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BILLY DEE WINSLOW

i wanna tell you all a little story, gonna take ya wayyy back....

About Me

vocals/bass for exploder one, former vocals/guitar for magnetic north, former bassist for earthlingmassive,the 70's experience, sighstarsigh, cleanser, afterbirth, certified recording engineer(a.r.t.i. graduate '97), numerous amounts of session work, live improv d&b, touring experience includes 1 european tour(cleanser-feb 98), full-on u.s. tours(tech for dayinthelife, strangeland tour-sept-oct 98, magnorth/this year's anthem summer tour '06,). i spend most of my moments in a state of removal. when i am engaged it is a rare and beautiful experience for me. i guess im just not as touched by the things in everyday life as i wish i could be. patient yet easily distracted, diplomatic but would rather lead by example, dedicated without loyalty, commonly likened to a viking, almost never get hangovers yet prone to chronic headaches, hate sleeping late but hate waking up, almost never remember my dreams, love the sunrise but hate the sun,no good at math, hate sports & politics, love to hear about a good hunting accident, big fan of natural disasters(is loss of human life the only thing that constitutes a natural disaster?), never seen fast times at ridgemont high, never had sex in a car, two metal teeth on bottom row and numbness in right cheek(car accident-sept 02)cat named chichu who disappears for three weeks at a time, best friends and memories anyone could ever in a million years hope for. also, click below to see my acting debut!!!! this carbomb video aired in february of '07 on headbangers ball. the video was shot two autumns prior. good times...oh yeah, im also a 400 year old tortoise.
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My Interests

all things bass, movies, cooking, having relations with members of the opposite sex, scotch, long showers, nosepicking, popping zits, peeling scabs and sunburn skin, items in bulk, stationary aisles, not knowing if its a dream or really happening, travel, escape, entropy.

Music:

lately 40's artists: billy eckstine, kay kyser, artie shaw, the andrews sisters, bing crosby, eddy howard and others i discover as i go. lately it occured to me how fascinating it mustve been then; the moment in history just before the birth of rock n roll, the embodiment of naivety.

Movies:

taxi driver, anything by the cohen bros., spinal tap, the elephant man, shaun of the dead, deconstructing harry and other woody allen greats, indiana jones, back to the future, most tim burton, henry fool, ANYTHING WITH SCARLETT JOHANSSON, aliens, waking life, garden state, anything by terry gilliam, roadhouse, goodfellas, the jackass movies, office space, variuos pornographic material, movies about gladiators, anything by the zucker bros. for that matter, spies like us, random historical flix(i.e. fat man and little boy, memphis belle, tucker, betty page, the dark crystal - yeah, i was surprised to find out too), thank you for smoking, man bites dog, various ridley scott flix, fight club, just one of the guys, joe versus the volcano, memento, what the bleep do we know, the secret, i could go all day. i fucking love movies.

Television:

forensic files, law&order, daily show, colbert report, court t.v., scrubs, family guy, a.t.h.f., mr. show(r.i.p.), metalocalypse, south park, frisky dingo and the best show ever(posthumously, unfortunately), dream on.

Books:

bukowski, bret easton ellis, william s. burroughs, biographies, random instructional manuals, shampoo labels, ingredients to various foodstuffs, thats about all i have the attention span for.

Heroes:

jamerson, jaco, burton, buddy rich, leo fender, les paul, jim marshall, the coen brothers, george reynolds and of course, cody fuckin drasser.