IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER: Rush, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Alice in Chains, Tool, Slayer, Black Sabbath, OLDER Metallica 'til 1988, Radiohead, Death, Opeth (esp "Damnation"), "Deadboy" Dax Riggs/Acid Bath/Deadboy&all Dax projects, King Crimson (esp first album), Crowbar, Deftones, Soundgarden, Sunny Day Real Estate, Sheila Divine, Allman Bros., CSN, CSN&Y, Neil Young, Doors, Mogwai, A Perfect Circle, Pantera, Tiamat, Pyogenesis, Type O Negative, Death Cab for Cutie, Suffocation, Mogwai, Devin Townsend and his various projects, Misery Loves Co., Isis, Neurosis, Dying Fetus, Stevie Ray V., classic Judas Priest, Coroner, Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, & - MORE TO COME THAT I'VE COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT. ANYTH,