Phil Messina

I'd like to meet:

Bands or people interested in booking shows with IMPALE or STAB, TWIST, PULL, anyone interested in drums or music, or anyone who just wants to chat. I would like to meet more of my influences too!

Music:

Oh boy, this is a long one: I like jazz, blues, rock, HEAVY FUCKIN METAL (and all the sub-genres that go with it), some punk, some old country, and classical music. I don't like a lot of modern pop, modern rap, modern country, or emo. Here are just a few of the many bands I like: ALICE IN CHAINS, SLIPKNOT, Jerry Cantrell, Sevendust, Mudvayne, Otep, Black Sabbath, Black Label Society, Megadeth, Pantera, ARCH ENEMY, Soulfly, Sepultura, Metallica, Chimaria, Machine Head, Bleeding Through, Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, Nirvana, Louis Bellson, Soil, Static X, Godsmack, old Drowning Pool, Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer, Disturbed, Origin, Devildriver, Unearth, Stone Sour, Blood Has Been Shed, Art Blakey, Gene Krupa, Cannonball Adderly, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Benny Goodman, Chick Corea, Dave Weckle, John Coltrane, Between the Burried and Me, The Black Dahlia Murder, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Lacuna Coil, Shadows Fall, Lamb of God, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, Candiria, Cattle Decapitation, Necrophagist, Skinless, Flaw, Meshuggah, Miles Davis, Relative Ash, God Dethroned, A Perfect Circle, Glass Casket, Dimmu Borgir, Dissection, Dying Fetus, The Faceless, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Satyricon, Through the Eyes of the Dead, At the Gates, Emperor, Black Light Burns, Carcass, Darkthrone, Opeth, My Dying Bride, Suffocation, Carnage, Eucharist, Cryptopsy, Soilwork, Cephalic Carnage, Chthonic, Death, Hate Eternal, Mayhem, Straight Line Stitch, Kreator, Obituary, Puscifer, Arsis, Napalm Death, Danzig, Beneath the Massacre, Apocalyptica, Atheist, Dark Tranquillity, Death, and a ton more..... Most of what I listed are CDs I own of these bands.I currently have been listening to: Eucharist (Daniel Erlandsson) SLIPKNOT (Jordison of course) Carcass and Carnage (Michael Amott -guitar) A LOT OF DEATH/BLACK METAL ARCH ENEMY Machinehead At the Gates
You scored as Metallica. You are a Metal Licka!You are one cool, oldschool dude! You love the raw beauty of greats whether it be an appreciation for a fine wine, or a fine lady. You have the rythem.

Metallica

Mudvayne

Static-X

Rammstein

KoRn

Slipknot

System of a Down

Marilyn Manson

Movies:

Underworld, Underworld: Evolution, American History X, The Punisher, The Boondock Saints, The Crow, Resident Evil 1 and 2, The Star Wars Series, Animal House, The Blues Brothers, The Indiana Jones series, The Big Lebowski, and all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movies. Not really a big movie person, but I do like some.

Television:

The Simpsons, The Sorpranos, Rome, South Park, That 70's Show, King of the Hill, Beavis and Butthead, Scrubs, etc.

Books:

The Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams, A Brave New World, The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Jurassic Park, Star Wars: Dark Lord - The Rise of Darth Vader, Shadows of the Empire, and Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil, The Lost World, Star Wars - Darth Bane: Rise to Power. The Sound of the Beast: The Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, Start Wars - Splinter of the Minds Eye, Truce at Bakura, I-Jedi, Congo, Choosing Death-The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore, Extreme Metal 2, Lords of Chaos - The history of the underground satanic metal, and a bunch more. I am currently reading Star Wars - Heir to the Empire.

Heroes:

Well...if you want to talk along the lines of influence: JOEY FUCKIN' JORDISON (YEAH!), Tommy Salzburg, Ken Kazin, Tom Hipskind (All Teachers of Mine, besides Jordison), Morgan Rose, Daniel Erlandsson, Danny Carey, John Longstreth, Matt Mcdonough, Sean Kinney, Derek Roddy, and my three favorite guitarists are Jerry Cantrell, Michael and Christopher Amott (Alice in Chains and Arch Enemy).