ThePatchedVest Selection: Influences & Heroes

I don't believe in heroes, least of all because I think we, as a collective species, are all individually flawed and that putting people on subjective moral 'pedestals' is an activity for fools or sadists -- but I'm not an idiot enough to think each person is themselves island of a barren endless ocean and acknowledge the mosiac of influence that many artisans, writers, actors, comedians, political figures and simple YouTube creators have had on me throughout my life. For that reason, it should be obvious that I don't endorse every viewpoint/opinion they may hold nor condone their actions in regards to any controversy.
Per typical with the previous lists, bolded names are those who have had an outsized influence and continue to guide my artistic endeavors/worldview. Will probably edit this at some point.

• Abigail Thorn / Philosophy Tube (1993)
• Abby Martin (1984)
• Adam Buckley (1981)
• Albert Camus (1913-1960)
• Alexander Berkman (1870-1936)
• Amanda the Jedi (1989~1995)
• Ansel Adams (1902-1984)
• Astrid Lundburg / OddPride (1995)
• Bernie Sanders (1941)
• Bo Burnham (1990)
• Brian / Regular Car Reviews (1981)
• Carrie Brownstein (1974)
• Charles 'Cr1TiKaL' White / penguinz0 (1994)
• Chloë Sevigny (1974)
• Chris Cornell (1964-2017)
• Chris Prynoski (1971)
• Chris Spencer (1964)
• Chuck Palahniuk (1962)
• Corin Tucker (1972)
• Corrine Day (1962-2010)
• Corrine West (1908-1991)
• Dale Crover (1967)
• Damien Sanders / Makemebad35 (1990)
• David Graeber (1961-2020)
• Davide Sorrenti (1976-1997)
• Diane Arbus (1923-1971)
• Don McCullin (1935)
• Drew McCoy / Genetically Modified Skeptic (1994)
• Elliot Page (1987)
• Emma Goldman (1869-1940)
• Emma Thorne (1999)
• Errico Malatesta (1853-1932)
• Francis Bacon (1909-1992)
• George Carlin (1937-2008)
• George 'Joji' Miller / Filthy Frank (1992)
• Gerard Richter (1932)
• Gerda Taro (1910-1937)
• Guy Picciotto (1965)
• Hank Schyma / Pecos Hank (1982)
• Harmony Korine (1973)
• Harris Brewis / Hbomberguy (1992)
• Harold Hunter (1974-2006)
• Hasan Piker (1991)
• Hayley Williams (1988)
• He-Yin Zhen (1884-1920)
• Henry Rollins (1961)
• Hubert Selby Jr. (1928-2004)
• Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)
• Hunter Schafer (1998)
• Ian Johma / iDubbbz (199)
• Ian MacKaye (1962)
• Ian Kochinski / Vaush (1994)
• Irvine Welsh (1958)
• Jack Layton (1950-2011)
• Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
• Jason Slaughter (1977)
• Jay DeFeo (1929-1989)
• Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)
• Jerry Cantrell (1966)
• Jesse Ventura (1951)
• Jon Matter / DarkMatter2525 (1976)
• Jon Stewart (1961)
• Jordan Shanks / FriendlyJordies (1989)
• Justin King / Beau of the Fifth Column (~1981)
• Justin Roczniak / DoNotEat01 (1993)
• Kaia Wilson (1974)
• Kathi Wilcox (1969)
• Kathleen Hanna (1967)
• Kathy Acker (1947-1997)
• Keith Morris (1955)
• Ken Andrews (1967)
• Kim Gordon (1953)
• Kira Roessler (1961)
• Kōtoku Shūsui (1871-1911)
• Kristen Pfaff (1967-1994)
• Kristen Stewart (1991)
• Kurt Cobain (1967-1994)
• Kyle R. Martin / KrimsonRogue
• Layne Staley (1967-2002)
• Leonard McGurr / Futura 2000 (1955)
• Lindsay Nikole (1997)
• Lucía Sánchez Saornil (1895-1970)
• Lucy Parsons (1851-1942)
• Lydia Lunch (1959)
• Maggie Estep (1963-2014)
• Marc 'ALI' Edmunds (1956-1984)
• Maria Nikiforova (1885-1919)
• Mark Fischbach / Markiplier (1989)
• Mark Fisher (1968-2017)
• Maximilian Christiansen / Maximilian Dood (1983)
• Mia Zapata (1965-1993)
• Michael Hornburg (1960)
• Milo Rossi / Miniminuteman (1999)
• Mike Prysner (1983)
• Mike IX Williams (1967)
• Nan Goldin (1953)
• Naomi Klein (1970)
• Nestor Makhno (1888-1934)
• Norman Reedus (1969)
• Page Hamilton (1960)
• Pyotr Kropotkin (1842-1921)
• Richard Patrick (1968)
• Rita Ackermann (1968)
• Robert Capa (1913-1954)
• Ruby Setnik (1999)
• Sadie Sink (2002)
• Seán McLoughlin / jacksepticeye (1990)
• Stephen Brusatte (1984)
• Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002)
• Steve Buscemi (1957)
• Thomas Davies / GeoWizard (1990)
• Tobi Vail (1969)
• Tom Morello (1964)
• Tony Huynh / TheWineKone (198)
• Trent Reznor (1965)
• Tyler Lynn / Crustbag (199)
• Voltairine de Cleyre (1866-1912)
• Willem Dafoe (1955)
  
• Zohran Mamdani (1991)