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Greg

Petrol in my veins

About Me

Hi,
My name's Greg and I'm 26 years old. I've been always living around Lille in the north of France, near Belgium. Even if I work as a programmer, the main part of my life is driven by music.

I play the guitar for about 10 years, but I also play the bass and the drums. 24 hours a day aren't enough to play as often as I want, but I can't do anything except leaving my job ! ;-)

I played for 4 years in a ska band called Roger Rapeau and I started Fast Motion with friends in late 2005. We play a kind of fast and nervous hardcore punk, inspired by Comeback Kid, Raised Fist, Strike Anywhere, Rise Against or Bad Religion.

Here's a part of my rig :Blade RH-4 guitar with BareKnuckle and Rio Grande pickups Lag Roxanne guitar with Seymour Duncan SH-4 and SH-2 pickups Old Ibanez 2370 guitar, ES-345 copy, from the early 70's whith TV Jones pickups Blade Texas Standard guitar with Lauzon pickups Mesa Boogie Rect-O-Verb, modified by Ritual Tube Workshop (BE), with KT-88 tubes Mesa Boogie Studio Preamp with Hughes & Kettner VS250 poweramp Ampeg 4x12" guitar cab' ... hard to find in Europe Marshall VS 4x12" guitar cab' with Celestion V30 & G12T85 speakers Music Man Stingray bass

I also use to customize my guitars and my amplifiers. I'm currently working on an old Vantage Avenger bass, that will be fitted with two vintage Di Marzio pickups (P-Bass & Humbucker). I'm also tranforming a Peavey Bravo 112 combo into a mini-stack.

Now, it's time for rock 'n roll !!!

My Interests

    Music ... do I need to tell it again ? Cars, racing stuff, ...

I'd like to meet:

    Musicians and ska, punk, rocksteady, hardcore fans ... Tattoo artists Oldies and custom car fans ... especially if you have a japanese or american car Girls with big boo... errrr, sorry !

Music:

Punk rock, hardcore, ska, rocksteady, dub, psycho, rockabilly, Irish and folk stuff, ...

Movies:

No time to go to the cinema ...

Television:

New York 911

Books:

Nitro Magazine ... and yeah, it's philosophy ! (People who never heard the sound of a V8 engine can't understand)

Heroes:

Greg Graffin / Brett Gurewitz / Greg Hetson - Bad Religion

My Blog

Streetlight Manifesto (ex Catch22) - Lundi 2 Mai à Dunkerque

Salut à tous, Lundi soir, au Jokelson à Dunkerque (59 - FRANCE): * STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO (Ska/punk - USA), avec des ex-membres de Catch 22, dans la lignée du premier album de ces derniers : "Keasb...
Posted by Greg on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST