Metalocalypse co-creator Brendon Small is our guest for this edition of Loudwire's Gear Factor, and it should come as no surprise that a rock classic inspired the future Dethklok and Galaktikon musician to pick up a guitar for the first time.
Small says that while he was inspired by the riffs of Prince and Eddie Van Halen's work on the
5150 album, inevitably it was Guns N' Roses who first motivated the young rock loving musician to test out the guitar. "I think I heard that at the orthodontist when I was getting my braces tightened and it made the pain go away," said Small, recalling his introduction to the classic "Sweet Child O' Mine." "The guitars on that are so good and it made me interested in why his guitar sounded so good.”