Music:
This might take me a while... Johnny and the Moon, Joy Division, Radiohead, Distillers, Clash, Cult, Pistols, Damned, Big Youth, My Bloody Valentine, Shaggs, Slits, Jets Overhead, Blondie, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Bob Marley, Ramones, Beatles, Sigur Ros, NIN, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, Germs, Specials, Interpol, Oasis, Velvet Underground, STP, Wolf Parade, Blonde Redhead, Arcade Fire, Pearl Jam, Animal Collective, DFA, Miles Davis, YYYs, Neil, Bright Eyes, Fugazi, Fang, Blitz, Black Flag, New York Dolls, Shins, Rancid, Smashing Pumpkins, Libertines, Cure, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Foo Fighters, Strokes, Portishead, Bjork, PiL, Modest Mouse, Chili Peppers, Mazzy Star, Elliott Smith, Muse, Aqueduct, Daniel Lioneye, Bowie, Tom Waits, Sham 69, BRMC, Ween, DK's, Built to Spill, Smiths, Morrissey, REM, Mudhoney, Black Keys, Black Lips, French Kicks, QOTSA, XTC, Unicorns, Sonic Youth, Breeders, Happy Mondays, Alice in Chains, Breeders, Dirtbombs, Gomez, MMJ, New Order, Robert Johnson, Lou Reed, The Music, HHH, Mando Diao, Misfits, and much much more
Books:
The Fountainhead, The Bell Jar, 1984, Stupid White Men, Rum Diary
Heroes:
Jimmy Page, Ian Curtis, Kurt Cobain, Brody Dalle, John Lydon, John Ritchie