Musical Influences/Idols:

I am mainly influenced by the music that I listen to, so I'll post a short list:

Dream Theater, Neal Morse, Liquid Tension Experiment, Transatlantic, Between The Buried And Me, OSI, Opeth, Killswitch Engage, Art Of Hate, Unearth, Van Canto, Rush, Avril Lavigne, Machine Head, In Flames, Nickelback, As I Lay Dying, Lamb Of God, Machinemade God, Disturbed, Avantasia, Porcupine Tree, The Corrs, Phil Collins, Schandmaul, Redemption, Pur, Orphaned Land, All That Remains, Thomas Giles, Yes, Pink Floyd, Genesis,
Avenged Sevenfold, Creed, The Haunted, Rausgeschmissen' Geld, Symphony X, Nightwish, Meat Loaf, Jesus Christ Superstar,
Twelve Tribes, Mnemic, Trivium, Arch Enemy, Faith No More,
Amon Amarth, Bullet For My Valentine, Silbermond, Edguy,
Dave Matthew's Band, Protest The Hero, Parkway Drive, Scorpions, Underoath, Alter Bridge, Shinedown, Black Stone Cherry u.ä. \m/

Drummer:
Mike Portnoy, Gavin Harrison, Scott Phillips, Bernd Winkelmann