The Record That Made Me Want To Make Music
THE BEATLES - 1962-1966 & 1967-1970
"The two Beatles Greatest Hits of
their early years and their later
years - the red one and the blue
one. Those were a big part of my life
when I was young because those
albums basically taught me how
to play music. My mother bought
me a guitar, those two records and
a Beatles songbook and that was
it. Everything I know about music
came from that. It was huge."
The Record That Made Me A Drummer
RUSH - 2112
"I think I was in third grade, maybe nine years
old, and I have a cousin who lived in Chicago.
His name is Trip, and Trip gave me '2112'. I went
up to his bedroom - I think he was smoking weed,
I could smell incense - and I saw this record cover
and I listened to this album. It was really the first
time I ever heard a drummer in the forefront
of the band. Neil Peart was such an innovative,
legendary drumming god that I took it home
and it just made me fall in love. When you see
his drum set it just looks like a fucking spaceship.
I'm sure that was probably the record."
The Record That Got Me Through Kurt's Death
THE VOLUPTOUS HORROR OF KAREN BLACK - A NATIONAL HEALTHCARE
"For a while after Kurt died I couldn't even listen
to music. I hated turning on the radio for fear that
I'd hear a Nirvana song or any sort of sad music.
Anything melancholy just made me so depressed.
I would listen to shit like Ace Of Base. I got really into
that! I was listening to some really ridiculous shit.
But I had a record called 'A National Healthcare' by
a band called The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black
that I particularly remember. They were this sort
of New York performance art band and were great.
I remember Frank Black's 'Teenager Of The Year'
came out that year around that time, that was a
really great record. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
record 'Orange' came out around the same time,
that was another great record. That was a funny time
with me musically because I just didn't really want to
hear any music. Then I realised, 'Oh wait, it's music
that's going to heal me. What am I doing? I should be
listening to music. I should be making music that will
make me feel better'. And it did."
