Pick your favorite artist and let us know who their infleunced them. It could be anyone. Who influences them musically, aesthetically, etc. Also, who are the people that look up to this artist and carry out their torch?

Let's start with the main man:





INFLUENCES
James Brown
Jimi Hendrix
Sly Stone
Little Richard
The Beatles
Ohio Players
Carlos Santana
Joni Mitchell
George Clinton
Stevie Wonder
David Bowie


DISCIPLES
Sananda Maitreya
Lenny Kravitz
Outkast
D'Angelo
Beck
Georgio
Ready For The World
Basement Jaxx
Bilal
Chocolate Genius
Jamie Lidell
Har Mar Superstar
Jesse Johnson
Cody Chesnutt
Of Montreal
Kelis
The Nep2nes
Van Hunt
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Okay, I'll try:


Siouxsie and the Banshees

INFLUENCES
David Bowie
The Doors
Iggy Pop
Roxy Music
T.Rex
The Sex Pistols
The Velvet Underground

DISCIPLES
AFI
Garbage
Jane's Addiction
The Long Blondes
Scissor Sisters
Tricky
U2
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
and a million goth bands

edit: Jane's should have been obvious since that's how the Banshees got on the first Lollapalooza tour.
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wow! this is a cool ass thread! here's mine....

Grace Jones:
Influences
David Bowie
Annie Lennox

Disciples
Kelis
The singer of Spektrum


damn i can't think of anyone else but there has to be more

NWF already did my main man so I'll do my main lady...



EMMYLOU HARRIS

Influences:

Joan Baez
Dolly Parton
Loretta Lynn
Clark Family
Gram Parsons
Ralph Stanley

Disciples:

Lucinda Williams
Nancy Griffith
Patti Griffin
Dixie Chicks
Tift Merritt
Alison Krauss
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Sarah McClachlan
kd. Lang

great thread!

dancerella said:

grace jones was influenced by lennox? wasn't she around before her?

So who inspired Rock's greatest icons?




INFLUENCES

Chuck Berry
Bob Dylan
The Beach Boys
Little Richard
Elvis Presley
Carl Perkins
Buddy Holly
Phil Spector
The Byrds (yes, they took some cues from their contemporaries)
Ravi Shankar

DISCIPLES

Everyone that came after them.






OK, let's be a little more fair. I'll list the obvious ones:

Oasis
The Bangles
XTC
The Raspberries
Elvis Costello
The Monkees
Split Enz (and pretty much every Finn-related act.)
Prince
Mitch Easter
Paul Weller
Biff Bang Pow!
Lenny Kravitz

I was hoping this thread got more replies.

INFLUENCES

Louis Armestrong
Bessie Smith
Ethel Waters
Mabel Mercer
Lester Young

DISCIPLES

Peggy Lee
Sarah Vaughan
Etta James
Dinah Washington
Abbey Lincoln
Chaka Khan
Phoebe Snow
Nina Simone
Phyllis Hyman
Mary J Blige
Erykah Badu
Amy Possumhouse
Lauryn Hill

INFLUENCES

Stevie Wonder
The Beatles
The BeeGees
James Brown
Gene Kelly
Fred Astaire
Jackie Wilson
Ray Charles


DISCIPLES
Janet Jackson
Daniel Bedingfield
Justin Timberlake
Usher
Chris Brown
Omarion
MC Hammer
Ray J
Robin Thicke
Profyle
Toby Love
(S)He
Tevin Campbell
Pharrell Williams
Will Smith






Me
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MARVIN GAYE


INFLUENCES
Nat "King" Cole
Billy Eckstine
The Moonglows
Frank Sinatra
Clyde McPhatter
Ray Charles
Sam Cooke

DISCIPLES
Frankie Beverly & Maze
Stevie Wonder
Luther Vandross
Howard Hewett
Rick James
D'Angelo
Teena Marie
The DeBarge family
The Jackson 5/Jermaine Jackson
Freddie Jackson
Maxwell
Robin Thicke
Jason Kay
R. Kelly
Mary J. Blige
Kenny Lattimore
Rod Stewart
Paul Young
Mick Hucknall
The Isley Brothers
Joe
Jon B.
Justin Timberlake
George Michael
Donnie
John Legend

...I'm sure there's more...
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I'll do another one...this is too good of a thread to let go!!!!!

Someone had to do this one..so I'll take one for the team...



MARIAH 'MIMI' CAREY

Influences:

Aretha Franklin
Minnie Riperton
Patti LaBelle
Cherelle
Carole King
Prince
Rick James
Michael Jackson
Olivia Newton John

Dicsiples:

Christina Aguilera
Jessica Simpson
Beyonce / Destiny's Child
Kelly Clarkson
Jennifer Lopez
Mya

And anotha one!!!!!

One of my absolute favs..



GRAM PARSONS

Influences

Johnny Cash
Rolling Stones
Merle Haggard
Willie Nelson
Hank Williams
Beatles
Buck Owens


Dicsiples:

Emmylou Harris
Ryan Adams / Whiskeytown
Uncle Tupelo
Dwight Yoacham
Norah Jones
Lucinda Williams
Wilco
Jar Farrar
Son Volt
Beck
Steve Earle
Shelby Lynne

JAMES BROWN

Influences:

Ray Charles
Little Richard
Joe Tex
Louis Jordan
Sam Cooke
Roy Brown
Big Joe Turner
Drifters
Cadallacs
Jackie Wilson


Dicsiples:

Sly Stone
Jackson 5/Michael Jackson
Joe Tex
Prince
Rick James
George Clinton

Too many to name...

