Member Since: 3/22/2005
Band Members: Me, myself and I. It's all me baby except the drum loops.
Influences: Let me start off by quoting myself from a song I wrote called "Rock On"
"In '72 I heard the Alice Cooper Group, there ain't nothin' like the grooves of Buxton and Bruce..."
Were to begin? I cut my teeth on the original Alice Cooper group, Led Zep, Black Sabbath, The Stones, James Gang and Deep Purple. I then graduated to KISS, Aerosmith, AC/DC, ZZ Top, Van Halen (the Diamond Dave years), Ted Nugent, Judas Priest, Foghat and Cheap Trick. Today I groove to Corrosion of Conformity, Black Label Society, Velvet Revolver and The Black Crowes. My local heros are The Supersuckers, Post Stardom Depression, Plaster, Zeke, North Twin and Omnivoid. My local guitar heros are Jimi Hendrix, Mike McCready, Jerry Cantrell, Dudley Taft, Kevin Hughes, Andrew McKeag, Tim DiJulio, Jeff Fielder and last, but definitely not least, my buddy Rontrose. My favorite unsigned out of town bands are Dirty Power, The Golden Gods from San Francisco and Speed Queen from L.A.. I guess I'm a glutton for LOUD guitars.
How could I forget I love the tone Joe Walsh had in The James Gang!!! Let's not forget Johnny Winter is a fuckin' wicked blues guitarist, too often overlooked. And speaking of tone and guitar pickin' and kickin' Mr. Billy Gibbons! My first rock n roll show Fall of '76, ZZ Top on the Fandango Tour!! I also need to give some recognition to Audley Freed the master on guitar.
Now I'll tell on myself! I went through a glam period too! Nope, not the 80's, but the early 70's. I loved The New York Dolls, Gary Glitter, David Bowie, Slade, Sweet and T. Rex. Although listening to any of them now, I don't consider them glam, but they definitely paved the way.
I found a new guitarist that rocked my world when I went to see Melissa Etheridge. Philip Sayce, check him out and show him some love...buy his CD.
http://www.philipsayce.com/
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I had this record when I was about 11 or 12!!
GIVE TO THE FAITH!!
Sounds Like: ROCK N ROLL
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