Well, the stuff that I liked growing up was AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, but I also liked the Beatles and guys like Cat Stevens and Elton John.
What I couldn't say verbally I was able to express physically through the guitar.
Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.
Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.
I didn't like the way I was let go from Metallica.
The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.