A few of my favorite metal bands are:
Iron Maiden, Overkill, Manowar, Nevermore/Sanctuary, King Diamond, Forbidden, Priest and anything Dio has been involved with.

A few of my favorite metal albums are:
Piece of mind/Powerslave, Horrorscope, The Triumph of steel, Into the mirror black, Holy diver/Rainbow rising/Mob rules, Them/Abigail, Distortion/Twisted into form, Defenders of the faith….you know what?… I love close to 60% of my collection. Otherwise I would not buy them.

Musicians that have influenced me:
Dio, Dane, Dickinson, Tate, Alder and Blitz.

Non-metal music I like:
Classical and tons of movie scores.

Other projects past and present:
Legend maker, Onward and Cypher Seer. Oh yea I’m also one of the legions of people who was associated with New Eden at one point.

A few of my favorite metal bands are:
Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Queensryche, Black Sabbath, Voivod, Manowar, Mercyful Fate, Megadeth, Metallica, Fates Warning, Helstar, Scorpions, Enslaved, Opeth, Slayer, Accept, Death, Savatage, Coroner, Loudness

A few of my favorite metal albums are:
Number of the Beast, Killers, Sad Wings of Destiny, Sin after Sin, The Warning, Dimension Hatross, Rust in Peace, Awaken the Guardian, Mob Rules, Heaven and Hell, Don’t Break the Oath

Musicians that have influenced me:
Steve Harris, Yngwie Malmsteen, Marty Freidman, Dave Murray, Glenn Tipton, Michael Schenker, Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore, Randy Rhodes, Larry Barragan, Piggy, Joey Dimeo, DeGarmo and Wilton, Jim Matheos, Frank Aresti, Angus Young, Kiss, Al Dimeola, Steve Morse, Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, Dave Mustaine, James Hetfield

Non-metal music I like:
Classical: Vivaldi, Beethoven, Mozart; Celtic: Loreena McKennett, Planxty; 70s hard rock: Free, Bad Company, Stray, Budgie, Bang, Uriah Heep, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Rush, UFO; 70s prog rock/ rock: Jethro Tull, Kansas, Yes, Cat Stevens, Elton John, America, Neil Young, CSN, James Taylor; Jazz Fusion: Jeff Beck, John Scofield, Dave Weckl, Alphonso Johnson, Dixie Dregs, Virgil Donati; Blues Rock: Stevie Ray Vaughn, Kenny Wayne Shepard, Eric Gales Band

Other projects past and present:
Destiny’s End: Breathe Deep the Dark, Transition; New Eden: Through the Make Believe

A few of my favorite metal bands are:
Iron Maiden, Helloween, Primal Fear, Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer, Overkill, Ozzy, Judas Priest; Black Sabbath; Testament

A few of my favorite metal albums are:
Killers – Iron Maiden; Master of Puppets – Metallica; Better Than Raw – Helloween; Taking Over - Overkill

Musicians that have influenced me:
Steve Harris, John Taylor, Bob Daisley, Geezer Butler, Markus Groskopf

Non-metal music I like:
Classic Rock, oldies, 80’s pop, disco and funk

Other projects past and present:
Original: Raven Mad; Kordavox; Negative Reinforcement; New Eden; Synergy

Cover/Tribute: Wrathchild – Tribute to Iron Maiden; The Iron Maidens – Tribute to Iron Maiden; Hangar 18 – Tribute to Megadeth; Powerslave – AZ’s Tribute to Iron Maiden; Whole Lotta Rosies – Tribute to AC/DC; Mz Led – Tribute to Led Zeppelin

A few of my favorite metal bands are:
Helloween, Fates Warning, Blind Guardian, Pink Cream 69, Riot

A few of my favorite metal albums are:
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys pt. 1 & 2, Fates Warning - Parallels, Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast, Dream Theater - Images And Words, Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian

Musicians that have influenced me:
Phil Rudd - AC/DC, Clive Burr - Iron Maiden, Mark Zonder - Fates Warning, Bobby Jarzombek - Riot, Mike Portnoy - Dream Theater, Kosta Zafirou - Pink Cream 69, Mark Craney - Jethro Tull / Gino Vanelli

Non-metal music I like:
Stevie Nicks - Belladonna (Russ Kunkel on drums), Gino Vanelli - Brother To Brother ( Mark Craney on drums), Jim Matheos - First Impressions, Pennywise ( Byron McMackin on drums)

Other projects past and present:
Ignite - A Place Called Home / Our Darkest Days, Seven Witches - Year Of The Witch, Engine - Metal Blade 20th Anniversary DVD