The history of my life - so far :
I was born in Ostend, Belgium in 1973 but raised in Nieuwpoort, a fishermen's town along the riverside of the Yzer river. As a little boy I rapidly got the football virus and at 7 I got my first FC Bruges shirt. Since then, I'm wearing their colours with pride.
At the age of 13 I became familiar with music and bands like Tears for Fears and The Cure. Since then the music-virus has never left my body and soul. In fact, the virus spread rapidly and I soon got the knowledge of bands like Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus and especially The Sisters of Mercy and Fields of the Nephilim. It took no time for me to become a so-called "New Waver"; dressed in black and my personal Robert Smith-like hair-dress.
At school and at home I was always in for a joke and playing tricks on someone. And I still am!
In the meantime I got more involved into music and did some journalism. More details about that here below and I got really interested in art and geography, so I went to high school to study tourism. I'm still working in that sector and enjoying it daily.
In 2002 I got married to my lovely wife Nathaly. We are living in a small town near Ostend, along the Belgian coastline. On 07th september 2008 our daughter Helena was born, which is undoubtedly one of the most exciting events in my life!
Music & Art:
I used to do some hobby journalism (my own Empyre magazine and articles in others such as The Sentimentalist - NY,USA) and organise Goth concerts and parties (Crudeness, Morbid Poetry, The House of Usher, Cream VIII, Star Industry, This Vale of Tears, Lizard Smile, etc.) I quit because I don't have enough time anymore and it seems like so-called electro goth (whatever that may be) is more popular in Belgium's gothic society. But I'm happy I met so many people who've become friends. You know who you are...
Here's a list of some of the bands and artists I interviewed:
Love Like Blood
Liv Kristine
Clan of Xymox
Sol Invicitus
Fading Colours
Septic Flesh
Swans of Avon
Ophelia's Dream
Tors of Dartmoor
Funhouse
Judith
Star Industry
Dreams of Sanity
Crudeness
This Vale of Tears
Twilight Ophera
Wings of Destiny
Venus Garden
Acroamates de Tristitia
Achyronthia
Theatre of Tragedy
Alien Sex Fiend
Gitane Demone
Therion
Ikon
Gothic Sex
Inkubuss Sukkubus
The House of Usher
Printed at Bismarck's Death
Within Temptation
Libitina
Mist of Avalon
Seraphim Shock
The Shroud
Land of Passion
Catafalque
Lizard Smile
Lacrimosa
Death
Syria
Two Witches
The Last Dance
Morbid Angel
The Gallery
Age of Heaven
Spear of Destiny
The Last Days of Jesus
Giant's Causeway
Cream VIII
Opeth
Morbid Poetry
The Dawn Visitors
Silence
Spiral of Silence
and more
And I attended to lots and lots of concerts. The best ones I ever did were : Ramones (1989), The Sisters of Mercy (1991), The Marionettes (1998), Fields of the Nephilim (2000) and very recently I attended an impressive gig by NFD in Leuven (22.09.2007)
I love art. In particular the art of Dali, Magritte, Juan Munoz, Miro, Kandinsky, Pierre Alechinsky, David, Frank Girard, Josep Bofill, Kamagurka, Marnix Hoys, H.R. Giger, Simon Marsden, Luis Royo, Raveel, William Sweetlove, Corneille, Dirk De Keyzer and many more. Recently I gladly got to know the work of Sarah Yu Zeebroek. I'm the lucky owner of one (so far) of her paintings. I hope to be able to buy some more later.
I love learning all about the world's different cultures and even though I'm a disaster in it, I like to paint myself every now and then. You can see some of my works in my picture gallery.
Football :
And let's not forget I'm a fan of The Pride of Belgium: Club Brugge KV. You can find this season's (2007-2008) results at the heroes section.
CUP WINNER 2006-2007!!
Why not visiting their homepage by clicking on this link:
Club Brugge KV
or the homepage of the Blue Army on
Blue Army
Others :
I like animals (at home we have 4 cats, 2 rabbits and some chicken in the garden), reading books on esoteric items and history, comics and watching a good movie. I like hanging out with my friends, helping them wherever I can and making jokes and pulling tricks. Oh, and I love playing EA Sport's FIFA on playstation.
And when I still find some time, I play bass guitar. Haven't played for months though...
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