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Cozzer’s Question 12/08/24

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Who is the most influential Rock or Metal band from your country?

I’ll go first. I think one of the most influential bands from my home country of England is the mighty Black Sabbath. With such a lengthy career and so many bands saying Sabbath got them into music, They have earned their place in history.

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43 responses to “Cozzer’s Question 12/08/24”

  1. michael branscáth avatar
    michael branscáth

    Going hyper-local (Minneapolis/Minnesota, USA), it might be a tossup between two ends of the spectrum: Prince for the general pop/rock influence. I think we’re still discovering his many alternative names and who he wrote with and for. He definitely had a huge impact on all genres of music in the 80s.

    Often listed as an influence by the bands that followed them (quite a few that made it much bigger than them), from grunge to garage I’ll offer up The Replacements. I’m always amazed at the bands and musicians who identify them as an influence.

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    1. signalman avatar
      signalman

      Yea think I’m going with Prince but might include Michael Jackson at a close even second.

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      1. michael branscáth avatar
        michael branscáth

        I can get behind that, although he never did that much for me. Still, in terms of helping define pop and rock for a generation, he certainly was a heavy hitter in that respect.

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        1. signalman avatar
          signalman

          yea it really is a matter of genre,
          Then there is
          JOHNNY CASH!

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          1. michael branscáth avatar
            michael branscáth

            Definitely.

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          2. Cozzer avatar
            Cozzer

            Cash was a legend to be fair 🤘🏻

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            1. St Jimmy avatar
              St Jimmy

              Johnny Cash is definitely one of the greats!

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      2. Cozzer avatar
        Cozzer

        The influence both brought cannot be denied 🤘🏻

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    2. Cozzer avatar
      Cozzer

      Prince certainly was/is influential 🤘🏻

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  2. lyndhurstlaura avatar
    lyndhurstlaura

    I answered your last post with The Stones, and I have to go with them again here. They’re still rockin’ on, still bringing in the audiences and still inspiring thoughts of ‘I wish I was’ in the hearts of countless other musicians. There are so many other greats from the 60s and 70s – The Who, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd to name but a few – that I could be here all night. I’m off to a bar instead though. Thanks for the nostalgia! 😎

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    1. Cozzer avatar
      Cozzer

      The Stones are fantastically influential, countless other people cite Deep Purple and Zeppelin as their influences too. Thanks for sharing 🍺🤘🏻

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      1. lyndhurstlaura avatar
        lyndhurstlaura

        You’re welcome. It’s great to remember all those bands. 😊

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  3. seafort81 avatar
    seafort81

    Seeing as my dad has both Destroyer and Countdown to Ecstasy, it’s a toss-up between KISS and Steely Dan for me. I’ve always loved both their sound and their unique way of “moving the music.”

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    1. Cozzer avatar
      Cozzer

      Both are great choices 🤘🏻

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  4. St Jimmy avatar
    St Jimmy

    Too many from the UK. I’ll be here all day.

    The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, Pink Floyd, Sex Pistols, The Clash, T rex, The who, Queen.

    Just to name a few 😂

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    1. Cozzer avatar
      Cozzer

      The list can seem endless sometimes. I often forget the sheer anount of talent that has come out of our little island. 🤘🏻

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      1. St Jimmy avatar
        St Jimmy

        It is mad that we’ve had so many greats from our small island. Even our neighbours Ireland have had a fair amount

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        1. Cozzer avatar
          Cozzer

          Thats true, they gave us the mighty Thin Lizzy 🤘🏻

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          1. St Jimmy avatar
            St Jimmy

            If you ever go to Dublin, you need to go to the rock n roll museum. They have a lot of Phill Lynotts items. Plus a statue in Dublin too.

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            1. Cozzer avatar
              Cozzer

              Its near the top of my bucket list 🤘🏻

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  5. windupmyskirt avatar
    windupmyskirt

    In my country of Canada I would have to say it’s Rush.

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    1. St Jimmy avatar
      St Jimmy

      Tom Sawyer! 🤘

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  6. RasmaSandra avatar
    RasmaSandra

    We’ve got quite a few in the US mentioning Jefferson Airplane, Journey, Bon Jovi and the list goes on not to mention all the rock greats like Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel. I also wanted to mention a favorite that I just had a hard time to get over that COVID actually took him Meat Loaf.

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    1. Cozzer avatar
      Cozzer

      Meat Loaf hit me pretty hard too, that mans voice was fantastic 🤘🏻

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    2. St Jimmy avatar
      St Jimmy

      All great bands! I saw Springsteen live last year and he is incredible! I would love to see billy Joel and Bon Jovi.Journey were playing a gig with cheap trick in my city, but they have now cancelled it which is a shame, as I wanted to go.

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  7. missparker0106 avatar
    missparker0106

    So hard to narrow down, because of great influences in different specific rock genres…but I’ve narrowed it down to Talking Heads, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Lou Reed & Velvet Underground, and Aerosmith.

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    1. Cozzer avatar
      Cozzer

      Cannot deny the influence of those guys 🤘🏻

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  8. Radio Faux Show avatar
    Radio Faux Show

    If you consider him rock, I will say Bob Dylan for the US. For a purely metal answer, I think it is Metallica. VU is also a great answer. I can’t imagine rock or metal sounding the same now without those.

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    1. Cozzer avatar
      Cozzer

      All great choices and certainly influential 🤘🏻

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  9. Ratajit avatar
    Ratajit

    I heard of them, but I just know today that they are the first.
    In Thailand, I do not want to count the first one because most artists and vocalists back in those days didn’t write the songs by themselves. The records companies hired composers to write for them.

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  10. Christopher Marcus avatar
    Christopher Marcus

    For Denmark, I’m afraid it’s probably Aqua … (I’ll show myself out now)

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    1. St Jimmy avatar
      St Jimmy

      😂Everybody loves a bit of Barbie Girl every now and then

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  11. Sunra Rainz avatar
    Sunra Rainz

    Also from England, I’d have to say Queen. I mean, they’re timeless, untouchable and just legends.

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    1. St Jimmy avatar
      St Jimmy

      What is your favourite Queen song?

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      1. Sunra Rainz avatar
        Sunra Rainz

        You know, I’d have to say I ever tire of I Want to Break Free but also Another One Bites the Dust. How about yours, do you have one?

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        1. St Jimmy avatar
          St Jimmy

          2 great songs! I will always sing along to Bohemian Rhapsody and Don’t Stop me now. I really like their first single Keep Yourself Alive. That song doesn’t really get much attention but I really enjoy it.

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          1. Sunra Rainz avatar
            Sunra Rainz

            Ooh I’ll have to check Keep Yourself Alive out, I don’t think I know it?! Bohemian Rhapsody is of course a masterpiece and Don’t Stop Me Now is so damn catchy, I’ve started humming it right now ☺️

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            1. St Jimmy avatar
              St Jimmy

              It’s definitely worth a listen, let me know what you think.

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              1. Sunra Rainz avatar
                Sunra Rainz

                I’ll do it in a bit! ☺️

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              2. Sunra Rainz avatar
                Sunra Rainz

                Well that was classic Queen! Thanks for the recommendation.

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                1. St Jimmy avatar
                  St Jimmy

                  No problem at all, I’m glad you enjoyed it 😁

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          2. Cozzer avatar
            Cozzer

            Keep yourself alive is a down right classic 🤘🏻

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  12. amf avatar
    amf

    Late to this but will add one more because this list is male heavy… Blondie (US). Debbie Harry has had an amazing career and did a lot to center female rock singers. Also dig her contributions to other genres taking off, such as hip hop.

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