Noel remembers not really feeling like he fit in school -- being 6-foot tall, having a hugely crooked nose, knock knees and HUGE teeth. Where oh where did he belong? The answer came in his pre-U/Army/Uni life when he discovered the joys of the electric guitar.
Today, he still feels that strange sense of disenfranchise-ment but happily has tempered that feeling by finding a woman (thankfully!) that can actually stand him and tolerate his mindless mouth noises, thus reassuring himself of his worth (to at least one person).
Noel loves the blues & blues music. He thinks all guitarists should start playing the blues first before branching out into other forms of music. He wishes he could write a really sad song instead of the pithy party-time fluffy mindless crap that he continually churns out, but the magnitude of his talent does not meet the amplitude of his desires. He also believes Peter Green is like Jesus, just fatter.
Influences:
Peter Greenbaum, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, The Edge, Angus Young, Leslie West, Erik Marshall, B.B. King, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Marc Ford, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Gary Louris, Matthew Sweet, G Love and Special Sauce, Billy Corgan, Big Wreck, Soundgarden, The Jayhawks, Parliament, Funkadelic, Prince Rogers Nelson, Black Crowes, Guns N Roses, Johnny Marr, Steven Street, and Steven Stills.
Guitars: 1956 re-issue Gibson Les-paul gold top, 1980's Orville by Gibson Black Beauty custom copy, 1997 Epiphone Firebird VII, 1998 Epiphone ES-335 Dot, 1990's Dean dreadnought acoustic.
Effects: Ibanez Tube-King Overdrive, Vox Overdrive, MXR Distortion+, Big Muff Pi, Ibanez Tube-Screamer Classic, Ae2fx Nightshade, Vox Wah, Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Phaser, Maxon Flanger, Voodoo Labs Micro-Vibe, Ae2fx Mojo-Tone, Brass and Glass Jim Dunlop slides, E-bow+.
Amplifiers: Marshall 100watt Super-lead head circa 1976, Yamaha 1x12 cabinet, Marshall 50watt JCM900 dual reverb 1x12 combo circa 1990's.