Jimi Hendrix


Influences:
T-Bone Walker
B.B. King
Albert King
Curtis Mayfield
Robert Johnson
Muddy Waters
Howlin' Wolf
Little Richard
Larry Lee
Bob Dylan
James Brown
Tina Turner
Sam Cooke
Isley Brothers
Wilson Pickett
King Curtis
Wes Montgomery
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Mozart
George Frederick Handel
Arnold Schoenberg
Miles Davis



Disciples (or were influenced by to some degree) :
Ernie Isley
Eddie Hazel
Eric Gales
Jean-Paul Bourelly
Funkadelics
Bootsy Collins
Prince
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Robin Trower
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Eric Johnson
Miles Davis (70s era)
...tons more



tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431
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theAudience said:

Speak on it TA!

Another favorite of mine. The only band that really mattered and the best of their genre which we call "Punk Rock":



INFLUENCES

Sex Pistols
The Ramones
Rolling Stones
Bob Marley
Bob Dylan
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Woody Guthrie
James Brown
The Who
Grandmaster Flash
Elvis Presley

DISCIPLES

Green Day
U2
Rancid
Gang of Four
Manic Street Preachers
The Pretenders
Bad Brains
Radio 4
The Alarm
The Daed 60's
Operation Ivy
NOFX
Fugazi
The Offspring
The Specials
Social Distortion
Rage Against The Machine
moe.
Transvision Vamp
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This is a great thread!

pinkcashmere75 said:

Wow! It's so nice to see that I'm getting some positive feedback about this thread.

And you know something, you can learn a lot about these artists through the people they looked up to and the people who looked up to them.

THE SUPREMES

INFLUENCES
The Shirrelles
The Chantels
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
The Marvelettes
Etta James
Ray Charles/Raelettes

DISCIPLES
The Three Degrees
The Emotions
Expose
En Vogue
Destiny's Child
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I got mo, lol:



THE ISLEY BROTHERS

INFLUENCES
The Cadillacs
The Drifters
Jackie Wilson
Ray Charles
Marvin Gaye
The Four Tops
James Brown
The Impressions
Stevie Wonder

DISCIPLES
The Commodores
Earth, Wind & Fire
The Neville Brothers
The Jackson 5/Jacksons/Michael Jackson
Lenny Kravitz
Prince
The Beatles
Elton John
Jimi Hendrix
Rod Stewart
R. Kelly
Babyface
Hip-hop music in general (you should've included that under James Brown's disciples, lol!)
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Timmy84 said:

Nice job. Stevie Wonder was also a big influence on the 3+3 Isleys.

AlexdeParis said:

Thanks, I thought he was, lol. They worked with his engineers from the "Talking Book" and "Innervisions" albums if I'm not mistaken and Chris Jasper idolized Stevie.

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention my other superhero and his 3 former amigos.




INFLUENCES

T. Rex
David Bowie
New York Dolls
Patti Smith
The Beatles
Sandie Shaw
Elvis Presley
Sparks
The Kinks
The Buzzcocks
Ludus
The Byrds

DISCIPLES

James
Oasis
Pulp
Blur
The Dears
Suede
The Libertines
Lush
Doves
Maximo Park
Belle and Sebastian
Franz Ferdinand
Beirut
The Stone Roses

sosgemini said:

you know to tell you the truth i was even unsure of that when i wrote it. did she come before annie lennox or vice versa. does anyone know? even still they do remind me of each other!

JasonStar said:

that would be too many to list Jase

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

+ Stevie Wonder, Harry Nilssen, Chaka, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Luther, Marvin, DMX & 2Pac.



+ Katharine McPhee, Nelly Furtado, Avril & Delta Goodrem.

P.S. I cannot fathom Furtado & Avril being there, but in their own words it was Mariah they grew up trying to immitate.
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OTIS REDDING

INFLUENCES
Little Richard
Ray Charles
Sam Cooke
James Brown
Johnny Jenkins

DISCIPLES
Teddy Pendergrass
Aretha Franklin
Michael Bolton (as unfortunate as that is )
Ryan Shaw
Michael Jackson (he had to have gotten the grunts somewhere)
Johnnie Taylor
Al Green
The Black Crowes
Tom Jones
The Bar-Kays
Alexander O'Neal

...I'm sure there's more, lol
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MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS

INFLUENCES
Marvin Gaye
Mary Wells
Della Reese
The Chantels
The Shirelles
The Raelettes

DISCIPLES
Dusty Springfield
Honey Cone
The Emotions
The Pointer Sisters
Labelle
The Mary Jane Girls
SWV
Destiny's Child
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CURTIS MAYFIELD

INFLUENCES
Clyde McPhatter
Bob Dylan
Sam Cooke
Jerry Butler

DISCIPLES
The Isley Brothers
Bob Marley & the Wailers
Smokey Robinson
Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Wonder
Donny Hathaway
Sylvester
Rod Stewart
Pharrell
Ice-T
Fishbone
Alicia Keys
Lenny Kravitz
Prince
John Mayer
Van Hunt
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