Robert smith – for showing me the darkness and loss deep inside a fluffy shell.
William Blake – for sitting in a tree visualizing angels and demons.
Les hiddins (The bush tucker man) – for showing me the beauty and history of Australia
Trent reznor – for painting a electronic soundscape of damage, madness and despair.
Aleister Crowley – for deconstructing and rebuilding religion in a new way.
Jim Morrison – for a shamanic journey through the cosmos.
Jackson Pollock – for creating chaos out of order.
Justin Sullivan – for giving me humility and a pagan heart.
Erich von daniken – for challenging our views of antiquity.
Billy Bragg – for folk punk working class songs.
George Bain – for unlocking the art of Celtic patterns.
M c Escher – for visions of a warped mind.
John peel – for opening up my ears to real and diverse music.
Jello Biafra – for saying fuck you to the new world order.
Stephen hawkins – for mixing science and mythology .
This is a stripped down list .
The core list.
Its not in any particular order.
All the names on this list are connected in some way
And they all had/have a huge impact
On me and my art.
All the people are here because from the moment I became
Aware of them or their work it affected/infected me
In some way ,shape or form
Hilton Briscoe
cool! gotta look up who some of those are. I know a few.
butchart
nice list…. give Michael Parkes a try for finding your inner child… he did/does wonders for mine………………..b
Crockpot
LOVE it! Great idea. Kudos!
mark tizard
this list has been floating about for months it was about 30 ish names long -but some of the people on it have the same effect on me so they are on the b c and d list .
i am working on a music list but that is massive and im havibg trouble breaking it down
CherrieB
impresive list my fellow goth at heart, i look forward to seeing your musical heros.
mark tizard
i think my music list will have to be song/albums rather than bands or artists cus a few of them are in the heros list