OK, here are a couple.
First, what's on my den wall, currently, from Fifth Angel. A photo of me, Ed Archer, Kendall Bechtal, and John Macko, from the Seattle Hard Rock Cafe, where one of their pictures from 1989 is displayed. Fully autographed and personalized record (self-titled and Time Will Tell -- yes, Ted Pilot autographed both), and a setlist personalized and signed to me by the band circa 2010 (pre-gig setlist, it has a song on it they cut):
Here's another...Fifth Angel lead guitarists James Byrd and Kendall Bechtall, flanking me. This is from 2006 (pre-goatee for me). It's a story for a different day, but both guys were gracious enough to hang out with my wife and I for an afternoon while we were up in Seattle. Great guys, both of them, and both very supportive of one another.
Lastly, a pair of drumsticks used by Jeffrey McCormack, who played drums for the band in 2010 at the Keep it True Festival in Germany
>>>The guys in Fifth Angel are friends of mine. When they were prepping in 2010 to play live, I was helping them out with some online stuff, and visited rehearsal one day before they had a singer. They played me the entire set instrumentally, which I sang along to as loud as I possibly could. Kendall heard me singing, and after the set, they told me to get up to the mic and sing a few songs. I blew out my voice (remember, this was my first favorite band before Queensryche), so I couldn't really sing.
But I did my best on We Rule, The Night, and...I think we did In the Fallout. I have video, but don't want to post it. I actually CAN sing, and this was not a good representation. I can sing those songs OK (would prefer them to drop it a half step, as I am a baritone naturally), but I had already sung for an hour like a crazed fanboy.
Simply put, it is my fondest musical memory. My inner 11 year old, who got that first record in 1987, was in all his glory.