User:ProgressiveAeternus/My biggest influences

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Contents 1 Bands 1.1 Top influences 1.2 Other great influences 2 Musicians 2.1 All-time favorite musician 2.2 Guitarists 2.3 Electronic musician's and keyboardists 2.4 Multi-instrumentalists 2.5 Bassists 2.6 Drummers 2.7 Vocalists 2.8 Lyricists

[edit] Bands

[edit] Top influences

Dream Theater, Pink Floyd, Rush, U2, Enchant, Toto, and Iron Maiden.

[edit] Other great influences

Liquid Tension Experiment, Planet X, Marillion, Sun Caged, The Black Mages, Spheric Universe Experience, Thought Chamber, King Crimson, Asia, Heart of Sun, Dominici, CAB, Mr. Mister, Jamiroquai, Steely Dan, Europe, AlogiA, Journey, Satellite, Genesis, Marillion, Enigma, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Circus Maximus, Niacin, Pallas, Seventh Wonder, Zero Hour, OSI, Nightwish, Symphony X, Fourplay, Megadeth, Metallica, Yes, Simply Red, Fates Warning, Queen, and Depeche Mode.

[edit] Musicians

[edit] All-time favorite musician

• Jordan Rudess

[edit] Guitarists

John Petrucci, Steve Vai, Steve Lukather, Tony MacAlpine, Neal Schon, Alex Lifeson OC, David Gilmour CBE, Steve Rothery, Joe Satriani, Al Di Meola, The Edge, Jeff Beck, Robert Fripp, Paul Gilbert, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eddie Van Halen, and Steve Morse.

[edit] Electronic musician's and keyboardists

Jordan Rudess, Jesper Kyd, Klaus Schulze, Jean Michel Jarre, William Orbit, Vangelis, Brian Eno, Derek Sherinian, Jan Hammer, Bill Jenkins, Clive Nolan, Geddy Lee OC, Kevin Moore, Paul van Dyk, and Moby.

[edit] Multi-instrumentalists

Mike Oldfield and Neal Morse.

[edit] Bassists

Tony Levin, Billy Sheehan, John Myung, and Geddy Lee OC.

[edit] Drummers

Mike Portnoy, Neil Peart OC, Simon Phillips, Rod Morgenstein, Bill Bruford, Virgil Donati, and Dennis Chambers.

[edit] Vocalists

James LaBrie, Bono KBE, David Gilmour CBE, Ted Leonard, Bruce Dickinson, Joey Tempest, Steve Perry, Geddy Lee OC, Ronnie James Dio, Freddie Mercury, Tarja Turunen, Mick Hucknall, Steve Lukather, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Dave Mustaine, James Hetfield, Luther Vandross, Steve Hogarth, Sting, Robert Plant, Phil Collins, Bobby Kimball, and Ozzy Osbourne.

[edit] Lyricists

Bono KBE, John Petrucci, and Neil Peart OC.