Member Since: 12/3/2005
Band Website: tommizender.com
Band Members: Carmine Appice, Izzy Stradlin, Rudy Sarzo, and Greg Guiffria. We call ourselves "Painfully Huge".
Influences: All the people, events & things I remember, and all I hope to someday forget.:-)'........................................Also...Br
ian Eno, Meshell N'degeOcello, Kevin Gilbert, Jon Brion, Roxy Music, Horace Silver, Steely Dan, Prince, Daniel Lanois, Todd Rundgren, Joni Mitchell, Thomas Dolby, Los Lobos/Latin Playboys, Bowie, Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Caetano Veloso, Led Zeppelin, mid-70's Aerosmith, Curtis Mayfield, Wendy & Lisa, Billie Holiday, Joe Henry, Tortoise, Sly Stone, Scritti Polliti, Stanton Moore, Steve Reich, Stevie Wonder, David Sylvian, ssssssseriously..................................Ohio Players, Hank Williams, James P. Johnson, Richard Thompson, Lucky Thompson, Beck, Jeff Beck, Peter Gabriel, Earth Wind & Fire, Wes Montgomery, Harold Budd, Bill Nelson, Calexico, Mitchell Froom, Glen Kotche, Nels Cline, Brian Blade, The Who, Placemats, Coltrane, Miles, Afghan Whigs, Adrian Belew, Zappa, Aimee Mann, & her husband, Iron & Wine, Jellyfish, Talking Heads, Marvin Gaye, too many to mention-but I'll keep trying.................... Sakyong Mipham, Bill Hicks, Tom Robbins, PT Anderson, Chuck Klosterman, MOJO, candles, fans & air cleaners, curry powder, yoga, cats...not the musical, the creature!...................................................
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............... I love to play music with my friends, and teach music to my students. I'm influenced by them and visa versa. So much to hear & learn...so little time it seems. And yet, all the time in the world. Why waste it playing Guitar Hero, when you can learn to play a real instrument?.................................................
...........................Currently, digging lots of 70's Yes. I should point out that Steve Howe was Bob Stinson's biggest guitar hero.
Sounds Like: A compassionate friend? A feather tickling a pinky toe? A freight train running through your living room? You decide. You score extra "friend" points if you say "he sounds like Tommi Zender."
Record Label: Smaller Than Life Records
Type of Label: Major