I became interested in music at around three years old.I listened to the Radio and could recite the top twenty .I had a fascination for guitars after seeing them on tv and hanging on older peoples walls.I wanted one but never got one until i was 10 or 11 years old.A loan of an old acoustic guitar.I never had a single lesson in my entire life.I am totally self taught.I tried to recognize the sound of a single string and focused on the pitch.I expanded to other strings then chords and short licks.I then began to hear something then repeat it perfectly with no help of sheet music or tablature as it wasnt even invented yet.Later if i could hear it clearly i could just spurt it out to the correct fret and correct string pitch perfect.After learning thousands of covers i began composing my own material.

Firebird at the Academy with my pal George Whyte.I was trembling with excitement at how loud they played and the whole atmosphere there.I was in my early teens and they were only a couple of years older than me .This made me wonder if it was possible for me to be a player one day in the future.Next was Pallas progressive rock band.They were outstanding technical virtuosos.They opened my mind to new possibilities.The Stranglers ,Big Country,Kiss,Dio,Black Sabbath,Judas Priest,Focus,Wishbone Ash,Jethro Tull,Gary Moore,Vader and The Sweet all inspired me greatly .

I use many different customized Ibanez guitars through Line 6 flextone 2 and extension cab,rack gear and little Crate gx 15 dsp for recordings.Main guitars are Sabers ,rg 550,rg 770 dx and rgr 320.I use Seymour Duncan Invader,Full Shred,Jeff Beck,George Lynch,Dimebag and 59 neck.I also use Di Marzio ,Carvin,EMG and custom made pickups by Andy Blake of Wizard.

To see and hear Talented people performing,encourage musicians,communicate with them and help with all manner of things.Perform my music for feedback and pleasure.Listen to their music and give feedback and encouragement.Hook up with like minded people and maybe collaborate on material.Watch for new talent and Inspiration.

The Beatles.the Hollies,the Crazy World of Arthur Brown,Albert Hammond,the Rolling Stones and The Kinks with their amazing distorted guitar riffs and harmony vocals.The biggest influence of all was The Stranglers.Musicianship of the highest order and the greatest ever bass guitar sound in history.I liked the Jam,Buzzcocks,the Ruts,the Skids,Stiff little Fingers,Gary Numan,Ultravox ,Kiss,TNT,Manowar,Thor,King Diamond ,Ratt and Judas Priest ,Frank Zappa and Gary Moore. The biggest guitar influence was Randy Rhoads .He REDEFINED rock guitar playing .Then Yngwie Malmsteen ,Dave Celentano and Michael Angelo Batio.They raised the bar to a new level.In the beginning i had an old record player that could stack singles to play automatically.I stacked " These Boots Were made for Walking","Im her Yesterday Man","The Iseralites""Little Arrows","Im a Believer"and "Yellow Submarine"There was no turning back after that.I was hooked.Later on in my teens it was Black Sabbath and Kiss.

Currently no but i have played in many outstanding live and studio bands in nearly every known style of music and a few ground breaking ones.I played all the covers and many originals as well.

Dave Celentano,Ronni le Tekro and Michael Angelo Batio as they are the most exciting and innovative players of all time for me.Or Glen Tipton,KK Downing and Randy Rhoads for exactly the same reason.

A few tens of thousands in France or USA and a small handful of people in a local bar.

The Stranglers No More Heroes.I first heard the title track on my dads Hacker Helmsman Radio and felt like i was being electrocuted with excitement at the sound they produced.I later heard the entire album in my pal Skweeks .We carried our portable cassette players everywhere and played it non stop for years.A monumental album.Timeless.Other candidates are Blizzard of Oz,Holy Diver,Marching Out ,Painkiller,Knights of the New Thunder,Creatures of the Night,Setting Sons,Out of this World,Surfing with the Alien ,Music for the deaf and Sign of the Hammer.