The Possibilities have many musical influences. Not all of which have influenced our sound specifically, but all have helped us to think about music in different ways. This list is in no way complete or total, is in no particular order, and will probably be growing from now on. The Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Big Star, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, The Hollies, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Dave Clark Five, The Sir Douglas Quintet, The Real Kids, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Son Volt, Guided By Voices, Elvis Costello, Teenage Fanclub, Polvo, The High Strung, The Band, The Who, Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Phil Specter, The Brill Building writers, the Motown writers, Aretha Franklin, The Ronettes, Sly and the Family Stone, Parliament, Dr Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Tupac, Outkast, Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, The Zombies, The Animals, James Brown, Soundgarden, The Meat Puppets, The Shins, Mercury Rev, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespe, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Dave Brubeck, Ernestt Tubb, George Jones, Gram Parsons, Graham Parker, Nick Lowe, Lucinda Williams, Loretta Lynn, Bob Wills, Louis Armstrong, Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, The Descendents, The Circle Jerks, X, Beck, The Flaming Lips, The Beach Boys, Grandaddy, My Morning Jacket, The Strokes, The Kinks, The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, REM, Leonard Cohen, The Real Kids, Black Star, Mos Def, Notorious BIG, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, U2, The Cure, Huey Lewis and The News, John Phillip Sousa, Mozart, Bach, Mendelson, Phillip Glass, Television, The Romantics, Stavinsky, Debussy, Jack Logan, The Replacements, Prince, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Brian Wilson, Harry Nilsson, Van Dyke Parks, Bjork, The Pixies, The Amps, The Breeders, Frank Black, Neil Young, Crazy Horse, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Soul Asylum, The Yardbirds, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Posies, Buffalo Tom, INXS, DRI, ELO, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Wings, Lenny Kravitz, Django Rienhardt, The Carter Family, Woodie Guthrie, Slayer, Motley Crue, Metallica, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Michael Penn, Jimmy Webb, The MC5, The Butthole Surfers, The Jesus Lizard, The Model Rockets, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Supergrass, Superchunk, Motorhead, Van Halen, The Clash, Tom Waits, The Georgia Satellites, Black Flag, Brian Eno, David Bowie, NRBQ, The International Submarine Band, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Badfinger, Radiohead, XTC, Husker Du, The Beastie Boys, Bad Religion, The Small Faces, The Faces, Buddy Holly, Neutral Milk Hotel, Harvey Milk, The Byrds, Guns and Roses, The Lemonheads, ZZ Top, Sparkle Horse, They Might Be Giants, The Everly Bros, Elliot Smith, The Police, Hank Williams, Muddy Waters, Cheap Trick, The Talking Heads, Janes Addiction, Tom Petty, Hall and Oates, The Minus 5, Curtis Mayfield, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Joe Jackson, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Pearl Jam, The Archers of Loaf, The Jayhawks, Luscious Jackson, Robert Johnson, Harry Smith, The Poster Children, Faith No More, The Black Crowes, dAngelo, ...
