Sid Vicious was a big fan of Can and was the person who introduced John Lydon to them
ITT: Musicians who are fans of music you might not expect
Ayden Garcia
Samuel Stewart
Bait.
Tyler was a CAN fan.
Brandon Price
I think it's their numetal sound
Nolan Howard
John Lydon is a big fan of Peter Hammill/Van der Graaf Generator
John Bell
Jello Biafra has a collection of Heino records
Dylan Murphy
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Jose Price
old boy was a fan of Kate Bush
she attracts all types
John Lydon
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Carter Lee
Johnny Marr from The Smiths is a massive Bert Jansch fan.
Angel Foster
Big Boi from Outkast has Kate Bush as his number one influence. Right behind Bob Marley.
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Jeremiah Hill
Noel Gallagher loves Faust
Ian Bennett
Noel Gallagher also likes (The Bends-era) Radiohead, in spite of the fact that he's slagged them off continuously for 2 decades
Nathan Young
/our guy/
Hudson Ross
John Cale is a big afficionado of hip-hop music, more than some hip-hop musicians are
Jack Wright
He made a hip hop album
Tyler Wilson
Lou Reed was a Metallica fan.
Henry Murphy
Yeah, he's incorporated a lot of influence in his later work, but it's still a surprise to someone who only know his earlier work, or who assume the influence is from contemporary electronic music as opposed to hip-hop.
Juan Watson
I hope you have hard evidence to back such a scandalous accusation
Christopher Cruz
Molly Rankin is a fan of Todd Terje.
Parker Bell
theguardian.com
Not that hard to like Metallica.
Colton Cooper
I was being sarcastic m80
Jaxon Gomez
According to Tony Visconti, Bowie was inspired by Death Grips and Bad Company for the making of Blackstar.
Jayden Brooks
>Todd Terje
lolwat. Never met anyone else who likes ol Todd.
Tyler Carter
Which album?
Evan Murphy
His last few, MFANS, Shift Adventures in Nookie Wood. They're not hip-hop, but they carry the influence.