Planet Rob [Music Page of Rob Hakemo]

OH MY OH MY...HERE'S HOW I FIRST GOT INTO MUSIC:
I was at first introduced to Elvis Presley by my dear Mom at the age of 4, but later on when I turned 6 there were a older kid a block down from where I lived that borrowed me a cassette/tape (anyone remember those, or am I too old?) of the mighty Sweet and the album "Sweet Fanny Adams", I was totally hooked. Then I discovered Thin Lizzy ("Black Rose"), Queen ("Jazz"), Kiss ("Destroyer"), Alice Cooper ("Killer"), Black Sabbath ("Masters of Reality") and a Swedish group called Abba and some Germans called Kraftwerk (yes, its true).
I wanted to start playing drums cause I wanted to rock out just like Mike Tucker (Sweet), but my Mom thought that was too loud, so she bought me an electric guitar instead but that's another story. In the early 80's I started to get into Scorpions, Accept, Van Halen, Rainbow, Dio and bands like that. I also listened to alot of hip hop/rap artist like Public Enemy etc and some punk acts like Dead Kennedys and Exploited. Then I bought "Kill Ém All" by Metallica which introduced me to a much harder genre than I was used too, as Testament, Anthrax, Megadeth, Death, Obituary and Napalm Death.
So I've been influenced by alot through the years. Nowadays there's a thousands more like: Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails, Prong, Brutal Truth, Converge, Sevendust, Tom Waits, Primus, Meshuggah, Sick Of It All, Pantera, Mudvayne, Tool, Neurosis...and alots and lots of more...