My first interest is now my favorite guy in the world- my son- he is just so cool and has changed many things for me and makes me want to be a better human being.Besides him my other interests lie in:History, Archaeology, Politics ,Science & Astronomy, Internet surfingObviously Heavy Metal & Hard Rock Music ( I also like Classic Rock, Early Rock, Classical Music, The tiniest amount of Rap, Some Blues Music , and Broadway Music), Sports-playing/watching and doing fantasy sports, I would play baseball & softball anytime I could, but this is infrequent these days, I also umpire games, I am a huge sports fan of American Football-NY GIANTS fan (& NY Jets), International Football (Soccer)-I Never Miss a USA soccer game against any nation- wish they played more games in the NY area- And my house is on lock down during the World Cup, Baseball- HUGE NY YANKEES fan, Hockey- NY ISLANDER fan (when they are eliminated as usual I go for the NJ Devils), concerts-I hope to see/meet anyone whose music has inspired me or interested me- See my list for favorites.I enjoy nature and learning about various animals- especially sharks. I think they are the most incredible species on earth and hate that humans cowardly kill them by the millions.I hope all the people eating shark fin soup choke and die!I am also hoping to discover new music from Myspace that is totally up my alley (and perhaps some that is just a bit on a different path which has already happened). Let me know about your band- there are so many awesome talents that are scattered around that I am dying to hear.
Iron Maiden (esp. Bruce Dickinson/Steve Harris), Judas Priest (Rob Halford, KK Downing, Glen Tipton), Witchfinder General-any members, Cirith Ungol-any members,Tony Iommi, Napoleon, Russell Crowe, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy,Adam West, Jacklyn Smith, Linda Carter, Salma Hayek -(PLEASE!!!), Elisha Cuthbert(PLEASE!!!),Karen Price (Playboys hottest ever centerfold), more soon.Long Lost friends-especially from the AUBG (Bulgarian) world or from growing up (school or neighborhood based).Dead People: Steve Irwin (R.I.P.),Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar, Caesar Romero!, Galileo, Any Neanderthal Man or Cro-Magnon (or earlier species), God, Jesus, Satan, Confucius, Moses, Alexander the Great, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Voltaire, Pope Urban (that would be interesting),Buddha, Mohommed,Stalin,Lenin,Hitler, Mao Zedong, Elvis, Buddy Holly, Abraham Lincoln, Louis XIV, Robespierre, Joan of Arc, Santa Claus, Michelangelo, DaVinci, Elizabeth Bathory, Vlad Dracul, Genghis Khan, Mozart,Vincent Price, W.C. Fields,Thomas Edison, The person that invented the wheel, Martin Luther, William Wallace, Robin Hood,Thomas Paine,Homer,Achilles, Cleopatra, the captain of the Titanic, , Abbott and Costello, Laurel & Hardy, Vasil the Bulgar Slayer,Dead Relatives I didn't know, Hector (The Iliad), Agamemmnon, Helen of Troy, Marilyn Monroe,Babe Ruth,
Do I have an awesome list or what?Current Favorite Groups of All-Time-Criteria minimum 3 releases (Lps, Eps)1- Witchfinder General
