As a musician, it is Thiele...not even close...as for influence...Cobain, ** -- al pie hokie 02/20/2021 2:53PM
I can't believe I have to pick between Cobain and Becker. Linked inside... -- VToncologyNurse 02/20/2021 2:06PM
Ian Brown - Love the Stone Roses! -- MAHokie69 02/20/2021 1:11PM
As an Americana guy, I'll put in a word for Chris Thile -- `lag 02/20/2021 11:44AM
Kurt Cobain ** -- Major Kong 02/20/2021 11:40AM
Randy California,his father in law was the drummer for Spirit. Great band -- ronvpi 02/20/2021 11:12AM
I'm going with Walter Becker. -- Hokie CPA 02/20/2021 11:06AM
Cobain most important, probably everyone else better at music. ** -- BG Hokie 02/20/2021 10:49AM
Geils ** -- HortHokie 02/20/2021 10:40AM
Kurt.... but certainly a great list ** -- turkeywinghokie 02/20/2021 10:35AM
Geils or Corbain......I'm going Corbain..... ** -- UTPr0sim 02/20/2021 10:34AM
Becker. But I loved J Geils ** -- HokieR 02/20/2021 10:33AM
Tough choices today. Going with Becker, Kurt, then J Geils. -- Guy LeDouche 02/20/2021 10:31AM
Becker and Cobain - total opposites -- Happy Dog 02/20/2021 09:44AM
Ha, you got that right. Becker and Fagan notorious perfectionists. Even.. -- Strat Man 02/20/2021 09:56AM
Remember reading an article in Guitar World -- Happy Dog 02/20/2021 12:16PM
As opposed to say Neil Young who -- HokieR 02/20/2021 11:03AM
Neil was the honorary godfather of grunge -- DJ Golf 02/20/2021 2:48PM
Becker ** -- TexasGobbler 02/20/2021 09:56AM
Cobain by a landslide. ** -- HokieNoVA 02/20/2021 09:37AM
Cobain easily ** -- astrohokie 02/20/2021 09:12AM
Becker. All systems stop. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 02/20/2021 09:09AM
Walter Becker. ** -- Femoyer Hokie 02/20/2021 09:09AM
Yes, Becker. Showing my age and culturl bias... ** -- HokieHusband 02/20/2021 10:27AM
A few of the best shows I've ever attended at the VB Amphitheater were -- Hokie CPA 02/20/2021 11:09AM
...I saw Steve Winwood open for them there...a few years before Becker died ** -- chumley 02/20/2021 11:34AM
I was at that show too. ** -- Hokie CPA 02/20/2021 12:42PM
Cobain - musical genius ** -- OXVT 02/20/2021 09:08AM
J. Geils ** -- Brown Water 02/20/2021 08:51AM
Becker, then Cobain and J. Geils ** -- Tuckahokie 02/20/2021 08:41AM
J. Geils is my pick today. -- santafe 02/20/2021 08:39AM
I have heard exactly one J. Geils guitar solo -- Baltimore Hokie 02/20/2021 3:05PM
If it’s impact cobain. Not sure about him being the greatest musician ** -- 6thStreetHokie 02/20/2021 08:43AM
Oh, I'd give extra points for impact.... -- `lag 02/20/2021 11:36AM
Cobain's moment changed music ** -- Newt 02/20/2021 12:19PM
Question was greatest musician. In my mind, it has to be Becker. ** -- Hokie CPA 02/20/2021 11:30AM
The Greatest athlete poll on the Sub board hardly ever picks the .... -- OXVT 02/20/2021 12:20PM
Sure wish they had overdubed fixed that horrendous squeaker in... -- Strat Man 02/20/2021 09:59AM
There must be something about Cobain that I'm missing -- Tafkam Hokie 02/20/2021 09:48AM
Grunge is still very popular today - Lithium on XM is the 4th most popular -- OXVT 02/20/2021 10:09AM
And even bigger is that he essentially killed 80’s metal with one song. It -- BG Hokie 02/20/2021 11:59AM
Interesting comment, will have to turn that one over in my head ** -- `lag 02/20/2021 12:29PM
Okay, Andy Rooney ** -- DJ Golf 02/20/2021 09:53AM
Great point ** -- santafe 02/20/2021 08:45AM
Based on sheer technical skill: Chris Thile. Mandolin virtuoso & prodigy -- DJ Golf 02/20/2021 09:16AM