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Mark

...Children of the night. What music they make

About Me

Big Music and movie fan, among other things. Motley Crue have been a big part of my life for over 22 years, seen them 10 times, including the Marquee gig 91, best night of my life musically, meeting them in June 2005 was also a mindblowing experience.It was a dream seeing them again in the summer of 2005 and 2007 after a 14 year gap, awesome.Iron Maiden have also had an impact on me since I was 12 years old. They are an English institution and I cant imagine a music scene without them!! Witnessed the Maiden boys live 6 times.

My Interests

Spending quality time with the love of my life, Heli. Music, movies, photography, guitar, Liverpool FC, travel, running, playstation3, drinking, reading, walking, drinking, gigs and pubs and clubs, oh did I mention drinking LOL

I'd like to meet:

Motley crue, that happened June 2005, amazing experience.Just need to add Iron Maiden to the list :))

Music:

80..s hair metal and sleaze rock rules the roost for me, best decade for music, a time when there was still fun and decadence in rock n roll!! Motley Crue, RATT, Hanoi Rocks, Slaughter, Dogs D Amour, Tigertailz, Faster Pussycat, Vain, Guns N Roses, L.A. Guns, Bulletboys, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Sea Hags, Quireboys, Warrant, Poison, Dokken, Cinderella, WASP, KISS, The Cult, Dave Lee Roth, Skid Row, Love/Hate, Twisted Sister, Extreme, Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Black Label Society, Muse, Black Sabbath, Saxon, Winnebago Deal, Godsplague, Children Of Bodom, Charon, Amorphis, Pantera, AFI, Greenday, Danzig, Tokyo Dragons, The Ga Ga's, Motorhead, Mother Love Bone, Murderdolls, Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, Tool, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Metallica, AC/DC, Brides Of Destruction, Lullacry, HIM, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Dio, Backyard Babies, Faith No More, Transport League, Led Zeppelin, In Flames, Judas Priest, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Megadeath, Deftones, Goblin, Ennio Morricone, Curtis Mayfield

Movies:

Italian Horror, Hammer Horror, Universal, Giallo, B-movies, cult, foreign, Spagetti Westerns, independent type stuff, Documentaries.I like directors like Dario Argento, George A. Romero, Lucio Fulci, Jean Rollin, Mario Bava, Tim Burton, Tarantino, Akira Kurosawa, Werner Herzog, Shane Meadows, Classic British movies, War films, Horror, Euro Horror etc. Laurel And Hardy.Here are a few favourites, Hot Fuzz, Hellraiser, American Movie, Suspiria, Deep Red, Near Dark, Taxi Driver, Blood and black lace, Deer Hunter, Serpico, Heat, Dead Mans Shoes, This Is England, Evil Dead, Living Dead Girl, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Night of the living dead, The Beyond, Land of the dead, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Dirty Harry, Nightmare before christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Black Sabbath, Bay of Blood, Shaun of the dead, Deliverance, All The Colours Of The Dark, Southern Comfort, Highlander, Once Upon A Time In The West, Dollars Trilogy, Star Wars, Re-Animator,The Warriors, Indiana Jones, Wild At Heart, Raising Arizona, Gremlins, U-Turn, Wickerman, Dracula, The Thing, the list is endless LOL

Television:

Football, Documentaries, Drama, normally from the BBC, Our Friends In The North, Boys From The Black Stuff, The Lakes, Clocking off, Life On Mars, This Life etc, lots of comedy, Bottom, Little Britain, League of gentlemen, Extras, Comic Strip, The New Statesman, Battle Of The Planets, fast show, spaced, Garth Marengi..s Dark Place, Red Dwarf, Hammer house of mystery and suspense, Tales of the unexpected, phoenix nights etc.

Books:

Clive Barker, James Herbert, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, Anne Rice, Bram Stoker, anything well written in the horror/fantasy genre. Military History.Autobiography's, Adam Ant, Robbie Fowler, Steven Gerrard, Stan Collymore, Johnny Rotten, Motley Crue The Dirt, best music book written in my humble opinion.Walk This Way by Aerosmith, Hammer Of The Gods by Zeppelin are also two of the best music bios I have read.

Heroes:

Nikki Sixx, Steve Harris, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Oliver Reed.

My Blog

When Rock shirts go bad.

I have been meaning to mention this since May, so here goes.  I am sure everyone has had or worn a fashion disaster in the past but one thing we can always rely on is a trusty gig ...
Posted by Mark on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:16:00 PST

Motley Fuckin´ Crue!! - Jäähalli Ice Hall 7.6.07

After Monday nights cancellation, the Crue (and equipment) arrived in Hellsinki a couple of days later than planned. What a FUCKIN´ great gig, amazing The sound was awesome and LOUD, more Pyro than 2...
Posted by Mark on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:55:00 PST

Hanoi Rocks - Seurahovi, Porvoo 18.5.07

It was time for a roadtrip, so what better than to see Hanoi Rocks out of the capital for the first time The place in question was the lovely little town of Porvoo, roughly 30km from H...
Posted by Mark on Sun, 20 May 2007 07:51:00 PST

Saxon - Tavastia Club 5.5.07

Well where to begin, it was a fooking brilliant night in Helsinki.  Saxon came into town and rocked the roof off the place!! This gig meant alot to me, Saxon where the FIRST band I ever discovere...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 07 May 2007 06:11:00 PST

W.A.S.P. House of Culture Helsinki Finland 24.9.06

It had been nearly 2 years since my last W.A.S.P gig so I was ready for another fix of Blackie and the boys. What a night!!! The venue was intimate yet spacious, no long queueing for the cloakroom, to...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:12:00 PST

Finnish ´sisu´

Finland V Portugal 6.9.06....a hammering for the Finns? Dont you believe it, they came away with a 1 - 1 draw, a result that Finland would have taken before the game, but afterwards, well the general ...
Posted by Mark on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:19:00 PST

The power of Christ compelled me.......

Aaahhhh........Just had to post my first attempt at a Blog, on the subject of modern day Horror movies.  I watched Hostel last night and was so disappointed once again. Eurotrip with powerto...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:38:00 PST