music, friends and family, martial arts, kendo, mania, la fee verte, vampires, boo rockers, concert production, books, movies, video games, spinning vinyl ( i can't mix kool-aide), boxers (the breed), Chelsea FC, Hertha BSC, Rangers FC, Colorado Rapids............and poker (always down for a game)
friends, musicians, martial artists, poker players, (european) football fans, production techs, etc., etc., etc......
Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy are directly responsible for every note i've ever played or sang.Front Line Assembly, Die Krupps, KMFDM, Strapping Young Lad, Fear Factory, Rammstein, Gearwhore, Skinny Puppy, Prodigy, Nailbomb, Machine Head, Six Feet Under, Soulfly, Prong, Sevendust, Korn, Sepultura, Pitchshifter, Static X, Orgy, NIN, APC, TOOL, Rob Zombie, Faith No More, Bauhaus, Kraftwerk, NItzer Ebb, The Cure, Sisters of Mercy, Killing Joke, Ministry, Peter Murphy, Kate Bush, Lords Of Acid...............Scorpions, Michael Schenker Group, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Loudness, Trust, Accept, Motorhead, Rainbow, Def Leppard, Dio, Sabbath, Nazareth, Hendrix, David Bowie, Sweet, The Beatles, Peter Frampton, Mother's Finest, Kiss, Frank Zappa....... and before the rock, came the funk..........George Clinton, Parliament Funkadelic, Bootzilla, Sir Nose, Heatwave, Brick, Slave, Gap Band, LTD, Lakeside, Stevie Wonder, SOS Band, Rick James, Earth Wind & Fire...may we never forget the honorable Robert Nesta Marley....and on and on and on.....i've barely touched on all of the music i have enjoyed in my life, but this is a pretty solid list of the artists that have influenced me as a musician........I like to think they all have something to do with the music i make today.GPM FANS! CLICK THE PIC TO CHECK OUT OUR SIDE PROJECT!CLICK THE "RUCKUS" BUTTON FOR LTZ VIDS!
Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Gordon Liu, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Steven Chow, Donnie Yen, Yuen Wo Ping, Chow Yun Fat, Shaw Bros. and Golden Harvest and all the other greats in the Kung Fu genre...Ken Watanabe, Sonny Chiba, Toshiro Mifune and Kurasawa, the kings of samurai films....
some...............so what.
books on Buddha, Kendo, music, people, poker........i like a good story as long as it moves me. i don't read nearly as much as i should...
my parents, and their parents.......my daughter and my wife.........