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there's a few i think.
beatles: rubber soul
from my parent's record collection. listened too it constantly as a kid. first time rock music really got to me and drew me in. made me want to play music.
nirvana: in utero
it's not too hip to admit it, but this band is a catalyst for alot of what i'm into now, even though it's pretty distant from me now. I bought it when I was 13. I saw it on Beavis and BUtthead. I thought the lyrics were "hey, wayne" and that it was about wayne's world. I was a dumbass kid culturally.
sonic youth: daydream nation
nirvana lead into this. teenage riot blew my ass out my ears. and vice versa. lead me to my love of feedback and noises.
ornette coleman: the shape of jazz to come
got me interested in playing my saxophone again, also made me yearn to push music i was writing into more free territories. before that i was writing very nirvana-ish, weezer-ish cookie cutter type stuff.
slint: spiderland
bought it on a whim. first time i heard really textured dynamics. made me want to crescendo insteads of loud-soft-loud.
captain beefheart: lick my decals off, baby
picked up where ornette left off. showed me free music could stick in your head like a pop song.
there's more but i'm too drunk to think clear.
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