future interests ...

being from a somewhat small town selection was always limited, so, if you did find something new (i can recall getting ahold of reagan youth/sex pistos great rocknroll swindle/flogging a dead horse this way), it was usually handed down from someone who got it from someone they new in a nearby city (atlanta usually). as far as owning "tapes" i can remember having these when i first could afford to buy music, so they mustve had something to do with shaping my likes and dislikes:

Red Hot Chili Peppers - uplift mofo party plan
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The Cure - Staring at the Sea: The Singles
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The Misfits - The Misfits (i cant even begin to tell you how many times i listened to this one)
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The Cramps - Bad Music for Bad People
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The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
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Agnostic Front - Victim in Pain
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Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peepshow
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Minor Threat - Minor Threat
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Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
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The Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard in My Backyard (still a great, i can listen to it over and over)
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Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
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Metallica - ...And Justice for All
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Willie Dee - Controversy (i so wish i could find this album)
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N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
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Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It
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the list could go on and on, but these are the first that come to mind.

every song I own has helped shape me in some way

homework and hello nasty were my favourites when i was younger. dredg has just played a huge influence on me.
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Pink Floyd - Animals

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This album introduced me to a whole new style of rock music.. Progressive rock. I know i used to rag on it, but i thought of progressive rock as bands like Dream Theater... I never realised some of the most complex, adventerous, subtle, and amazing music ever written came out of the progressive rock genre in the 70's.. and continues to today. It has changed my entire view on music, and from it i have gotten into alot of jazz and jazz-related music.. Honestly, music is the most important thing in my life.

Some albums i can't live without:

Genesis - Foxtrot
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Yes- Close To The Edge
Frank Zappa - We're Only in it for the money, Hot Rats, Grand Wazoo, Absolutely Free, One Size Fits All
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire, Inner Mounting Flame
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior
Pharoah Sanders - Karma
John Zorn - Naked City
Dredg - El Cielo
Radiohead - Ok Computer, Kid A
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.

and the list goes on...

Led Zeppelin
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Rush - Listened to this album quite a bit
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Queen - Had this on 8 track....lol
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Ozzy tribute
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Tool - 1st time i heard them was this album
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Alisha - I was in love with her voice....nothing like 80's Freestyle
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.....and back in my rap days...
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rock: many thanks for turning me onto them

atni, find some Do Make Say Think. you will have a shit in your pants.

i've got three ablums. very sexy. goodbye enemy airship is amzing.
i'm guessing you already know about a silver mt. zion?

Yeah they're awesome.

Also, i'm seeing PELICAN IN TWO WEEKS happy: happy: happy: happy: happy:

[quote=strvs]Yeah they're awesome.

Also, i'm seeing PELICAN IN TWO WEEKS happy: happy: happy: happy: happy:[/quote:17403]

i think i might go to that. i saw it on rotate.com along with a few other good concerts; kid koala, dj shadow, chad van gaalen, etc. if i get a ticket we should meet up and play with our man faucets.

im lazy to get the album covers but here the list

Pink Floyd - dark side of the moon, the wall, wish you were here

Beatles - hard days night (first cd i ever bought), abbey road, sargent peppers

Beatie Boys - hello nasty, lisecened to ill

Motley Crue - Shout at the devil

Green Day - Dookie

Dr Dre - The Chronic

Metallica the first 4 albums

I still don't get it, how does music make you the way you are. all of you can say you act a certain way because of the music you listen to, like it PHYSICALLY affected the way you act.

I think acting a certain way or dressing a certain way because of the music you listen to is pretty dumb.

I listen to everything pretty much out there just like coleman, fuck I even listen to hardcore gangster rap.

I appreciate music but it doesnt impact the way I act. shit saying it does makes you a perfect example of all the dipshit politicians that say that kids shoot up school because they listen to GWAR and play Doom

i don't think any of us are saying "this music has made me who i am today", but more so it has been some sort of influence or has made an impact in our lives.

okay Im just confused since the title of the thread is "Albums That Made You Who You Are"

your clarification makes more sense

Alot of music affects me on a personal level, certain albums connect with my personality, and help me in my every day life... but i am more obsessed with music than your average person, a casual music listener will probably never get the same joy out of music than someone whose life revolves around it.

Music is very personal for me aswell. The music I listen to effects the music I play and also I like to choose songs with lyrics that have deep meaning aswell, morals to live by or some shit.

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listened to the radio mostly when i was growing so you can just imagine how corrupt my mind is b/c of it




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Rofl, the whole idea behind this thread is ghey, the only guys who (claim to) take music super-personally are emo faggots.

But yeah, Beach Boys, Grateful Dead are the two bands I keep coming back to. I don't live by them, rofl, but they're always going in my head.

[quote="Doctor Duffy":6f34a]Rofl, the whole idea behind this thread is ghey, the only guys who (claim to) take music super-personally are emo faggots.

But yeah, Beach Boys, Grateful Dead are the two bands I keep coming back to. I don't live by them, rofl, but they're always going in my head.[/quote:6f34a]
Naive little shit.