Thanks for that, made me search for some of his early stuff.
Don't know whether Skid Row was his first band but it was my first experience of his music. Had a Goldring Lenco turntable then which had a variable speed setting and we used to slow the album right down just to pick out the notes. Even then it was too fast!
Found a couple of tracks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ9xFnDL31shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skdIyK0ob8U 
