Roots and Influences:
Ron Asheton, Glenn Branca, James Chance, Greg Ginn, Jimi Hendrix, Richard Lloyd, Ian MacKaye, Sterling Morrison, The Nihilist Spasm Band, Pere Ubu, Robert Quine, Lou Reed, The Sex Pistols, Silver Apples, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Tom Verlaine, James Williamson, Neil Young, John Zorn
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