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INSPIRATION
ICT as a group cannot claim to have any one inspirational source – since each member has different tastes, here’s a little about who’s influenced them.
Dave – The Clash, The
Jam, The Sex Pistols, Queen
Dave – you could call him the band punk, except that he
looks nothing like one. Never mind though, since his favourite
band – The Clash is his main influence.
Why you ask, well its because in almost every picture taken of
them they look very cool and rebellious and they wrote great
stuff as well as being incredibly ace in general.
The Clash were formed in 1976 and comprised of Joe Strummer [Vocals,
Guitar], Mick Jones [Lead Guitar, Vocals], Paul Simonon [Bass,
Vocals] & Topper Headon [Drums]. The Clash split in 1985
– following Headon’s walking out and Jones being sacked
– the new Clash line-up was far from the Clash of old, and
their last album “Cut The Crap” was never the same
calibre as those made with the original line-up. The Clash made 6
other albums [The Clash, Give ‘Em Enough Rope, London
Calling, Super Black Market Clash, Sandinista! & Combat Rock]
and released 19 singles during their career. Sadly their frontman
– Joe Strummer died in 2002 of a heart attack, he was 50.
Paul – Guns n’
Roses, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, The Clash
Paul’s favourite group and biggest influence are Guns and
Roses, formed in 1985 and comprising of Axel Rose [Vocals], Slash
[Lead Guitar], Steve Adler [Drums], Duff McKagan [Bass] and Izzy
Stradlin [Guitar].
The band dominated the rock scene in the late 80s-early 90s but
as alternative rock became popular their popularity began to
fall, the band sacked Adler and all its members have been working
on or worked on several solo projects, although most of the
members of Gn'R formed Velvet Revolver, news of Axel is scant.
The band released several albums – these albums include
“Appetite for Destruction”, “Gn’R Lies”,
“Use Your Illusion 1”, “Use Your Illusion 2”
and the imaginatively titled “The Spaghetti Incident?”
(could have been one of ours that – Dave)
James – Metallica
The unanswerable gods of rock for at least a decade –
Metallica are James, the guitarist’s main influence. Formed
in 1981 and still rocking away to this very day – Metallica
now only have 2 members of their original line-up following the
death of their first bassist in a bus accident, and their second
one walking out on them. These two members, James Hetfield [Vocals,
Guitar] and Lars Ulrich [Drums] their line-up also include Kirk
Hammet (or Kirt Hammer as Dave calls him) [Guitar] and
Metallica have released many albums over the years – their
first being Kill ‘Em All in 1983. Some would say Metallica
have gotten worse nowadays, but I’m sure Mr Goodwin would
beg to differ.
Joe – Muse, Blink 182, Metallica, Marylin
Manson
Ed- Howard Shore, John Williams, David Arnold, Queen, Rob Dougan.
Website- 'the matrix', Edward Elgar.
Being a film music coniseurr of sorts. Inspiration from the website came from the Matrix (as seen here), amoung my own ideas. Edward Elgar's 'Land of Hope and Glory', Features on the page about Ed (me, myself, I etc.) and so I thought i'd mention him. God save the queen.