{"id":224,"date":"2011-08-13T23:40:01","date_gmt":"2011-08-13T23:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xsymphonyx.com\/site\/?post_type=question&#038;p=224"},"modified":"2011-08-13T23:40:01","modified_gmt":"2011-08-13T23:40:01","slug":"who-influenced-each-of-the-band-members","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/question\/who-influenced-each-of-the-band-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Who influenced each of the band members?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MICHAEL ROMEO<br \/>\nBANDS : Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Ozzy, Rush, Zappa, Kansas.<br \/>\nGUITARISTS \/ MUSICIANS : Randy Rhoads, Al Dimeola, Van Halen, Uli Jon Roth, Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, Allan Holdsworth, Shawn Lane, Frank Gambale, Jean-Luc Ponty, Frank Zappa.<br \/>\nCOMPOSERS : Bach, Mozart, Wagner, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky, Holst, John Williams.<\/p>\n<p>RUSSELL ALLEN<br \/>\nI grew up in a music family. So, my first impressions of music were an interesting mix of country &#038; folk (my Mom and my grandparents) and rock&#038;roll (my Dad was into the Beatles and my uncle liked Pink Floyd). I remember being captivated by the outlaws of country, especially Willie Nelson. I guess that&#8217;s why I leaned toward Rock &#038; Metal in my later years. As I got older I discovered Van Halen, Led Zep, Iron Maiden, Dio, Ozzy (Solo+Sabbath) Halford (Judas Priest) and Paul Rodgers (Bad Company), just to name a few. When I moved to NJ in the early nineties, I had met and was inspired by a singer named Ray Gillen. He sang for a band called Badlands and I really liked the way he sang. When I got into the band scene in Jersey I was into Soundgarden and AIC. Both Lane and Chris had a big influence in my development at that stage. I continue to find things that move me. Whether it be a new comer or one of my idols that continues to impress me, I always try to absorb all things good in music.<\/p>\n<p>MICHAEL PINNELLA<br \/>\nI was influenced by many of the prog.\/rockers of the 70&#8217;s and 80&#8217;s, Keith Emerson and Eddie Jobson have to be my two favorite players of all time.<\/p>\n<p>JASON RULLO<br \/>\nAlex Van Halen, Neil Peart, Billy Cobham, Dennis Chambers, Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta, Terry Bozzio, John Bonham<\/p>\n<p>MICHAEL LEPOND<br \/>\nJoey Demaio (Manowar), Steve Harris (Iron Maiden), Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), Geddy Lee (Rush).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"faq-topic":[],"faq-tags":[],"class_list":["post-224","question","type-question","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/question"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-topic?post=224"},{"taxonomy":"faq-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-tags?post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}