| Influences | Erick Coleman, Gene Imbody, Dan Erlewine, Jade Lowrey, James Trussart, John Veleno, Ken Parker, Kow Yokayama, Bill Sienkewicz, Holdstock & Edwards; Zach Galifianakis, Neil Blender (the artist not the skater), Greg Tobias, Roger Owsley, Chiccehitto...
Old Marshall Amps! ...Gin gimlets, steampunk, Kurosawa, Dave Sardy, Tad Doyle, diystompboxes.com, Tao te Ching, Michael Wright (unrelated except by field), Trader Joe's Shiraz, the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile, Budgie the band, Budgie the bird, unitednuclear.com, Scott Chinery, countless movie soundtracks/scores, Buddha, Shostakovitch, Engrish & devil'ed up language of all sorts, did I mention gin?
Dale Chihuly ...Fooly Cooly, GAINAX, and thus, the Pillows; H.P. Lovecraft, Riley Puckett and the Skillet Lickers, Ralph Steadman, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, SHORPY.COM, Tim Coy, Tom Murphy, Bill Nash, modelmakers and relic artists everywhere... Alan Partridge, Bubble Puppy... Seymour Duncan, Gaudi, Macaulay & Goldsworthy - Tron, Shatner & Wrath of Khan - almost everbody named Isaac: Asimov, Newton, Stern, Hayes... Jake E. Lee & Warren DiMartini; Piggy, Snake, and Away...
Van Halen, Swervedriver, (old) Supergrass, Cactus, James Gang, Thin Lizzy, the Ezrin produced Alice Cooper stuff, but only with the original band, none of that top-hat and tails garbage; Scorsese and Coppola ...and Corman... Cropper & Booker, Arthur Lyman, Martin Denny, all kinds of Bossa Nova stuff. Ravi Shankar. Miles Davis w/John McLaughlin. Oh, and McLaughlin Group. Oh man how did I forget Les Paul? Trio, with Mary Ford, New Sound, all that! |