YOW!

What a hard choice....though i have to say THE tipping point is John Paul Jones.

Im sooooooooo tired of people lazily citing Zep as a metal band.

Seriously....its soooo fierce.

I really would have loved to been a drummer at that time....(like age 12-14)...and soak up Tony.....The Mothers....and all of those Brit fusion bands.

Id be...

OMFG!!!...That needs to be a t-shirt!!!

Daniel Ash....Prince.....John Frusciante (maybe...he seems to get accolades)....Omar Rodriguez Lopez...East Bay Ray.....Greg Ginn....Doctor Know......Eddie Hazel.....Daniel Lanois.....John...

Prince in the endtro of "Kiss".

My hero: Tony Williams:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/BedBeatz/Tony.jpg

According to some, this is God:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/BedBeatz/lemmy_02.jpg

Prince:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/BedBeatz/BET1_narrowweb__300x3450.jpg

Living legend- Vinnie Colaiuta:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/BedBeatz/vinniecolaiuta.jpg

Jonny...

John Frusciante:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/BedBeatz/elasticman.jpg

Bad Brains:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/BedBeatz/mg21210.jpg

Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet:...

Just turned 37......but still try to view music like i was 9

Wow....so i guess you dont know of his vast and ultimately influential inventions...and techniques.

The real answer is Ace Frehley.

Ohhhhh....how could i forget Helmet.

That band that every heavy band is inspired by.....but doesnt know it.

WHAT!!!????

Thats rad!!

I gotta find that...

Ooooo....i totally forgot about them!!

They were actually pretty good.

And great call on Power Station.....33 1/2 is one smoking funk-rock album.

Theres been alot of nice choices here..(except IMO, "Stairway..."). Some ive heard...some i havent.

;)

Hands down "Maggot Brain".....in recent pop music..."Purple Rain"

Great call on XTC......and Hanoi Rocks...and someone mentioned My Bloody Valentine too....(they are reformed and working on a new album BTW)

I hope kiddies discover what great songwriters XTC...

Great find.....you just made me sad about Oscar who died recently.

-In the movie Fargo.....where theres a wide winter-time shot of a man walking across a field.....that man was Prince.

-That guy on Celebrity Rehab, Bob Forest, was The Red Hot Chili Peppers first...

I think its one of the best rock doc. ever made.

They were quite brave to release that footage.

The doc. should be renamed "Watch Lars Ulrich Single-handedly Destroy His Own Band".