Music:
Super 400, Black Crowes, Rose Hill Drive, Marc Fuckin' Ford, Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Ian Moore, Bad Livers, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Mountain, Blind Melon, Big Chief, Jimi Hendrix, Raging Slab, Prince, David Allan Coe, Doyle Bramhall II, The Holmes Brothers, Mike Farris, Funk Brothers, AC/DC, Elmore James, Supersuckers, Johnny Staats, Beach Boys, Freewheelers, Two Cow Garage, Allman Brothers Band, and a shitload more.
Books:
"Guitar Army" by John Sinclair, "Food of the Gods" by Terence McKenna, "White Roots of Peace" by Paul Wallace
Heroes:
Rulebreakers, misfits, revolutionaries, rascals, and rebels.