Experimental artist, inspired by Frank Zappa, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Igor Stravinsky, Captain Beefheart, Mike Patton(Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Fantômas, Tomahawk), Autechre, Richard D. James(Aphex Twin), Masami Akita(Merzbow), John Zorn, Edgard Varèse, Coil, John Cage, Wesley Willis, King Crimson, Hawkwind, The Residents, Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin, Motörhead, Marc Bolan(T-Rex), Melt Banana, F.J. Haydn, J.S. Bach, The Melvins, Ozric Tentacles, Ween, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Black Sabbath, Weird Al Yankovic, and Turbonegro, among many, MANY others.