AIM110 P1 Genealogy Tree by

James Hetfield

1032548_2_2 — 2024-02-20 03:20:19 UTC

James Hetfield, rhythm guitarist of Metallica is a musician who influences me greatly. His complex rhythm style accompanied with his ability to down-pick at great speed is a technique frequently used by him in a majority of songs which I am highly influenced by and picked up from watching him play.

Veronika Christophorou

1032548_2_2 — 2024-02-20 03:20:53 UTC

Johnny Ramone

1032548_2_2 — 2024-02-20 03:22:24 UTC

Punk guitarist Johnny Ramone used down-picking to count beats and keep in time and produce a fast and aggressive style which influenced James Hetfield heavily. “Johnny Ramone, lots of down picking lots of you know, just fast down picking. That helped develop my style.” (Enis, 2022).

Malcolm Young

1032548_2_2 — 2024-02-20 03:23:31 UTC

Rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young shaped AC/DC’s sound by using powerful chords and an aggressive strumming style. This influenced James Hetfield in creating his own powerful and aggressive riffs. “I’d listen to somebody like Malcolm Young and think, ‘This dude’s driving the train right now.” (Altintas, 2023).

Alice in Chains

1032548_2_2 — 2024-02-21 01:51:55 UTC

Alice in Chains is a band whose musical sound influences me. Their use of heavy riffs which give off a gloomy, broody and sludgy tone and the soothing vocal harmonies between Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley on acoustic songs which express emotion and produce a mellow and melancholy tone to listeners.

Tony Iommi

1032548_2_2 — 2024-02-21 10:52:34 UTC

Tony Iommi was a massive influence on James Hetfield as his powerful riffs combined with his picking style helped to create a heavy foundation for the band to work around. James states, “Tony Iommi, he’s ruling the song with his riff and everything else joins him.” (The Pit - Editor, 2022).

Black Sabbath

1032548_2_2 — 2024-02-21 11:10:20 UTC

Black Sabbath is a heavy metal band whose songs give off a doomed and eerie tone. Alice in Chains were heavily inspired by the eerie feel of the band along with the songwriting and Ozzy Osbourne's powerful vocals, which give both bands a haunting sound as mentioned in this interview. (Chapstick, 2018).

The Beatles

1032548_2_2 — 2024-02-21 11:22:16 UTC

The twin vocals between Paul McCartney and John Lennon were something that influenced Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley a considerable amount to develop their own harmonies in a majority of the band's songs as mentioned in this article, “I've always been a fan of bands that had multiple voices” (Bosso, 2013).

Willie Nelson

1032548_2_2 — 2024-02-27 01:39:48 UTC

Jerry Cantrell grew up listening to country artist like Willie Nelson whose elements of storytelling through the use of songwriting influences Jerry Cantrell and applies to his own songwriting as mentioned in this interview, “it’s just so powerful there’s elements that have stuck with me and i think i've applied to my own song writing”. (Cantrell, 2021).