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DEREK McGOWAN

CANADIAN BORN GUITAR SHREDDIN HOT RODDER

About Me

Music is my life. I've been playing guitar since I was 11 years old. I have played guitar for Hexus, Brighton Rock, Subassembly, Bone Daddy and many more. I now play guitar for DEAD CELEBRITY. You can also catch me filling in with Fraze Gang. I have the greatest family, friends and the most gorgeous & elegant girl I could ever ask for...I'm a very lucky guy.

My Interests

My Family & Friends, Guitars, Music, Gym, my 1968 Ford Fairlane 500, Movies, Monster Trucks, 80s hair metal, being myself and not giving a FUCK

I'd like to meet:

I already met her...!

Music:

Dark new Day, KISS, Saliva, Jorn, Warrant, Brighton Rock, Sonic Syndicate,Hatebreed, Dead Celebrity, Hexus, Black Sabbath, Cradle Of Filth, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Stuck Mojo, Ozzy, Damageplan, Atreyu, Pantera, Van Halen, The Allman Brothers Band, Journey, Rebel Meets Rebel, Paparoach, Shinedown, Napalm Death, Aerosmith, Madball, Whitesnake, ZZ TOP & 80s hair metal!!!!!!!!!

Movies:

Christine, Maximum Overdrive, Halloween I, II, IV & V, Rob Zombie's Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park, The Goonies, Dazed & Confused, Django, Two Lane Blacktop, Blood In, Blood Out

Television:

Sopranos, Family Guy, Dexter, Beavis & Butthead, The Munsters, Biker Build Off, Hard Shine, WWE

Books:

The Dirt (Motley Crue), Diary Of A Rockstar (Ian Hunter), Lynyrd Skynyrd (Gene Odom), Fargo Rock City (Chuck Klosterman) Christine (Stephen King), Hot Rods & Custom Cars (Coco Shinomiya)

Heroes:

My parents...I am truly blessed, my girlfriend, all the Men & Women who fight for our country, all War Vetrans

My Blog

DEAD CELEBRITY

I am now the new guitarist in DEAD CELEBRITY. I've known all of them for so long, it feels so natural to be a part of this great band. Not only am I playing with my cousin Travis, but with 3 other ama...
Posted by DEREK McGOWAN on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:54:00 PST

GUITAR GEAR FOR SALE

I am selling the following: ALESIS Microverb4 Rackmount (Delay, Reverb) $200 Firm SEYMOUR DUNCAN Jeff Beck Bridge Pickup $50 Firm BOSS Digital Delay DD-3 Pedal $200 obo I also have various Fender...
Posted by DEREK McGOWAN on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:02:00 PST

HEXUS

HEXUS will be returning to the stage! I was listening to the old tunes on my ipod, and fuck....I miss playing these songs man. So we will be reuniting to play in the spring...fuck yes! Over the years ...
Posted by DEREK McGOWAN on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:51:00 PST