That 1 Guy is Mike Silverman. His influences include Dr. Seuss, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa and Rube Goldberg. He's a classicallytrained stand-up jazz bassist with a degree from the prestigious San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the inventor of The Magic Pipe, an instrument that looks like a high-tech version of a didgeridoo, but includes stainless steel, bass strings, magnetic pick-ups, an old Appalachian handsaw, an electric cowboy boot and belches smoke. This is the real heavy metal, a pipe dream come to life. TOG tours Australia nationally again from April 20 to May 5.