2- Black Sabbath
3. Iron Maiden
4- Slayer
5- Cirith Ungol
6. Judas Priest
7. Lacuna Coil
8. Metallica
9. Dead Can Dance
10. AC/DC
11. Trouble
12. Bruce Dickenson/Rob Halford solo material
13. Mercyful Fate
14. King Diamond
15. Candlemass
16. Solitude Aeturnus
17. Lake of Tears
18. Rammstein
19. Led Zeppelin
20. Manowar
21. Godsmack
22. Pantera
23. Type O Negative
24. Iced Earth
25. Cradle of Filth
26. My Dying Bride
27. Entombed
28. Sepultura
29. Emperor
30. Ozzy Osbourne
31. Dio
32. Testament
33. Nazareth
34. Anthrax
35. Paradise Lost
36. Celtic Frost
37. Alice N Chains
38. Machine Fucking Head!
39. Cathedral
40. Megadeth
41. Saxon
42. Dimmu Borgir
43. Count Raven
44. The Who
45. The Doors
46. Pink Floyd
47. Zebra
48. Bathory
49. Fear Factory
50. Death51. Overkill
52. Kreator
53. Queensryche
54. Morbid Angel
55. Obituary
56. White Zombie/Rob Zombie
57. Fates Warning
58. Metal Church
59. Lamb of God
60. Exodus
61. Sabbat
62. Suicidal Tendencies
63. Saint Vitus
64. Biohazard
65. Life of Agony
66. Cannibal Corpse
67. Jimi Hendrix
68. Alice Cooper
69. Amorphis
70. Katatonia
71. Anathema
72. Memory Garden
73. Pentagram
74. The Obsessed
75. Riot (Classic NY band)
76. Soundgarden
77. Nirvana
78. Danzig
79. Destruction
80. KISS
81. Moonspell
82. Motorhead
83. Savatage
84. Deep Purple
85. Scorpions (pre 1990)
86. Van Halen (Roth/Haggar)
87. Killswitch Engage
88. Dream Theater
89. Venom
90. Korn
91. The Gathering
92. Blue Oyster Cult
93. Boston/Foreigner/Queen
92. Slipknot
93. Motley Crue
94. Opeth
95. Immortal
96. Disturbed
97. Rush
98. Accept
99. Stone Temple Pilots
100. Nightwish
Notes:
*Missing the list due to less than three studio records: Griffin (would be top 30), Possessed, Carnivore, Stormtroopers of Death,
**Numbers 40-100 are very interchangeable as some bands are preferred at different times.Favorite style:
DOOM metal-led by Black Sabbath (Sir Lord Baltimore, Lucifer's Friend,Black Widow, Coven, Bedemon, Captain Beyond) and especially the 80s bands-Witchfinder General, Pagan Altar, The Obsessed,Witchfynde, Trouble, Saint Vitus, Cirith Ungol,Mercy, Candlemass, Pentagram, Solitude Aeturnus, Count Raven, Black Hole, Cathedral, Mercy, Revelation, Confessor, Dream Death, followed by early 90s bands such as Pardise Lost, My Dying Bride, Lake of Tears,Cemetery, Celestial Season, Winter, Moonspell,Anathema, Katatonia, Tiamat, Serpent, Morgion, Crematory, and newer bands such as Doomshine, Orodruin, Wall of Sleep, Iron Man, Burning Witch, Reverend Bizarre, Forsaken, Dawn of Winter, Empyrium, Memento Mori, Solstice, Kyuss,Memory Garden, Krux, Great Coven, Las Cruces, Mirror of Deception, Isole,November's Doom, Wall of Sleep,Moonsorrow, Swallow the Sun, The Hidden Hand, Heretic's Fork,While Heaven Wept, Draconian,Thunderstorm,Fall of Empyrean, the Foreshadowing, Grand Magus, Centurions Ghost, Minotauri,Spiritual Beggars,Evoken, Saturnus, Morgion, Nightsky Bequest (Bulgarian group-amazing) Ahab,Worship,. I more than likely listen to any doom/gothic style band before any other music these days.Co-favorite style-Gothic/Doom Bands -led by Type O Negative, Lacuna Coil, The Sins of the Beloved, Tristania, Theater of Tragedy, Opeth, Sentenced, Amorphis,Drastique. Love Like Blood, Within Temptation, Nightwish, Draconian, Agalloch,London After Midnight, Sentenced, Madder Mortem, Bella Morte, The Gathering (Originators of the 1990s movement with fantasic female vocals in my eyes), Sirenia, Beseech, Agathodemon, Evereve, Epica, Trail of Tears, Theatres Des Vampires,Cruxshadows, After Forever, Summoning, London After Midnight, Lacrimosa, Sengir, To/Die/For, Cemetery, Therion, Orphaned Land(?),
(hard to categroize), Danzig (I guess they fit here), Angtoria, TemujinSpecial mention for the great Dead Can Dance for their beautiful tribal, folk, ambient music. Lisa Gerard is the most amazing talent.Classical Music: Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bach, Handel, Paganini, Beethoven.Other styles(groups not mentioned above):Proto-Thrash (Anvil, Exciter,Raven, Accept)PURE METAL-mostly awesome 80s (Griffin-awesome band who released two albums- the first Flight of the Griffin is a masterpiece, Medieval Steele, Torch, Overload, 220 Volt, Tyran Pace, Armored Saint, Rage, Heavy Load, Manilla Road, Accept, Tyrant,Warlord, Jag Panzer,Highway Chile, Crimson Glory, Sortilege, Helstar,Satan, Gamma Ray, Virgin Steele, Hades, Sanctuary, Vortex, Witchkiller, Brocus Helm, Warlock, Primal Fear,Threshold, Sinner,Omen, Blind Guardian, Nocturnal Rites, Hammerfall, Mekong Delta, Tad Morose, Helloween, Grave Digger, Running Wild, Thrust,Warlord,Artch, Angel Dust, Vicious Rumours, Jacob's Dream, Liege Lord, Pegazus, Fifth Angel, Stratovarius,Sinergy, Sonata Arctica, Dream Theater,Turisas, Fintroll, Ensiferum, Rhapsody, Nevermore, Evergrey, Firewind,Trivium, 3 Inches of Blood,Dream Evil, Visions of Atlantis, Epica, Kamelot, Battlelore, Sword (80's band- new band The Sword is cool),
