John Bonham
Yes, my number one influence and drum good for many years. I love his heavy but, oh so, melodic sound. He's technics is astonish, not forget to mention the base drum technic! Mixing all kinds of music styles and master them all, he is my true and major inspiration and influence!
Ian Paice
I not a fan of Ian Paice, sorry to say, but his drum playing have influenced me a lot. During my first years as a drummer I listen to a lot of Deep Purple and in particular In Rock! He has (often) a more fast pace and rawer sound than Bonham
Mike Portnoy
I have always been a fan of polyrhythms and always tried to incorporate them in my playing, with questionable results, but after listening to Mike Portnoy I have realized what could be done with polyrhythms. And not just polyrhythms but also back beats and other really cool stuff as well!
My Drum teacher!
As a young drummer, still struggling to even be able to hit the drums without missing them, he learn me the JAZZ! And of course as a young man still formable I incorporated the jazz into my veins!
Terry Bozzio
Perhaps he haven't influenced my style as much, but he deserves a honorable mentioning here, since he makes the above drummers look like amateurs. And, yes! That incorporates The professor as well! :-P
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