Questions for TM

Not that much honestly. I can't understand people who dedicate 90% of their musical attention to tone and all that. I bought a nice expensive guitar and a nice expensive amp. It sounds good. I'm not fussy.

I don't even own one single effects pedal. In the studio it's different i guess. Most of that is up to producer/engineer because none of us are really studio enthusiasts or anything.
 
Question more for Mike than the band. Do you have any major non-prog- and non-power- metal influences as a vocalist? Aside from the obvious ones like Ace of Base and that chick from the old Nescafe ads?