Member Since: 11/22/2005
Band Members: I proudly endorse Sonor drums, Sabian cymbals, and wear Converse shoes and Chip and Pepper Jeans.
Influences: MUSIC - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Queens of the Stone Age, Toto, Shawn Colvin, Bjork, Jeff Buckley, Los Lobos, Ryan Adams, Refused, Otis Redding, James Taylor, Charlie Sexton, Coldplay, Massive Attack, The Black Crowes, Gorillaz, BT, Radney Foster, Perfect Circle, Amos Lee, Pete Townshend, Jellyfish, The Grays, Booker T and the MGs, AC/DC, John Mayer Trio, the Eagles, UK, John Leventhal, Kevin Breit, Tom Waits, The Cars, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Bjork, Ray Charles, Everything But The Girl, Keith Urban, "old" Rod Stewart, Soundgarden, Odds, Eric Clapton, the first Julie Roberts cd, Foo Fighters, Genesis(old), Butch Walker, Mike Landau Trio, Arc Angels, Gordie Johnson, Joe Walsh,
DRUMMERS - Jeff Porcaro, Carlos Vega, Steve Ferrone, Steve Jordan, Abe Laboriel JR, Shawn Pelton, Matt Chamberlain, Bonham, Al Jackson, Mickey Curry, Mitch Mitchell, Tommy Aldridge, Phil Rudd, Ricky Fataar, Mick Fleetwood, Chris McHugh, Phil Collins, Danny Carey, Josh Freese, Phil Gould, Denny Carmassi, Bernard Purdie, Zigaboo Modeleste, Bill Stewart, Brian Blade, JJ Johnson.. and all my incredible teachers from a million years ago at PIT - Joe Porcaro, Steve Houghton, Casey Scheurell, Ralph Humphrey.
MOVIES - The Big Lebowski, Lost In Translation, Deathproof, Kill Bill I and II, Prairie Home Companion, Magnolia, Little Miss Sunshine, Down By Law, The Station, Bullet, The Grass Is Greener, Laurel Canyon, Intolerable Cruelty, Payback, Sin City, Sleepy Hollow.
BOOKS - Great Dream of Heaven, Cruising Paradise - Sam Shepard, Strange Pilgrims - Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Catch 22 - Joseph Heller, The Natural - Bernard Malamud, Crime And Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky.
HEROES - Sam Shepard, Tom Petty, and any artist that is pushing boundaries and always looking for more!
Sounds Like: Hmmm sounds like...You know that sound when you hit a crisp 160 yard iron shot and it hits the pin on the first bounce...that "bpdbdldldldbdb" sound that the pin makes... that's the sound...
Record Label: D.I.Y.
Type of Label: Indie