I play live for friends and family.
I don't normally play material I've written since I enjoy creating new stuff so much, and besides, the majority of my music has a dark flavor to it.
The songs I make up on the spot are much more amusing.
Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Frank Zappa, The Fugs, Interpol, George Thorogood, Elliott Smith, Joanna Newsom, Dethklok, Eagles of Death Metal, Neil Young, Queens of the Stone Age, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Beck, Einstürzende Neubauten, Hank Williams (Sr. and III), Woody Guthrie, The Strokes ("Is This It" Album), The Kills, Ryan Adams, White Zombie, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Gil Scott Heron, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and most recently Project Bluebird.