Music, pubs, clubs, gigs, touring, movies, METAL
Sin City, Fight Club, Gladiator, Existenz, Snatch, Moulin Rouge, 28 Days Later, Dawn Of The Dead, The Evil Dead films, The Shining, Ring, Battle Royale, Big Fish, All Kevin Smith films (although I didn't like Jersey Girl), Team America World Police(Fuck Yeah!), Man on the Moon, Tenacious D (The Pick of Destiny), The Descent, The Hills Have Eyes, House of 1,000 Corpses, The Devils Rejects.
24, Lost, CSI, Family Guy, The Simpsons, The Day Today, Alan Partridge, The Young Ones, Bottom...
Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, Deception Point, Digital Fortress (Dan Brown), The Dirt - Motley Crue autobiography, American Psycho (Brett Easton-Ellis), Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka), Choosing Death, Lords of Chaos.
Not exactly heroes, but bass players I rate highly and/or take influence from are:
Novy from Vader (A cool guy also!), Alex Webster from Cannibal Corpse, Eric Langlois from Cryptopsy, Zach from Goratory, Rex Brown from Pantera/Down, Cliff Burton from Metallica...