80s Thrash Metal-Many of these have been top favorites of mine over the years-but, DOOM metal has become the more desired metal music(Destruction, Kreator, Sodom, Exodus, Flotsam & Jetsam, Sabbat-UK, Overkill, Anthrax, Megadeth, Hallow's Eve, Hirax, Nuclear Assault,Helstar, Exhorder, Holy Terror, Mekong Delta, Possessed, Sacred Reich, Hellraiser, Stormwitch,Tension,Coroner,Lääz Rockit, Onslaught,Vio-Lence,Demolition Hammer, Heathen, Dark Angel, Forbidden, Thrust (The Posers will DIE!!!!),Holy Moses, Holy Terror,Deathrow, Living Death, Iron Angel, Exhumer, Whiplash,Bulldozer,Realm,Toxik,Death Angel, Artillery, Anacrusis, Annihilator,Mortal Sin, Attacker80s Crossover Thrash/Hardcore (Carnivore, D.R.I., COC,SOD,Toximia, I think you could put Only Living Witness here- Killa band.
Death Metal (Death,Hellhammer,Napalm Death,Onslaught, Entombed,Nile, Suffocation, Grave, Mortician, God Dethroned, Sinister, Pestilence, Immolation, Malevolent Creation, Suidakra, Demolition Hammer, Vader,Tiamat,Salem, Deicide, Dismember, Six Feet Under,Cannibal Corpse,Obituary, Benediction,Septic Flesh, Hate Eternal, Gorefest,Disincarnate,Nightfall,Warlord UK, Morgoth, Incantation, Kataklysm, Children of Bodom,Dethklok,Insomnium,Vital Remains, Catemenia, Edge of Sanity, Hypocrisy)Black Metal (Dimmu Borgir,Immortal, Samael, Darkthrone, Behemoth, Bewitched, Marduk, Rotting Christ (Black?), Dark Funeral,Belphegor, Salem, Gorgoroth, Carpathian Forest, Catamenia, Wintersun, Naglfar,Susperia, Nattefrost, Ancient Rites, Catamenia, Melechesh, Chthonic,Nachimystium, Grand Belial's Key, Xasthur, 1349, Goatwhore,beherit, Cirith Gorgor, Woods of Ypres, Vesperian Sorrow, Master's Hammer,Keep of Kalessin,Siebenbürgen,In the Woods,Hecate Enthroned,Viking/Black/Folk Metal (Bathory- R.I.P. Quorthon,Moonsorrow,Unleashed,Enslaved, Skyclad,Sanctuary,Amon Amarth, Tyr, Falkenbach,Turisas, Borknagar, Bal-Sagoth, Korpiklaani, Midnattsol, Ensiferum)Industrial: Rammstein-LOVE THIS BAND, (Fear Factory(How do you categorize this great band?),Godflesh, Ministry, GZR, Samael (later),Skinny Puppy, NIN, Marilyn Manson, Savior Machine,Misery Loves Co., KMFDM, Strapping Young Lad, Meshuggah,Killing Joke, Korn (I'll put them here),Skrew,Pitchshifter,Static -X, Mushroomhead, Front Line Assembly, Prong, Optimum Wound Profile, Orgy, Die Krupps,Treponem Pal,
Hardcore (Cro-Mags,Crumbsuckers, Enrage-The Shaolin Kings of Staten Island, Agnostic Front,Biohazard, Black Flag, Life of Agony, Suicidal Tendencies, Hatebreed, Minor Threat, Discharge,Deadboys, Merauder, Madball,Propain, Terror)Hard Rock- mostly solid 70s like Nazareth, Rainbow, Blue Oyster Cult, Uriah Heep, Riot (so-underated)
NWOBHM --Witchfynde, Venom, Saxon, Chateaux, Savage, Motorhead, Grim Reaper, Diamond Head, Def Lepard (1st 3 LPS,Elixir, Desolation Angels,Samson,Fist,AIIZ,Handsome Beasts,Demon,Tokyo BladeNWOSHM (At the Gates, In Flames, Dark Tranquility, Children of Bodom( not Swedish))NWOAHM (Killswitch Engage, Mastodon,Shadow's Fall, Lamb of God, Chimaira, Il Nino (not too heavy, but I like them and they are cool guys) )Grunge (Soundgarden, Nirvana, Mother Love Bone, Muthas Day Out, Tad, Stone Temple Pilots)
Atmospheric/Ambient (Leave's Eyes, Liv Kristine,Secret Garden, Lisa Gerard)Goth (old)-Sisters of Mercy, Fields of Nephilim, Bauhaus, Depeche Mode, some of the Cure,Christian Death, the Mission, 45 Grave (sic band!)Light/Pop Metal: Yeah my soft spot- just sort of happened along the way - but, some bands were once among my favorites and I still respect and listen to when the mood hits (Dokken, Motley Crue, WASP, Vain (1st album was great), Keel (Always liked them), Kix, Quiet Riot,Helix, Cinderella, Whitesnake, and a guilty pleasure in early StryperI am beginning to fine new great bands on Myspace and elsewhere- I'm sure over time many will make my list of listening favorites. There are so many other groups that I enjoy listening to in my collection and I usually enjoy pulling out a lost treasure from the past.More to come...Thanks to all the new My space bands that are sharing their music with me.
