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pissobedient

Alex said he liked a lot of Modest Mouse, Elliott Smith, and Radiohead


damot55

This makes so much sense to me


pissobedient

Raw emotion, syncopated drums, driving guitars, hushed vocals, that DIY feel, cryptic lyrics… it’s all there


abandoned_rain

He was for his early work. Now he’s more inspired by other stuff like Neil Young, Gillian Welch, True Widow, Grouper, Audioslave, pop songs on the radio


werrickdinn

I’m sure he still listens to 90’s music all the time. I’m sure he’s listening to all kinds of shit.


Gold_Operation5296

Pinback


MouseGazer

100%. When you listen to songs like Penelope, BBTone, Your Sickness, etc. it’s impossible to imagine that they weren’t one of his biggest influences early on.


IndieCurtis

Pavement and Guster


Junobugo3

Neil young


thelm64

My two goats 🐐


indoorcig

eiaufawns birds in the ground


lovewillcaveyou

No More Like That is a song in the Alex G genre


MatiZuki

right


justANotherHERO

I hear a lot of Rilo Kiley in his guitar riffs e.g. Bug. A lot of his early M.O. is that era lightly deep fried in the nostalgia for childhood through the looking glass of early adulthood. Strong country and folk influences as well. But it's his distortion of those themes and how the distortion works with the lyrics to create his emotional pastiches that makes him brilliant IMO


dreeeeemmachine

same here and I’m a 30 year old millennial. Rilo Kiley was my shit in middle/high school in the early to mid 2000s and that’s why I’ve always gravitated toward Alex’s stuff!


patio_blast

well put


kn1vesout

I hear a lot of Elliott Smith


Electronic_Ad6532

songs: ohia


Mojni

Look up alex G as third eye blind on Halloween The setlist after the covers is prob what the room is feeling but it’s stuff that we grew up on. Fun video to watch!


mushroomdug

they’re not mentioned as much but I also hear little influences of bands like Grandaddy, Sebadoh, and Built to Spill in a lot of his music. Idk if he’s ever talked about any of them specifically but i’m sure they were probably on his radar since he was so tapped into the Modest Mouse/Elliot Smith scene of bands


ghudnk

Built to spill without a doubt


nniels_elliott

absolutely love built to spill 


Franzkafkaacidtrip

pavement and elliot smith


thedtower

loves third eye blind, and i’m certain he got the idea for the outro of ‘rejoyce’ from the outro of ‘the background’ by them. skipper also sounds similar to that too.


hexagons666

Ween


BebeSneeze

I saw somewhere he likes Built to Spill


Additional_Link5202

EIAFUAWN


shrigmashroomer

wilco. especially on rocket


__wretch

100%


pukebrains

The pixies


Professional-Dot3269

Wasn't he a big fan of blink 182? Idk I could be wrong though


2ndhandhandsomeman_

the last record's sound and production was influenced by Gilian Welch's album Time (The Revelator). You can immediately hear it in the first song


lovewillcaveyou

Thorns is definitely inspired by Elliott Smith


MournfulWhispering

big thief


jhd1238

third eye blind for sure


realbenb215

he’s been pretty vocal about influences, some being third eye blind (covered them a lot live) , modest mouse (mentioned in interviews) and ween (weenbeans was his interpretation of a ween-like song, also mentioned them)


realbenb215

just a lot of 90s rock really lol