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Loads of different inspirational people. Drummers like (Not in any particular order): Chad Smith, Travis Barker, Shannon Leto, Buddy Rich (if he was alive), Ian Paice, Keith Moon, Neil Peart, The Jo Joneses, Steve Gadd, Thomas Lang, Daniel Adair, Mike Cosgrove, Atom Willard, Tre Cool, Chad Szeliga, Pick Withers, Don Henley, Jose Pasillas, Rob Bourdon, Dominic Howard, Dave Grohl, Max Roach, Steve Smith, Jojo Mayer, Ron Welty, Manu Katche, Roger Taylor, Matt Cameron, Stewart Copeland, Ringo, John Bonham, Ginger Baker, Tim Alexander, Carter Beauford, Taylor Hawkins, Elvin Jones, Max Roach, Tony Williams, Louis Bellson, Danny Carey, Dave Weckl and so many more. It's impossible to list all of them.
I like to listen and play mainly rock, It has got to have MELODY and good STRUCTURE and RHYTHM and impact is a plus. I like pretty much anything that has those characteristics but i can appreciate any style of music. Some of the bands that i'ev listened to in the past +44, 3 doors down, 30 seconds to mars, Alien Ant Farm, Angels and Airwaves, Audioslave, Blink 182, Breaking Benjamin, Bryan Adams, Coldplay, Some creed, Everything Dire straits or Mark Knopfler has done, Don Henley when he went solo, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, Evanescense, Fall Out Boy, Five For Fighting, Goo Goo Dolls, Greenday, G'N'R, Some Incubus, Linkin Park, Lost Prophets, Maroon 5, Matchbox 20, Rob Thomas, Muse, Some of MCR, Nickleback, Nirvana, Oasis, Offspring, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Prodigy, Queen, R.E.M, Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Robbie Williams, Shihad, Sting, The Police, Sum 41, some Switchfoot, All American Rejects, Beatles, Some Killers, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Train, U2, Some yellowcard, Def Leppard, Foo Fighters, Huey Lewis and The news, Lynyrd Skynyrd. I've Probably missed a few out. That list came straight from my Ipod.
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