It's all about the music for me. Playing guitar, writing music, playing with my band, listening to music, going to shows, buying albums, I live for metal basically.
Here's a short summary of some of my most-prized meets:
Chris Caffery and Jeff Plate (Savatage, TSO), Bobby Jarzombek (Riot, Halfod, Rob Rock), All of Firewind, Mike Wilton and Scott Rockenfield (Queensryche), Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden), All of Edguy, some of them more than once... View my pictures for many more people.
Who I'd actually like to meet in the future:
The rest of Iron Maiden, the rest of Savatage, "Lord" Tim Grose, Russell Allen and the rest of Symphony X, many many more.
Iron Maiden
Savatage
Edguy
Queensryche
Dungeon
Nocturnal Rites
Evergrey
Stratovarius
Riot
Symphony X
The above bands are my favorites in order, but here's a list of almost all the band's within my CD collection in Alphabetical order: Accept, Aina, Russell Allen's Atomic Soul, Allen/Lande, Angra, Anthrax, Armored Saint, Astral Doors, AT VANCE, Audiovision, Avantasia, Axenstar, Beyond Fallen, Black Majesty, Black Sabbath (non Ozzy years), Blaze, BLIND GUARDIAN, Blitzkrieg, Bloodbound, Brainstorm, Brazen Abbot, Chris Caffery, Cans, CIRCLE II CIRCLE, Conception, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Demons and Wizards, Diamond Head, BRUCE DICKINSON, Dio, Dragonland, Dragonforce, Dreamland, Dream Theater, Dream Evil, DUNGEON, EDGUY, EVERGREY, FATES WARNING, FIREWIND, Foreigner, Freedom Call, Gaia Epica, Galloglass, GAMMA RAY, Goo Goo Dolls, Hammerfall, Headstone, Helloween, Hibria, Icarus Witch, Iced Earth, Ion Vein, IRON MAIDEN, Iron Savior, Jaded Heart, Jag Panzer, Jon Oliva's Pain, JORN, Journey, Judas Priest, KAMELOT, Michael Kiske, Kotipelto, Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus, Labyrinth, Last Tribe, Lost Horizon, Loudness, Magnitude 9, Magnum, Manowar, MASTERPLAN, Megadeth, Mercenary, Metalium, Metallica, Millenium, Morifade, Gary Moore, NOCTURNAL RITES, Nostradameus, Overkill, Pantera, Axel Rudi Pell, Pink Cream 69, Planet Alliance, Primal Fear, Psycho Motel, Pyramaze, QUEENSRYCHE, Rainbow, Redemption, Rekuiem, Ride the Sky, RIOT, Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force, ROB ROCK, Royal Hunt, SAVATAGE, Saxon, Scorpions, Seven Witches, Skid Row, Sinner, Sonata Arctica, Jeff Scott Soto, Starbreaker, STRATOVARIUS, SYMPHONY X, Tad Morose, Tank, Taraxacum, Tesla, Testament, Thin Lizzy, Thunderstone, TNT, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Trouble, Twilightning, Twilight Odyssey, Van Halen, Vanden Plas, Vanishing Point, Virtuocity, Vision Divine, W.A.S.P. Whitesnake... I'm sure there's stuff I missed, this was basically completely off the top of my head.
Clerks, This Is Spinal Tap, Gettysburg, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Rock Star, Thirteen, Dark City, Slap Shot, Pirates of the Carribean, Apocalypse Now, Falling Down, Duct Tape Forever (The Red Green Movie), Senior Trip, Waiting, a whole lot more, I'm not gonna sit here and list every movie I've ever seen and enjoyed... that's stupid.
Colbert Report, Seinfeld, The Daily Show, South Park, Becker, The Red Green Show, Till Death, Roseanne, Mind of Mencia, The Job, The X-Files, random VH1 Programs... once again... not gonna list every show I've ever seen and enjoyed... that again... is stupid.
I really wish I had more time in my life to devote to reading... usually the only things I read are song lyrics and metal magazines...
Adrian Smith
Criss Oliva - RIP (10.17.93)
"Lord" Tim Grose
Gus G
Roy Z
George Carlin RIP (6.22.08)