You ever hear Stu Hamm on bass? He toured with Satriani and Steve Vai like 10 years back, what a performance! Ive been playing guitar since 1986, started the drums a couple years ago. I like all music, but country doesnt really work for me. I love Tool, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Pantera, major heavy metal influence. I also like the big hair bands of the 80s: Poison, Skid Row, Slaughter, Queensryche, Van Halen...but hey, sometimes a little Durran Durran never hurt anybody!