| Influences | all things ska: the specials, bad manners, desmond decker, the skatalites, toots and the maytals, prince buster, jimmy cliff plus: billy connelly, iron claw, beastie boys, ac/dc, frank zappa, mozart, soundgarden, kelly joe phelps, the sensational alex harvey band, femi kuti, yes, the small faces, jimi hendrix, R.A.T.M, red hot chillis, g love and special sauce, the beatles, frank sinatra, the reverend horton heat, leon russell, charles mingus, U2, janes addiction, ben harper, manu chao, lenny bruce, lee perry, socrates, free, KRS one, rimsky korsakov, spunge, mario lanza, jon stewart, primus, miles davis, judas priest, wynton marsalis, thin lizzy, NWA, deep purple, rory gallagher, tina turner, the who, bing crosby, kaizers orchestra, lynyrd skynyrd, lulu, the pixies, aristotle, the police, joan sutherland, ultravox, rolf harris, bob hope, opeth, emerson lake and palmer, violent femmes, the beta band, talking heads, hunter s thompson, gene vincent, rory macleod, streetlight manifesto, the undertones, presidents of the united states, gomez, maria callas, issac newton, electric light orchestra, alex lifeson, cream, uncle noam, radiohead, friederich hegel, public enemy, shostakovich, the dixie chicks, lalo schifrin, system of a down, brendan behan, muddy waters, brian wilson, led zeppelin and james brown. In that order. |