Music, practising guitar, GUITARS & GUITARS reading
There are many great thinkers and philosphers that I would like to meet.
I'm not really into meeting famous artists as I have due to my work been fortunate to already meet some famous rockbands as well as artists.
However I hope one day to be humble enough to meet Jesus Christ,
I prefer LDS babes ;) Nope, it is not supposed to be LSD!
SOME OF MY MAIN FAVORITES:
Judas Priest, Puccini’s Tosca & La Bohème, Uli Jon Roth, Opeth, David Bowie, Queensryche, Rush, Marillion, Scott Walker, X-Japan, Sibelius, NWOBHM, IQ, Twelfth Night, Dvorak,
OTHER COOL BANDS ARE:
Symphony X, Testament, Fierce Heart (old aor form the ealry 80s), Sex Machine Guns, Crimson Glory, Pixies, Ramones, Accept, Iced Earth, Ratt (but not any crapballads), Tokyo blade, Diamond Head, Legs Diamond, Ozzy (but I like Jake E Lee more than Zakk Wylde), Dream Theather, Saga (Canada), Magnitude 9, Pendragon, Dio, Pink Floyd, Aldi Meola, Jehtro Tull, Kansas, Journey, Carcass, Cynic, Sadist, Pestilence, Van Halen, Dokken, Wrabit, Biscaya, Loudness (from Japan)
I also like alot of 80s Metal (but not bands like Poison and Fasten Pussycrap) and some 90s metal. However I'm NOT into Numetaljunk like;
CrAp, Limp D**k or Limpin Fart.
However Deftones had some good tunes!
PERSONAL INFLUENCES:
Alex Lifeson, David Gilmour, Mike Holmes (IQ), Steve Rothery (Marillion), Uli Jon Roth, KK Downing, Al Di Meola, Glenn Tipton, Adrian Smith, Wolf Hoffmann, Dave Murray, Tony McAlpine, Matthias Jabs & Rudolph Schenker, George Lynch, Jake E Lee, Greg Howe, Ritchie Kotzen, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, Michael Romeo, Katsu Ohta, Paul Gilbert and son on...
GUITARGEAR:
When in the studio I use this leftbabe: IBANEZ RG3120TWL
For livegigs I use a couple of my IbanezRG 500 series lefties!
I also use Fender Strats when playing progessive music!
AMPS:
My favorite amp in the studio is ENGL SAVAGE 120 but for rhythms only.
For solos, leads & harmonies I use my customracksystem.
It is a MAI modified SOLDANO SP-77 preamp (modified to sound cloose to a Mesa Mark IIC+ in the distorsion/gain channel. The sound in the cleanchannel is cloose to Fender Bassman!!
The rackstuff I use is ofcourse Rocktron Replifex, Velocity 500W as well as other stuff!!!!
Only effectpedal I use is a wahwah which is a Weeping Demon made by Ibanez.
I Have played in many bands during the years but now I am currently focusing on
CRYONIC TEMPLE (Melodic speed Metal)
Releases:
Chapter I (Released 2002, by Italian label Underground Symphony)
Blood, Guts & Glory (Released 2003, by German label LMP)
IN THY POWER (Released 2005, by German label LMP)
DILEMMA PROJECT (progressive symphonic rock)
Currently writing songs for the forthcoming debutalbum
Escape from New York, Road Warrior (Mad Max II), Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Dead Poet's Society
Frasier, 60 Minutes, According to Jim, Documentaries,
I'm not into soaps or RealityTV junk
Anything by Shakespeare, Poetry, Sci-Fi, Historybooks, BofM, Scriptures,
I have only one:
Jesus Christ
It might not be very metal, but for me he is the ultimate hero.