My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and dudes like that. My brother played drums and we jammed in the garage and started writing our own stuff.
Some of my favorite harmonics are located between frets. There are two really cool ones between the 2nd and 3rd frets that I use a lot.
A lot of bands whine about the road and how tough it is.
I was lucky enough to get to see guys like Bugs Henderson, Jimmy Wallace, all those great Texas blues players.
The harder stuff has always done it for me. Man, if it rips, I'll give it a thumbs up!
I love 'Dogman' by King's X and Living Colour's 'Stain.'