When everyone is ziggin', Marshall Jefferson, a godfather of house music, likes to zag. This week DJ M3 of Green Gorilla brings him out for two rare appearances in San Jose and San Francisco. For obvious reasons, this is not the sort of show any self-respecting body mover should miss. I was into rock, like Led Zeppelin, Yes, Cream, Deep Purple, Van Halen, and Black Sabbath.
Some people take it as that.
I never saw it that way. I didn't have the extensive disco background like the others, so I made house from a rock perspective. When I was making music full-time, I was looking down on the other house artists because they were ripping on disco bass lines, and I thought a lot more creativity could be used. I wanted to hear something like acid rock or like Hendrix or the Beatles used to make. TB-303, and it was huge in the clubs.