




Date and place of birth: The Lake of Fire
Instruments played: Guitar, Keys, Bass, Drums, Progressive
Triangle
First record you ever owned: single - "Fox on the Run" by
Sweet, Album - DOUBLE PLATINUM by KISS & OUT OF THE
BLUE by ELO
Favorite albums: Way to difficult to answer too many good
ones...a few would be RAGE FOR ORDER by Queensryche,
ABAGAIL by King Diamond, LATE NITE by Neal Schon,
anything with Sarah Brightman on it, THE BLACK HALO by
Kamelot, HOLY DIVER by Dio, MOOD SWINGS by Harem
Scarem, SWIM by July for Kings, NEVER TAKE FRIENDSHIP
PERSONAL by Anberlin... I could go on ...and on...and on...
Influences & Inspirations: From a guitarist point of view, Neal
Schon is my favorite, Satriani is one of the best, John
Petrucci never stops getting better, Vivian Campbell for the
first three Dio albums and then the Riverdogs and Shadow
King stuff...Steve Lukather is a genuine legend...music wise
it's the song that counts... a song has got to provoke an
emotional response ...when you do that you have got a good
song ...write a song that provokes an emotional response
even after the 100th listen, now you have a classic!
Dream band: Stephen Clifford, Roy Khan or Mark Free on
vocals, myself and Steve Lukather on guitar, Gunter Werno &
David Paich on keyboards, Marco Mendoza on bass, Mike
Portnoy on drums and Sarah Brightman as a female singer
Song you would most like to have written : "Change" by John
Waite or "The Rose" by Bette Midler
Fondest memory in your music career: Controlling a crowed
of 3200 people when I was only 17 on stage... a wave of the
hand yielded the roar of the crowd....
Worst memory in your music career: It's all good!
How would your friends describe you: Intense
Favourite movies: HEAT, HEAVY METAL, ALIENS, DREAM A
LITTLE DREAM, FLETCH, TOMBSTONE, BRAVE HEART
Things you hate: Animal cruelty
Things You like: Good music
Interests outside music: Professional wrestling and working
out
Childhood ambitions: Still working on it
Place you would most like to visit: Heaven
Three people you would most like to sit down and talk to:
Ronnie James Dio, Paul Stanley, and Robert Deniro.



