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#21 pippy

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 04:58 PM

kaleb, on 30 November 2012 - 04:47 PM, said:

...Ace Frehley...

You don't say! We'd never have guessed, kaleb!

[laugh]

Actually I think Ace is a hoot and he has a great sense of humour ("actually I'm a plumber"...... [lol]

) and if, as was suggested just the other day, there are those people who have a hatred for all things KISS then it's fitting that there is a balancing force somewhere on this - or any other convenient - planet.

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#22 Kaiser Bill

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Posted 01 December 2012 - 09:27 AM

I first heard Scotty Moore playing behind Elvis in '57, and that was all she wrote for me. Then I found the Ventures, Later it was Howard Roberts, Roy Buchanan, Tommy Emmanuel, Johnny Winter, Chet, Doyle Dykes, Tom Bresh. The list goes on. So many good musicians...and yet......... JMO

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#23 daveinspain

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Posted 01 December 2012 - 09:56 AM

Jimmi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Clapton when he was with Cream, specially the WHeels of fire album, Peter Frampton when he was with Humble Pie... Tom Scholz for his tone and melodic leads, Gary Moore for his feeling, Kurt Cobain for his raw energy... But the guys that really got me into music were the Beatles... They opened the doors for all the rest.

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Posted 01 December 2012 - 11:11 AM

pippy, on 30 November 2012 - 04:58 PM, said:

You don't say! We'd never have guessed, kaleb!

[laugh]

Actually I think Ace is a hoot and he has a great sense of humour ("actually I'm a plumber"...... [lol]

Hell yeah! I'd rather hear him tell jokes and one-liners between songs rather than Paul Stanley's time-wasting banter (which got old a long, long time ago). My bass player absolutely hates KISS, but even he likes Ace (and some of his solo music outside of KISS. We do "Snow Blind").

Interestingly enough, I had kinda gotten out of KISS for a while (I was listening to more bluesy stuff, Bonamassa, etc, at the time), but seeing Ace last year got me way into it again. KISS (as in Gene and Paul. Eric and Tommy are great, I just don't agree with the makeup politics) can't play anymore. Ace still has it. Sure, he's getting up there and he doesn't tour as heavily as he used to (which KISS does), but he's still the man and his band (which features younger cats that have the balls and energy that left Paul Stanley years ago) sounds kickass. He does a lot of older KISS songs, like "Shout It Out Loud" and stuff (which I kinda don't care for cause' I'm tired of the same KISS hits and he has a lot of solo material that he never plays), and his versions sound more KISS than the current KISS.

And, I'm pretty sure Ace hates everything KISS aside from the music, his history with the band, and the fans. You don't see/hear him talking about how "cool" the KISS dolls were.....The whole overkill merchandising thing is one of the reasons he has left the band twice.

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Take a Gibson Les Paul, throw a DiMarzio Super Distortion in it, plug it into a Marshall amp and turn it up to 10. It's pretty much a no brainer!- Ace ****in' Frehley
I don't see why we have to go through all the bullshit of high school just to be musicians- Alex Lifeson
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Like is too strong a word...I don't really like anybody- Chris DeNicola (I love Road Rants)
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Thanks..I like to play...- Garth Algar (AKA Dana Carvey)

And most importantly....**** OFF ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME! (Gene Simmons, Eddie Trunk, and anyone who matters)

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Posted 01 December 2012 - 11:50 PM

John Lennon and George Harrison were my first big influences but when I first heard Jimi Hendrix he bacame my biggest influence and it was then that I started practicing in earnest often over 10 or 12 hours a day. Chris Britton of The Troggs was a huge influence as was Pete Townshend.When I'm playing rhythm the Britton/Townshend influence is quite obvious but when I'm playing lead the Hendrix influence is pretty evident as I adopted his style of bending and hand vibrato and other bits of his technique.I don't consciously try to emulate him but I have listened to his music so much that I couldn't help but adopt a lot of his style by osmosis.

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Posted 02 December 2012 - 12:01 PM

My get going was by group more than individual. Cream got me started, but Mountain put the Lightning in me.

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#27 kaleb

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Posted 02 December 2012 - 12:48 PM

My hero regardless of music ain't even a musician (well, sorta. He loved heavy metal). It's Sam Kinison.

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Posted 02 December 2012 - 12:51 PM

kaleb, on 02 December 2012 - 12:48 PM, said:

My hero regardless of music ain't even a musician (well, sorta. He loved heavy metal). It's Sam Kinison.

You're parents must be very proud (not to mention a little worried).

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Posted 02 December 2012 - 01:00 PM

Jim Beam, Jack Daniels & Mr. Orville Gibson.Leo Fender, Chet Atkins, Leadbelly, Mance Lipscom and J. L. Hooker.George Harrison, and the & King of Twang. Just to name a few.

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Posted 02 December 2012 - 01:03 PM

ZenKen, on 02 December 2012 - 12:51 PM, said:

You're parents must be very proud (not to mention a little worried).

Yep! My mother thinks I'm nuts!

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Posted 03 December 2012 - 11:30 AM

Without a doubt... these two fellers have done more to influence my playing than any other two guitarists.

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Jerry Garcia

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Posted 03 December 2012 - 11:50 AM

My mentor Ben Bones who isn't famous but he had the patience to teach me his songs.
My grampa who always had a guitar at hand and played at all hours for fun or to get a song ready to show his band.
My mom who never played but always had a good record collection.

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