Appendix: List of Musical Influences
The following is a partial list of Jeff Randall's musical influences based upon his record collection. Todd Randall, Jeff's brother, provided this list and suggested the different phases of influence.
I. Growing Up
A. Parental Influence:
Bach
Mozart
Brahms
Miles Davis
Dave Brubeck
Coltrane
Gerry Mulligan
Herbie Hancock
Velvet Underground
Lou Reed
Beatles
the Fugs
Cream
the Doors
Mothers of Invention
Frank Zappa
Kraftwerk
Plasmatics
Talking Heads
Tom Waits
B. On his own he listened to:
Kiss
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Neil Young
Jimi Hendrix
Blue Cheer
CCR
II. More toward junior high his music interests shifted to punk and New Wave bands:
Devo
Black Flag
Dead Kennedys
999
Visage
Ultravox
The Human League
Gary Newman
OMD
The Smiths
The Cult
Ministry
Sex Pistols
The Cure
Joy Division
New Order
Bauhaus
DRI
Firehose
PIL
Meat Puppets
Big Black
Minutemen
Butthole Surfers
Husker Du
Scratch Acid
Crispy Ambulance
Sisters of Mercy
Christian Death
III. As he got toward high school his music interests shifted towards more abstract bands such as:
Chrome
Psychic TV
Throbbing Gristle
IV. After high school, he worked at a local Lincoln record store called Pickles, during which time he was able to continue to expand the breadth of his musical interests:
Miles Davis
Grateful Dead
Venom
Motorhead
Nurse with Wound
Coil
The Durutti Column
Current 93
Clock DVA
The Orb
The Chemical Brothers
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Dead Can Dance
Crawling Chaos
Funkadelic
Parliament
Pavement
Muslimgauze
Interpol
Daft Punk
Spiritualized
Radiohead
Blur
Beck
Luna
The Residents
The Stone Roses
Stereolab
Ween
the Spastic Apes
Power of the Spoken Word (PSW)
The Beta Band
William S Burroughs
Strafe F.R
Pelican Daughters
The Jackofficers
The Hafler Trio
Cabaret Voltaire
Sparklehorse
Nocturnal Emissions
Laibach
23 Skidoo
O Yuki Conjugate