I play guitar, and the person who inspired me would be Kirk Hammett. I know there are better guitarists out there, but he made me wanna play the good 'ole geetar. I've been playin like 2 years now.
Who inspired you to play the instrument u play?
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PRauhala
yeah.. Miles
I´ve found myself listening to the bass parts of songs for years and years before picking up the bass, but the one bassist to really drive me into it was Ed Platt from Enchant. The bassist I´m drawing the most inspiration from today would be good ol´ Geddy.
rockmanxpr
High Speed Samurai
I play guitar and started becuase of Kirk Hammett, however now im influenced by pretty much from every guitarist i listen to, from Alexi Laiho from children of Bodom to Abbath of immortal. I find that drawing influences from all kinds of music is much better than just looking at shredders etc.
soulshred
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NoneSoVile
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well at first i was influenced but people like Cliff Burton, Timmy C and Steve Harris but later on i researched into other bassists andmusic genre's and now my fav bassists are John Myung, Billy Sheehan, Les claypool (not as amazing as the others but so fucking funny!) Steve Harris many other prog metal bassists.
drums 6 years now ... Zac Hanson of Hanson, John Otto of Limp Bizkit and my uncle. but now its Rullo and Portnoy mostly. ...and still Zac Hanson 
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Yngvai X
Dark Emperor
I play bass and I actually started playing because I wanted to play something, and everyone was playing guitar and my house isn't big enough to have a drumkit set up somewhere so I picked up a bass.
My first influences were the likes of Flea and Cliff Burton. Now it's guys like Les Claypool, Thomas Miller, Michael Lepond, John Myung, Billy Sheehan, Victor Wooten (currently learning his Me and my Bass Guitar) Jaco Pastorius, Geddy Lee, Geezer Butler, Martin Mendez, the guy from Tool (can't remember his name) and that's enough for now
My first influences were the likes of Flea and Cliff Burton. Now it's guys like Les Claypool, Thomas Miller, Michael Lepond, John Myung, Billy Sheehan, Victor Wooten (currently learning his Me and my Bass Guitar) Jaco Pastorius, Geddy Lee, Geezer Butler, Martin Mendez, the guy from Tool (can't remember his name) and that's enough for now
ABQShredHead
©1970
I was inspired to start playing guitar by friends, actually. They were raving about how they could play "The Trooper" and the like and I just had to get into it. I bought my first electric guitar with money I saved up from my paper route back in '84. There was a nifty magazine called Guitar Player on the counter with some skinny, acne-riddled kid on the cover with an unpronouncable name and a fierce pose with a Strat. Thankfully, the article inside gave the pronunciation - ING-vay.
Needless to say, that magazine opened my ears up to my new influences. Malmsteen was my first, then the other neo-classical shredders who followed in his path. Steve Vai was simply amazing, and after seeing him play with DLR I couldn't even look at my guitar for a week. The guy's playing the song while laying on his stomach, inch-worming across the stage - gimme a break!
The early '90's was college and in-depth practice to Malmsteen, until I heard "Pull Me Under" on the radio in '93. That opened me up to Dream Theater and I've been a die-hard ever since.
My guitar teacher is a total jazz head and he's been teaching me all the interworkings of jazz and fusion and funk and this and that and everything. Gotta love it!
Now, if only this '80's renaissance continues and we get rid of the shit left over from the grunge period, I'll be a happy shredder again.
Needless to say, that magazine opened my ears up to my new influences. Malmsteen was my first, then the other neo-classical shredders who followed in his path. Steve Vai was simply amazing, and after seeing him play with DLR I couldn't even look at my guitar for a week. The guy's playing the song while laying on his stomach, inch-worming across the stage - gimme a break!
The early '90's was college and in-depth practice to Malmsteen, until I heard "Pull Me Under" on the radio in '93. That opened me up to Dream Theater and I've been a die-hard ever since.
My guitar teacher is a total jazz head and he's been teaching me all the interworkings of jazz and fusion and funk and this and that and everything. Gotta love it!
Now, if only this '80's renaissance continues and we get rid of the shit left over from the grunge period, I'll be a happy shredder again.
I saw Iron Maiden's "Live after death" on video(still have it), and thought a guitar would be way cool.
I then heard Megadeth, and I HAD to play guitar.
As time went on,I started digging other guitar players, but those two made me want to rev up the grind and wail away.
