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Originally Posted by Munchkin
What kinda metal noodle? Do you enjoy Queensryche and Dream Theater? I dont know if theyre considered metal...love those bands though...
Iron Maiden? [old] Metallica?
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all of the above. Dream Theater is amazing and I never miss a show if I can help it. Queensryche I like, but haven't listened to them since
Empire. Maiden rules, of course -- I'm counting the days till the new album comes out. Metallica is kind of meh these days, but the old skool stuff was great.
Since my band got a vocalist, we've gotten heavier -- we do a Testament cover every now and then, one from a band called Grip, Inc. (side project of Dave Lombardo that's less demonic than Slayer), some Megadeth (I should've put them up top of my list -- they're the most bestest metal ever). We fool around with
Wrathchild from the early Maiden days. We were toying around with a Ratt song, too, but I think we've crossed a line somewhere that precludes music by Ratt from making the setlist. Something about being physically assaulted by your audience.
I shouldn't have gotten started trying to list these. I just thought of about 5 more that we play in practice that never see the light of day. Oh well.
edit: as to influences, they're all up there too. I copy Eric Peterson when playing rhythm cuz he has the most disgusting right-hand technique ever when it comes to heavy playing. For lead stuff, I have tons of heroes, none of whom I can remotely approach in skill. So I just kind of do my thing.