Grunge. The music of the 80s is what I grew up listening to, but when the 90s came around, it was powerful for me. Still is...
It sounds stupid, but it was probably the movie Wayne's World. You know the scene when Garth goes into the shop and does the drum solo? I was like "Wow, I wanna do that!"
First it was RINGO & the whole British invasion thing...
then Buddy Rich
Funnily enough my mother. And Karen Carpenter!
Mother was a singer and loved jazz drummers. I picked up pencils very early on but it took a while to get a kit.
Karen Carpenter was loved by dad and I watched her drum on TV and that helped to inspire. Also Hal Blaine with the Tijuana brass and the Beach boys and of course the Carpenters. Both Hal Blaine and Earl Palmer are HUGE influences on me.