Revolutionary Musicians

[17wil]

No one mentioned Black Sabbath? Deep Purple?

 

[RoRK]

Les Paul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Crawldaddy]

Hmm.

AC/DC. Solid rhythm (Malcolm) and lead (Angus) playing. They have always been a guiding light to me in terms of sheer tightness and ball-breaking, stomp-worthy riffs.

 

[edder]

rork... you got see hendrix live ah? wah... lucky fella can see him on bad days and good days some more.... :lol:

my list

David Torn (avant garde or die)
Kevin Shields (godfather of dreampop)
Michael Brook (mr infinite guitar)
Joe Pass (the unsurpassed heavy weight champion of fingerstyle jazz)
John Mclaughlin (fusion of east meets west)

 

[AEnimic]

Trent Reznor (Talent)
Tom Morello (nothing spells revolution like a man thats actually doing something)
Serj Tankian (same reason)
Van Halen (I don't like his music,but he's a nutjob when its guitars,very unique)

 

[azlan]

bob marley

 

[emg-rocks]

john lennon!

he's definitely not the most technical and all that stuff. but he's definitely a killer songwriter.

 

[glentiaw]

backstreet boys.

nuff said.

 

[blueshoes]

has anyone mentioned

Elton John?

Jeff Buckley?

Why all guitar-heavy riff-oriented songs.

there's more to song writing than electric guitar riffs i thunk. oh wells. i'm just saying this cos i think the original thread-starter wanted to widen his listening influences. but listening to the same old group of pple.. (electric guitar riffs and musicians from the same era/influences) don't help much.

maybe got, but i didn't see those posts. hmmm...


anyways, someone said joni mitchell is a folk singer. what's wrong with being a folk singer?

if you wanna widen your listening, be open minded. or else, just keep listening to the retro hair stuff. (now i'm being as dismissive as the rest. hahaha.)

ok lahhh, just listen can? listen to anything and everything. don;t like, throw away.

 

[sleepykitty]

black sabbath :twisted: pioneers of metalzZzZZz

 

[glentiaw]

i like the steven gerrard reply...

ok. but really,
my top 5 of revolutionary in the sense that they're uber influential:
hendrix
led zep
beatles
sabbath
bb king

my personal top 5 in the sense that they changed my own perceptions of music a lot.
hendrix
nirvana
incubus
queen
miles davis

 

[AgingYouth]

Bjork
Portishead
Public Enemy
The Sugarhill Gang
Scott Walker
Pink Floyd
Herbie Hancock
Tortoise
Sly And The Family Stone
DJ Krush
Beach Boys
Ennio Morricone
John Williams (hey, he made movie soundtracks into pop songs. Gotta give him props for that...)
DJ Shadow
David Bowie
Rage Against The Machine
Muse (In their only bombastic way... To me, they are this generation's Smashing Pumpkins.)
Radiohead (just for bringing style back to indie rock)
Depeche Mode
Pet Shop Boys
Aphex Twins

 

[seanydon]

The Beatles influenced and revolutionized (no pun intended) popular music itself the way it is today. Jimi Hendrix took guitaring to a whole new level. Les Paul was a major contributor to how recording and instrument building is done.

 

[glissceule]

cristiano ronaldo

 

[henryvelge]

DETHKLOK!

 

[AcousticElements]

BJORK
Radiohead
Jeff Buckley
Sarah Mclachlan
At The Drive In
Luna Sea
Bob Dylan
Bowie
Sting
Godspeed
Counting Crows
Pink Floyd
Smashing Pumpkins
John Mayer?? (I think he will in the future, if he have not already done it)
Simon & Garfunkel
Michael Jackson

 

[XLayaR]

Jackson and Prince!

haha

 

[panz3rr]

Nathan Explosion!!

 

[gsonique]

Steve Hackett - Genesis

Tom Morello

Adam Jones

 

[RoRK]

Aiyah peeps! It's revolutionary; quite different from influential, although there are overlaps.

Anyways, there were a few interesting choices. I'd like to add Charlie Christian & Django Reinhardt for bringing solo guitar to the forefront of popular music..

Cheers
RoRK