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Name: Ahrue Luster
Ethnicity: Filipino, Finnish, African American, Native American (Cherokee), Italian, German and Jewish
Sign: Virgo
Place you call home: I live in Denver now, The Bay Area is very dear to me but my heart belongs to Hawaii.
Instrument: Electric and acoustic guitar
Equipment: Custom ESP Vipers, Peavey JSX and 6505 heads, Peavey wireless systems, Digitech Studio 200 rackmount effects unit, Digitech stomp boxes, Yamaha acoustic guitars, Yamaha AG Stomp acoustic guitar preamps, Randall R412CB with vintage 30's cabs, Dean Markley Blue Steel strings, Planet Waves guitar straps, Voodoo Labs Tremolo pedal, In-Tune Picks
Musical influences: Old Sepultura, The Cure, Slayer, Machine Head, John Coltrane, Old Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Exodus, Dark Angel (Darkness Descends), Pantera, Old Megadeth, Merciful Fate, Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Gypsy Kings, Baden Powell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Andre Segovia
First time ever playing an instrument: I started playing when I was 14
Favorite place to play: Anywhere that is filled with crazy Ill Nino fans!
Most memorable moment: First time headlining Brixton with Machine Head, Playing South America with Ill Nino
Favorite album or albums: Miles Davis and John Coltrane Complete Colombia Recordings
Interests: Family, Eastern Philosophy, Meditation, Reading, Music, Art, History, The Ocean, Raw and Probiotic food preparation
Favorite book: The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hahn and The Art of War
Favorite food: My Wife's food, Raw and Probiotic foods, Hawaiian Local Grinds, Japanese food, Thai and other South East Asian foods, and Mexican food
Favorite Hangout Place: I love to be by the ocean with my wife :)
Most Influential Figures in My Life: My Father and The Buddha
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