I, without a doubt, have hints of Peart, Phil Ehart, Nicko McBrain and Scott Rockenfield in my playing in rock/metal and punk...I am not ashamed of it, and I don't try to hide it.
on bass, it is Geddy and Steve Harris...people say that all the time...
I hhave never been a person who tries to deny influences...I embrace them. Those guys were the people who motivated me to forsake all else in my formative years and dive in to music.
When I play now, it is ALWAYS a form of tribute and "thank you" to them for pushing me...even though they don't even know I exist...Though Geddy did point at me and give me the "thumbs up" at the Vapor Trails concert where we had 3rd row....I "died "that night!!!
I have always had a big problem with the people who think that they are above and beyond influences...that realistically can not happen...out mind imprints things whether we are actively trying to or not, and unless you truly lived completely excluded and cut off from any kind of modern media outlet, you are influenced by somebody.
I was briefly involved in a few bands where I was told that "we are not going to wear the shirts of other bands on stage. We don't want people to think we were influenced by anyone"....riiiight. I'm out...