Metal/Rock music - the heavier the better. Photography (mainly aviation and railways, plus motorsport - when I get the chance). Cycling (road riding ala Pro-Cycling - Tour De France). Playing Bass guitar. Going to concerts/gigs and the cinema. Member of 'TNMS' (The National Midday Sun) the greatest RUSH fansite in the world! Eating out (Indian and Chinese). Reading (horror, thriller, non-fiction and WWII military aviation history). Cars and Motorpsort, especially MotoGP, F1, Champ Cars, NASCAR and American muscle cars, especially the '68-'70 Dodge Charger R/T.
I'd like to meet:
Steve McQueen, the greatest actor EVER!! But unfortunately no longer with us. In another dimension Steve...
Rush, Johnny Depp, the coolest, most talented actor of this generation. Valentino Rossi, the greatest motorcycle racer EVER!! (Been a fan since his 125cc days), Marco Melandri, Kevin Schwantz, Johnny Herbert,
Ihsahn, vocalist/guitarist with EMPEROR - a god!
I'd like to meet Mikael Ã…kerfeldt, again (singer/guitarist with OPETH - the greatest extreme metal band on earth!) I'd love to chat with him over a beer. He comes across as a great guy and I can imagine the conversation about heavy metal being interesting and the slagging off of Hip Hop and Rap etc entertaining! I'd also like to meet Craig Locicero, from Forbidden, again. We met in London, way back in 1989 when they toured the UK with Sacred Reich. Although it was a fairly brief meeting he made a lasting impression on me and it would be great to see him again. Such a nice, easy going guy. And a MEAN guitar player too!! Hopefully we'll cross paths again in 2008 Craig...
Music:
I love the following five bands and they mean everything to me: RUSH, OPETH, VOIVOD, FORBIDDEN and BOARDS OF CANADA (life would be shit without them!) Otherwise I listen to: A, ABORTED, ABORYM, AKERCOCKE, ALESTORM, AMON AMARTH, AMORAL, ANATA, ANSUR, ANTHRAX, APOCALYPTICA, ARCH ENEMY, ATHIEST, AT THE GATES, BAL-SAGOTH, BATHORY, BATTLELORE, BEHEMOTH, BELPHEGOR, BLOODBATH, BOLT THROWER, BORKNAGAR, BRAINSTORM, BURST, BURZUM, CANDLEMASS, CANNIBAL CORPSE, CATHERDRAL, CELTIC FROST, COHEED AND CAMBRIA, CRYPTOPSY, DAATH, DARKANE, DARK ANGEL (Gene Hoglan ROCKS!), DARK FUNERAL, DARKTHRONE, DARK TRANQUILLITY, DAVID GILMOUR, DAYLIGHT DIES, DECAPITATED, DEATH, DEICIDE, DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND, DIMMU BORGIR, DORNENREICH, DREAM THEATER, EIDOLON, ELENIUM, ELO, ELP, EMPEROR, ENSIFERUM, ENSLAVED, ENTHRONED, ENTOMBED, EXMORTEM, EXODUS, FALCONER, FALKENBACH, FALL OV SERAFIM, FROST, GOD DETHRONED, GEDDY LEE (solo album), GENESIS, GODFLESH, GOJIRA, GOREROTTED, GORGOROTH, GRAND MAGUS, HADES, HALFORD, HATEBREED, HATE ETERNAL, HYPOCRISY, I, IHSAHN, IMMOLATION, IMMORTAL, IN BLACKEST VELVET, IN FLAMES, INSOMNIUM, IRON MAIDEN (early albums), JANES ADDICTION, JESU, JETHRO TULL, JOE SATRIANI, JOURNEY, JUDAS PRIEST, KARL SANDERS, KATAKLYSM, KATATONIA, KING CRIMSON, KIVIMETSAN DRUIDI, KOSMOS, KREATOR, KRISIUN, LAAZ ROCKIT, LAMB OF GOD, LED ZEPPELIN, MADDER MORTEM, MALEVOLENT CREATION, MANITOU, MARDUK, MASTER, MASTODON, MAYHEM, MEGADETH, MELECHESH, MELT-BANANA, MESHUGGAH, METALLICA (early albums), MOONSORROW, MORBID ANGEL, MR MISTER, MUTE MATH, NAGLFAR, NAPALM DEATH, NECROPHOBIC, NEGURÄ BUNGET, NEVERMORE, NIGHTWISH, NILE, NORTHER, OBITUARY, OLD MAN'S CHILD, OMNIUM GATHERUM, OPUS TIDE, OVERKILL, PINK FLOYD, POLYSICS, PORCUPINE TREE, PRIMUS, RAMMSTEIN, RED