Howdy! Robert Hecker here. Best known, I suppose, for my fourteen years in the band Redd Kross (two seven year stints). Dozens of national tours, a few European jaunts, signed to Atlantic, MTV, Rolling Stone; we eked out an existence, but I never made any money (can I get an amen). There is now a book & a documentary. Still chasing the dream. I have recorded five sixteen-song albums with my band It's OK!: https://www.pandora.com/artist/its-ok/ARwkpfP5ndkfq92 If we are going to talk influences, ultimately I have to default to the Beatles. I am a shredder (just saying), but that is really just about a skill set & headroom; playing for the song is the ultimate goal, a la Beatle George, or James Honeyman-Scott, or Elliot Easton, or Brian May, or any other number of guitar giants who have that gift for writing unique stand-on-their-own-ground solos. I just signed up to this community, so I have no idea what my favorite AMP tools are yet, but I am happy to post an addendum when I start to get the hang of it. It's OK! has always been a DIY endeavor, so I am looking forward to learning more.
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