Favorate band growing up

Rush by far my first choice of influence, always loved Alex Lifeson's amazingly different style unmatched by none, Neil Pearts drums of course unmatched by any other, and his deep lyrics were really fun to listen to a million times until you got them word for word.
Gheddy's voice, again, unmatched by none.
Just a freaking awesome, powerful band with some of the most deep and explosive music ever punched out by three guys.
Saw many, many rush concerts.

Ronnie James Dio, oh hell yeah, the lyrics of the battles between good and evil with good always coming out on top, combined with some of the most talented shredders to ever play.
I swear that Dio is the only singer that can start off a song with the voice as sweet as a womans, then from out of nowhere, this explosion from the depths of hell comes raging out of this little guy with enough energy to make you want to jum off a cliff, land on your feet, climb the mountain, and do it all over again.

Jimi Hendrix, the stuff they never, ever play on the radio, yeah that stuff.

If you like to play guitar, you have to have liked Led Zeppelin, awesome still to this day with some of the most original sounding music from all over the spectrum.
You have to admit, as much as those guys were played on the radio, I still never get sick of their stuff.

Bad Company, nitty gritty, bad ***, Vocals to die for, a must for any party.

Dire Straights, Guitar from hell, oh yeah.

Steve Winwood, before and after Traffic.

Robin Trower.

Pink Floyd, oh yeah, for headphones only!

Foreigner, man they rocked!

Styx, cool.

Argent's one hit wonder-=cool.

Sabbath, stirred things up.

Blue oyster Cult.

Molly Hatchet.

ZZ top.

I liked Skynyrd more while I was younger.

Peter Gabriel.

Phil Collins, Genesis.

How bout Donny iris, Ah Leah!!

Smithereens, cool home town type rockers.

of course Whitesnake, Scorpions, Ratt, Dokken, Metallica, Iron Maiden, the Cult, Tears for fears (chicks dug them).

I liked alot of the 80's British bands too.

Chuck Berry, Buddy Guy, and all the other crazy rock n rollers from the 50's-60's.

Basically I liked anything that had a good beat, and put a smile on my face and I coulkd drive to.

I can't stand this whiner rock crap these depressed teens listen to now days.
No wonder these kids are so freaking miserable.