Some of my favorite musical artists:

In no particular order:

Those musical artists with ** are bands who I have seen live.

• Captain Beefheart  An artist who started with Frank Zappa, he has very complex poly-rhythms.  His voice somewhat sounds similar to Tom Waits.

• X-Legged Sally  Zoogz Rift sent me a copy of Killed By Charity in April of '95.  Complex music from Belgium!

• Fugazi**  My friend Dave got me interested in this band.  Post punk-rock type music.

• Moody Blues**  My parents brought me up playing this band.

• Crosby, Stills and Nash  My parents are the ones who got me into this band.   A really cool harmony in this band.

• Santana  I was brought up on this band.

• Mike Keneally**  Went on tour w/Zappa 87-88.  (Very talented complex guitar player!!)

• Frank Zappa  Read this to find out more.

• King Crimson**  Adam from UPS told me about and played this progressive-rock band for me.

• Zoogz Rift  I found out who this wonderfully-weird artist was through alt.fan.frank-zappa

• Smog** Smog was introduced to me via The Flaming Lips.   They covered one of his songs called "The Chosen One".

• Shawn Phillips**  An artist who has amazed me and still has me in awe with his multi-talented voice.   First heard from my parents.

• John McLaughlin** I was turned on to this artist by a fellow named Dave M. who lives in Wisconsin who recorded Visions of the Emerald Beyond for me.  John McLaughlin originally was the leader of a band called Mahavishnu Orchestra.

• Led Zeppelin  Angela, a friend from my high school years played this very talented band for me.

• Beatles  The Beatles, the sign that I had parents from the sixties.

• Tom Waits**  Joel from Chicago played this one of a kind artist (somewhat like Capt. Beefheart in his voice and overall weirdness) for me.

• Pink Floyd**  Heard for the first time in 87-88 time period.  (The album was Dark Side of The Moon.)

• Primus**  Someone from UPS (where I once-upon-a-time worked) clued me in on this wonderfully weird band.

• Nine Inch Nails**  Some one who worked at UPS played this band for me in '92-'93 time period.
• Flaming Lips  Dave W. got me into this band.  (Before they were popular!)
• Dead Kennedys (Also try this site out www.alternativetentacles.com.  Mark from Eau Claire, WI recorded the album for me called In God We Trust Inc. in 1986.  A one of a kind punk band.  Very interesting lyrics.
• They Might Be Giants  Sam who was going to DeVry and working at UPS got me interested in this goofy-lyrics and off-beat band.

• Melvins**  The Seattle, WA based band actually had some of the members of Nirvana as their road crew early on in their career around 1984.  I very heavy band...

• Morphine**  I read about this band near the beginning pages of The Illinois Entertainer in early '94.  I saw them for the first time at The Empty Bottle.

• Violent Femmes**  Adam from UPS played this band for me in '93.

• Wesley Willis**  A diagnosed schizophrenic African-American who I met at a concert where he was selling his own CDs.  Later on he became more than just local!

• The Dead Milkmen  Sam is also responsible for getting me into this band back in '91.

• Ween**  A friend (Joe) said I would like this band, he was right on target!

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