Way too many to list at this point. But what made me want to play was my Dad tuning up a cheap ass Sears acoustic that my Mom got for her birthday when I was little and showing her stuff on it. He played when he was younger but quit. Mom never caught on to it, but it stuck with me. Later on when I was 14, I ran across that acoustic in the junk closet when my Mom sent me to get some wrapping paper for some Christmas presents. I decided to grab it and started messing around with it.
Early influences were bands like Guns N Roses, Metallica, AC/DC, Megadeth, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, ect...
These days...good grief, I listen to and take in so much different stuff, that it would be a friggin' wall of text.
Basically, I listen to just about anything but crappy pop and rap. I listen to rock, metal, country (good country, not tractor rap), some jazz/R&B, big bands, oldies, ect...