Member Since: 2/13/2005
Band Website: iaintgotnowebsite.yet
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Influences:
I could never fit the names of everyone who influenced my life, or my music...but here's a sample...my mom and dad, brother and sister, all of my true friends that never turned their back on me, even though I deserved it, Dean Sweetman, Steve Deal, the Wellman family, Schteevo Hanners, Bob Dylan, OutKast and the entire Dungeon Family, Sade, Mars Ill, TOOL, Rhoda Scott, Minnie Ripperton, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Holiday, Mark Knopfler, Nina Simone, Johnny Cash, Radiohead, every damn track to come out of Motown, Jabbo Smith, Sway and Tech, The Klezmatics (long live klezmer music!!!), BlockHead, Moody Blues, Etta James, Led Zeppelin, Musiq the SoulChild, Grouch and Eligh, Brother Ali, SoulHeir the ManChild, DJ Dust, The Remnant, Deepspace 5, Scarface (the rapper), NAS, Z-Ro, Trae, 50-50, Cee-Lo, Tom Waits, Timbaland, Gangstarr, Sintax the Terrific, Breez Evahflowin', Ollabelle, Marilyn Manson, The Crystal Method, Collective Efforts, KRS-One, Robin Trower, Kanye West, Dr.Dre and the whole G-Funk Era, Christopher Walken, Boyz II Men, Roy Orbison, Devin the Dude, DJ Shadow, R.E.M., Erykah Badu, The Roots, Damian Marley, Lauryn Hill, Debo, Ice Cube, Foo Fighters, Hexsagon, Gnarls Barkley, Portishead, Coldplay, Switchfoot, U.N.K.L.E., Tracy Chapman, U2, The Toadies, The Wu-Tang Clan, Youngbloodz, Brotha Lynch Hung, Alice in Chains, Aaliyah, 16 Horsepower, Eazy- E, 2Pac, Biggie, Matisyahu, India Arie, Bond, King Crimson, Third Day, James Taylor, Incubus, John Legend, The Eagles, Lovage, Big Dumb Face, Emmylou Harris, Cat Stevens, The Dead Milkmen, NIN, Snoopy, that homeless guy on the corner of S. Lexington who runs up to passers-by to sing them a song when they really don't want to hear one, and he doesn't even ask for money, well, not all the time. Some stuff I scraped off my shoe, the trash in my neighbors yard, the paraplegic guy who mugged me last week, scar-covered, worry-laden emo kids whose parents wont invest in a pair of scissors, your step-mom's hot-flashes, artichoke smoothies, flat tires, people who lie, bacon fried in mayonaisse, and most importantly, all the people that love me, hate me, and question me, as well as those I do the same to, etcetera, etcetera. Oh and did I mention the Son of God who forgives my filfthy, rotten soul? Yeah, you've probably heard of him, I'll have to introduce you sometime...
Sounds Like: A thunderous beating being put on you by someone else's large, abusive, alcoholic foster-dad....
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