Vinnie SPIT - Influences
Everyone is always asking me who I like and who my influences are. Here you go.
Local Bands That I Highly Recommend:
1) The Centimeters - one of the most original and compelling acts I've ever seen.
2) The Assholes - kick-ass rock band with excellent musicianship.
 
Influential Composers:
1) Jim Foetus
2) Frank Zappa
3) Frederick Chopin
4) Wolfgang Mozart
5) Louie Prima
Influential Drummers:
1) Ted Parsons - Swans, Prong, Foetus, Godflesh
2) Bill Bruford - King Crimson
3) Daniel Glass - Royal Crown Revue
4) Terry Bozzio - Frank Zappa
5) Gary Ponder
 
Influential Guitar Players:
1) Robert Fripp
2) Ted Nugent
3) Tony Iommi
4) Doug Hilsinger
5) Tal Farlow
Influential Saxophone Players:
1) Doug Yokoyama
2) James Carter
3) John Lurie - Lounge Lizards
4) Mando Dorame - Royal Crown Revue
5) Sam Butera
6) Francis Wong
7) John Coltrane
8) Joe Houston
 
Influential Trumpet Players:
1) Scott Steen - Royal Crown Revue
2) Miles Davis
Influential Bass Players:
1) Tony Levin
2) Les Claypool - Primus
3) Dean Taba
4) Mingus
 
Influential Keyboardists:
1) Herbie Hancock
2) Claude Willey - Batz Without Flesh
 
Influential Vocalists:
1) Wendy O. Williams - Plasmatics
2) Sam Butera
3) Jim Foetus
4) Michael Gira - The Swans