HARVEST, ROTTING CHRIST, SABBAT, SACRED REICH, SATYRICON, SCAR SYMMETRY, SEPULTURA, SHE SAID DESTROY, SLAYER, SPIRALARMS, STEVE VAI, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, SUFFOCATION, TED MAUL, TESTAMENT, THE HAUNTED, THE JEFF HEALEY BAND, THE MAD CAPSULE MARKETS, THERION, THE VISION BLEAK, THYRFING, TOOL, TRAVIS, TURISAS, TYPE O NEGATIVE, TYR, UFO, UNEARTH, UNLEASHED, VADER, VAN HALEN (DLR era), VENOM, VICTOR, VIO-LENCE, YES, ZYKLON and loads of other extreme/black/heavy metal/rock bands!! None metal coolness goes to: Boards Of Canada and Casino Versus Japan (Boards... and Casino... are the best!! The best non-metal music ever! Everyone should be into these two fantastic artists). A Pyxie Worm, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Fluke, Jean Michel Jarre, Lunarblues, Slagsmålsklubben, Tangerine Dream, Ultravox, Underworld, The Reverend Horton Heat, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jnr, Harry Connick Jnr, Glenn Miller and big band music generally. I also like a bit of classical, such as Beethoven, Ravel and Elgar etc (mainly overtures/symphonies).
Movies:
Star Wars episode IV, Assault On Precinct 13(original version), The Mothman Prophecies, The Great Escape, Bullitt, Le Mans, The Rocketeer, Willow, Signs, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, The Fifth Element, Jackie Brown, Saving Private Ryan, Saints and Soldiers, Memphis Belle, Road to Perdition, Taxi (Luc Besson), Chocolat, The Glenn Miller Story, Benny and Joon, Carry On Cabby, Monsters, Inc. I love James Bond too, Goldfinger and (the new) Casino Royale are my favourites.
Television:
Watching most motorsports, especially MotoGP and F1. Any Cycling on TV. Comedy such as My Name Is Earl, Frasier, Two and A Half Men, 30 Rock, Takeshi's Castle, Porridge and Rising Damp. Sci-Fi programmes like The Visitor, Taken, U.F.O., Space 1999 and Star Trek 'Voyager'. I also like Top Gear, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Lost, Shark, House, The Friday Night Project, anything with the presenter Greg Scott - a legend! Discovery Channel and the like, especially anything WWII (Classic aircraft shows are a must!) Old TV favourites from childhood including: Airwolf, The Dukes Of Hazzard, Knightrider, Street Hawk, Thunderbirds, Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley.
Books:
Anything by Dean Koontz - I recommend 'Lightning' 'Night Chills' and 'Shattered'. David Eddings, Weis and Hickman - most fantasy really! Len Deighton, Richard Laymon, Bernard Taylor, Stephen King, Stephen Fry ('The Liar' is superb - hilarious), Jeremy Clarkson, Kirk Douglas "The Ragman's Son" and any decent autobiographies. Books about WWII aviation history, especially non-fiction stories by aircraft pilots/crews and WWII history generally...
Heroes:
My Dad, Ernst - love you Dad!! (RIP), Mikael Ã…kerfeldt, Steve McQueen (RIP), James Stewart (RIP), Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart, Brian Cant, Craig Locicero, DD Verni, Scott 'NOT' Ian, Ihsahn, Ray Hanna (RIP), Gunther Rall, Gilles Villeneuve (RIP), Johnny Herbert, Jean Alesi, Alex Zanardi, Valentino Rossi, Colin Edwards, Marco Melandri, Tony Elias, Noriyuki Haga, Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Rainey, Norifumi Abe (RIP), Nobby Ueda, Tom Boonen, Paolo Bettini, Andy Schleck and Lance Armstrong.
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