Became a fan when Heaven Tonight came out, saw them on that tour, saw them once w/o Tom, that sucked, have probably seen them close to 10 times including a 3-night run in Austin where they played the first 3 albums completely, one each night, it was awesome. Spent most of the late 80s/ and the 90s playing 12-string bass exclusively, because of these guys, still have one Hamer from those days.