| Influences | Iggy Pop, Shriekback, David Bowie, Dandy Warhols, New Order, Tom Petty, Lou Reed, Salmonella Dub, Air, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Michael Hutchence, The The, Gang of Four, Massive Attack, Badly Drawn Boy, Simon and Garfunkel, Lee Hazlewood/Nancy Sinatra, The Killers, The Sound, Yello, B52s (esp early stuff), Devo (early punk stuff), The Residents, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, The Associates, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Blondie, Elvis Costello, Split Enz, Simple Minds, U2, The Jam, The Church, Soul II Soul, The Smiths, Fun Boy Three, Killing Joke, The Clash, Wire, The Stranglers, Talking Heads, Brian Eno, Byrne/Eno "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts", The Damned, The Buzzcocks, Japan, Van Halen, Gary Numan/Tubeway Army, Alan Parson's Project, Basement Jaxx, The Skids, Bloc Party, Klaatu, LCD Soundsystem, Love and Rockets, Nirvana, Pixies, The Pretenders, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Boomtown Rats (pre-Don't Like Mondays!), Nick Cave, Psychedelic Furs, Ultravox (in the John Foxx days before Midge Ure), Weezer, Crowded House, The Police, Bob Marley, Mekons, Depeche Mode, The Cars, The Fall, Joy Division, Kissing the Pink, Undertones, Green Day, Violent Femmes, The Cult, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Bauhaus, Radiohead, Pete Shelley, The Human League, Visage, Tears for Fears, The Knack, Cheap Trick, XTC, T-Rex, The Carpenters, Beach Boys, NIN, Neil Young. |
