| Influences | Omar Hakim * Marvin 'Smitty' Smith * Vinnie Colaiuta * Stewart Copeland * Dennis Chambers * Paul Brochu * Dave Weckl * Steve Smith * Peter Erskine * Mark Prince * Sean Rickman * Gene Lake * Heratio 'El Negro' Hernandez * Will Calhoun * Phil Gould * Jeff Tain Watts * Steve Gadd * Trilok Gurtu * Manu Katche * Virgil Donati * Rick Gratton * Carter Beauford * Mark Brzecki
,Prince, Gap Band, Lakeside, Cameo, Steve Arrington, James Brown, SOS Band, The Whispers, Roger Troutman, Zapp, Brick, Chic, Loofuh, Sugarhill Gang, Evelyn Champagne King, Michael Jackson (from the Thriller rekkid on back), Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5, Run-DMC, Leaders of the New School, Tribe Called Quest, Black Sheep, De La Soul, 3rd Bass, Public Enemy, Fred and Lamont Sanford, Putney Swope, the ORIGINAL Bill Cosby Show, Good Times, What's Hap'nin, and the Jeffersons,
The Police, The Tennants, Cabaret Voltaire, Duran Duran, DEPECHE MODE, Thompson Twins, Thomas Dolby, The Smiths, David Sylvian, INXS, Japan, Missing Persons, B52s, Kajagoogoo, Simple Minds, Jane Sibbery, Kate Bush, Nik Kershaw, Talk Talk, Rain Tree Crow, Big Country, Klark Kent, Radiohead, Deftones, Salvador Dream, PIL, Belfegore, Massive Attack, Tricky, Bjork, The Orb, Everything But The Girl, Tracy Thorne, The Fixx, LeveL 42, Portisehead, Sting, Van Halen, Rush, Ratt, Def Leppard, Bad Brains, Living Colour, Fishbone, Primus, 24-7 Spyz, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Black Uhuru, Bob Marley, Steel Pulse, U-Roy
Chick Corea, Yellowjackets, UZEB, John Scofield, Miles Davis, Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Andy Milne, Dapp Theory (the Rich Brown era!), Mike Stern, Weather Report, Pat Metheny, Bruce Hornsby, Dave Matthews, Bela Fleck, Herbie Hancock, Richard Bona, Bobby McFerrin, Rinsethealgorythm, Buddy Rich, |