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Yes I love Televison - it may not be everyone's cup of tea,but the memories and enjoyment from these shows and others has helped me understand sadness, humor, thrills, and story telling. It supplements all the reading I have squeezed in my life and other experiences. When you meet a fellow fanof a favorite show- it can lead to many great discussions and good times. Some of course were silly and harmless- but, evena show like Hogan's Heroes was a fantastic social commentary 20 years after WWII and was pure genius. A book could not hve had such an impact. Not to mention such great TV movies like Shogun, Holocaust, or Roots which opened my mind up to historical events.
My All-time Favorites: Star Trek Original, Star Trek Next Generation, All in the Family, Sanford & Son, Soap, M.A.S.H., The Shield, 24, Land of the Lost, Seinfeld, Welcome Back Kotter, Deadwood, The Honeymooners, Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes, Family Ties, the Odd Couple, Sgt. Bilko, Fawlty Towers, Frasier,The Twilight Zone, Gilligan's Island, The Munsters, The Addams Family, Married With Children, Batman, Charlie's Angels, Nightcourt, Spin City, WKRP in Cincinati, Three's Company, Entourage, Two and a Half MenThe Best Free Internet Television!
Anything relating to Archaeology & History.I will list some favorites soon. I am always reading about history and can't think of a day that I have not done so.Plato- The Republic, Dante- The Divine Comedy, Miguel de Cervantes-Don Quixote, William Golding-Lord of the Flies,George Orwell-Nineteen Eighty Four, Nathaniel Hawthorne-The Scarlet Letter, Thucidides- The Peloponnesean War, Charles Dickens-A Tale of Two Cities, Leo Tolstoy- War and Peace, Karl Marx & F. Engels- Copmmunist Manifesto, E. B. White -Charlotte's Web. Alan Dean Foster-AlienScience: The Book of Sharks (Ellis)LORD OF THE RINGS and THE HOBBITT- They were totally inspiring and an incredible story.Current Favorite Books: The Collector's Gide to Heavy Metal (Original, 1970s & 1980s editions-soon the 1990s.) by Martin Popoff- These books are invaluable. Can't wait for the next installment- 1990s!I subscribe to the following magazines: Music:Terrorizer, Outburn, Metal Maniacs, Metal Hammer, Unrestrained, Decibal,Revolver, Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles (will subscribe)History/Science- Archaeology, Biblical Archaeology, Archaeology Odyssey, Dig, National Geographic, National Geographic Adventure, Military History, American History, DiscoverPure Guiltless Pleasure:Maxim, StuffAnd about a dozen or so more on Parenting, Housing, News magazinesAlso the Dictionary, Thesaurus,and Etymological Dictionary.
Anyone that has ever stepped onto a battlefield in history. Your legends live on.Anyone that tries to help or save animals lives & stop poaching (especially our earths largest and most majestic beasts-elephants, tigers, lions, gorillas, whales, sharks, rhinos- the day humans successfully kill off these species is hopefully the beginning of our own demise). Steve Irwin was such a person, may he rest in Peace.The people that serve the community with a purpose and do not abuse their positions.My parents in their own different ways. My father was a huge influence on many of my life achievments. My mother is extremely supportive.My wife is also a hero for dealing with me for over 10 years.Ultimately, my phenomenol son is my favorite and personal superhero and I know he will be a great contributor to the human race- he already is my favorite person in the world.