Who are Navarros musical influences?
His earliest influences cited were classic rock legends such as Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and Cream. Later it leaned toward more contemporary guitar legends as Van Halen and Malmsteen. For a very brief period he listened to metal (Iron Maiden and Kiss) and punk to develop speed in his playing. Then he began to acquire a taste for the darker and less technical sounds of Bauhaus (and of course Love And Rockets), The Cure, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Velvet Underground, Cocteau Twins, and so forth. It is the combination of the influences of Daniel Ash, Robert Smith, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, et cetera that has shaped Navarro’s unique style of classic rock riffs and effected moodiness. In more recent years, he has been known to listen to such varied artists as Massive Attack, Radiohead, and DMX. He is also a big fan of Nine Inch Nails.
