Listening to Dream Engine, Kid Champion and Neverland Workshop, all from before his work with Rundgren, I beg to differ.
Also Jim is heavily influenced by Wagner, and I don't think Todd is.
> Controversial question I know, but listening to these old
> demos it just dawned on me that before "bat" Jim was a lot
> more country than his well known operatic style after.
> Even all the "Bat" songs are more country before Todd got
> his hands on them and after "bat" Jim was all bombastic
> rock and no country.
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