I then heard Megadeth, and I HAD to play guitar.
As time went on,I started digging other guitar players, but those two made me want to rev up the grind and wail away.
Zax666
The Prince Of Ice. Almost
The ones that made me pick up guitar were Roland Grapow (Ex-helloween, Masterplan, Solo project) , Kai Hansen (Ex-Helloween, Gamma Ray, Iron Saviour) (must get a V with a FR one day) and last but not least, Ajren A. Luccansen (Ex-Venegance, Ayreon, Star One, Ambeon).
Not really shredders as you can see.
Not really shredders as you can see.
DemonicSoul
New Metal Member
5 Years ago (I was a young innocent child listening to radio shit) my brother got me to listen to reload by metallica and especially The Unforgiven II made me wanna play the guitar *g*
This was the first time I thought of playing the guitar, although I was surrounded by guitar-based music. (My parents have been listening to stuff like Dream Theater, Kansas, Axel Rudi Pell, Bon Jovi, etc. long befor I got into it)
This was the first time I thought of playing the guitar, although I was surrounded by guitar-based music. (My parents have been listening to stuff like Dream Theater, Kansas, Axel Rudi Pell, Bon Jovi, etc. long befor I got into it)
the_satanic_rabbit
Return of Ganon
Honestly, it was Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) in Back to the Future. Once it was broadcast on network TV the first time, I recorded his Jonny b. Goode shred fest with hand held tape recorder. After that Def Leppard's hysteria got me further into guitar. But I didn't start playing until a few years later, teaching myself with the Black album when that came out. Ever since I have been fighting Kirkdom. I think I am cured for the most part
Progbass
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At first Cliff Burton, but who really got me interested about bass were John Myung and Thomas Miller.
Medusa's eyes
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Lars Ulrich of Metallica.....
then I switched of instrument after 3,5 years
Jordan Rudess and Mike Pinnella inspired me this time
then I switched of instrument after 3,5 years
Jordan Rudess and Mike Pinnella inspired me this time
Dobbit
Oprah
When I first started playing around 4 years back or so, I listened to a lot of grunge and stuff like that. My older brother was the first person to make me want to play guitar though. We shared a room and he'd be up playing guitar wicked late and everything, and one time I just stayed up and he showed me a few chords and stuff. After that he taught me how to play 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana, then 'Come As You Are'. After that my brother got me into Guns N' Roses, Black Sabbath, and Ozzy. For a long time I was obsessed with Slash. I've since diversified a hell of a lot. I don't have anything against Nirvana or any grunge or punk band, I've just moved on to better things in my opnion. Why would you ever need to listen to Nirvana when there is Symphony X?
After my GNR and Ozzy stage I started to listen to some more obscure artists than those who got air play. I started listening to some Blind Guardian and I liked Andre Olbrich's style, around that time I also started getting into heavier stuff like Shadows Fall. Sometime around then I discovered Malmsteen and went nuts when I heard him. He was the one who made me decide that guitar was going to be my instrument and I was going to stick with it. I practiced for around 12 hours a day when I could to try to be able to play his stuff. Unfortunately, I didn't use a metronome and thus had horrible timing (I've since gone back and fixed that). In highschool I started listening to bands like Emperor, Dissection, and Opeth. I then went through an 80's phase, listening to Iron Maiden, Racer X, and Megadeth. Then after all that, I discovered Symphony X when I was going to a Blind Guardian concert. I was absolutely blown away, and I've been a fan ever since.
After my GNR and Ozzy stage I started to listen to some more obscure artists than those who got air play. I started listening to some Blind Guardian and I liked Andre Olbrich's style, around that time I also started getting into heavier stuff like Shadows Fall. Sometime around then I discovered Malmsteen and went nuts when I heard him. He was the one who made me decide that guitar was going to be my instrument and I was going to stick with it. I practiced for around 12 hours a day when I could to try to be able to play his stuff. Unfortunately, I didn't use a metronome and thus had horrible timing (I've since gone back and fixed that). In highschool I started listening to bands like Emperor, Dissection, and Opeth. I then went through an 80's phase, listening to Iron Maiden, Racer X, and Megadeth. Then after all that, I discovered Symphony X when I was going to a Blind Guardian concert. I was absolutely blown away, and I've been a fan ever since.
Julz
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