"Kill 'Em All" by Metallica, especially Cliff Burton's bass playing, made me want to play bass and not be content to just play the typical G-note that most bassists just pound on
"Mother's Milk" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers showed that you could be white and get funky on bass...I never played slap style until I heard Flea going insane with it, especially on the songs "Higher Ground" and "Knock Me Down"
"In Your Face" by Fishbone was also a monster reason for me switching froma mediocre guitar player to a better than average bass player
Slayer's "Reign In Blood" and Venom's "Black Metal" influenced a lot of the aggressiveness in my songwriting
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