I named one of the songs Distorted Youth because it had a simular vibe to the song " Black Sabbath". I though thought that would be a cool name for a band. When i started recording I went back to my roots of heavy metal, blues, anger and madness and soul. Distorted Youth just made sense.

I LIVE TO PLAY YOU KIDDING ME!

I think the internet is great for indepenent artists to be heard and has leveled the field from big corproations to real rock and roll. Its about time I am done buying albums, cassettes , CDs of the same record.

Yea. It definatly wouldnt be mainstream, it would fit excellent in movies and video games

After trading My Jackson Randy Rhoads for my first Les Paul my tone and style changed. It was magical. I found my own sound and I HAD TO START RECORDING. From shred back to my roots of hard southern rock and maximum rhythm and Blues. With in weeks I purchased a four track and a drum machine and so on and on. Within a Month of recording my first demo, I won the Motor City Best Guitar solo WRIF contest at the largest rock station in Detroit This motivated me to produce over 50 songs.

I'm 46 and been playing since I was I was 14. I caught on pretty quick to Ted Nugent, Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Led Zeppelin back in High School. Then I saw RANDY RHOADS in 1982 and was never quite the same guitar player. My roots were in Black Sabbath and Led Zep and played parties. Then I got married ghilled out for about 10 years and bought some recordeing equipment and now I am really into John Lennons work, a true master with a great rock and roll voice that evolved and actually means something. He was a prophet, there will never be another like like him. In fact, no one is even close.

My favorite bands are The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath Kid Rock, Motown and Lynyrd Skynyrd , AC DC, Alice Cooper the Beatles and John Lennon. Being a Guitarist my biggest influences are Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Randy Rhoads, Jimmy Page, Tony Iommni, Joe Satriani, Slash and Billy Gibbons. There are really too many to list but you get the idea. Its got to be real and have feel!

Detroit, Latin America and the South

Gibson LES PAULS 1960 Classic, Standard, Melody Maker and Zakke Wylde Bullseye, Mexican Strats, Explorers, Ibanez RG Series, Epiphone, Fender, Line 6 POD, Vox, Korg recording equipment and Sonic Foundry Software.

Back before there were guitar tabs if you wanted to learn something you had to wear out the record until you mastered it. Here are some albums I wore out until I got that players style and chops.

Led Zeppelin I, II and IV
Black Sabbath I, Paronoid and Heaven and Hell
Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard and Diary
Judas Priest Screaming for Vengence
Ted Nugent First Album
Joe Satriani Surfing with an Alien and Flying in a Blue Dream
Guns and Roses Appetite for Destruction
Jimi Hendrix The Essential Jimi Hendrix
Gary Hoey Best Of and Christmas Series
Lynyrd Skynyrd BOX SET is my ALL TIME FAVORITE
Kid Rocks First two Albums great guitar chops.
Best of Santana