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emkaye

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About Me

my name is malcolm,though i prefer mal. i'm 5 foot 8 inches tall,have brown eyes and grey(ish) hair. i play drums and i'm also a songwriter,i've been involved in music off and on for over 30 years,i've been involved with many bands over the years doing mostly pubs and social clubs in and around the north-east of england and yorkshire. in january of this year i split up my band ZAHNA,the reasons were many,some stupid and others too painful to talk about further on here. though i would like to re-form the band again,it looks unlikely as age is against me.so now i help my twin nephews (chris and mark) with their school rock bands and also with their writing,plus my neice karen has said she would help with any 'guide'vocals to any of my songs( she's 16 and a good singer,she also plays a little keyboards too),all three say that they are my number one fans and that alone helps me to keep going. i'm a loyal,funny and passionate sort of guy,and have been told that i have a gsoh though i do have a darkside which they say is a bit scary. i like chinese food and a drink or 3 with friends.i love kids too - i used to be one myself you know - so i don't have any problems with that. i'm single (again!!) and i like going to the cinema and watching doncaster rovers when ever i can,also i like long walks on the beach. DECEMBER 2007: ZAHNA have re-formed and i'm very pleased that i'm with a great bunch of people who have the same influences and new ideas that hopefully will be a vast improvement on the last incarnation of the band.

My Interests

music,songwriting,drums, sci-fi and sci-fact, horror films,egyptology, most sports,socialising, eating out,doncaster rovers football club, watching wrestling dvd's with my nephews, vampire culture.

I'd like to meet:

the person/persons who finds a cure for cancer,anette olzon, tarja turunen,liv kristine,cristina scabbia and sharron den adel for their superb singing talents and stunning looks, pete phipps and tony leonard to say thanks for being such a major influence in my drumming career, also anyone who's over 30 and into symphonic/gothic metal.

Music:

mostly symphonic metal, goth,black and industrial metal such as: nightwish,krypteria, leaves eyes,within temptation,seraphim,sirenia,delain,epica,elis,theatre of tragedy,transentience,mortal love,visions of atlantis, tarja turunen,atargatis, gary numan, N.I.N., korn,mortis, fear factory, sulpher,depeche mode, rammstein, lacuna coil, kamelot, after forever, tristania, H.I.M., nox arcana,angtoria,the mission, tarot, naio ssaion, the 69 eyes,xandria, therion, stratovarius, michelle belanger, evanescence, cradle of filth, dimmu borgir, theatres des vampires,deathstars, hanzel and gretyl, diary of dreams,katatonia, abigails mercy, gothminister, lordi, kiss, metallica,hammerfall, i also like sarah brightman,rondo veneziano, the gladiator soundtrack, my ex-bands eden's rage,forever romeo and guillotine theatre, local rock covers band sticky fingers,and of course the one and only glitterband.

Movies:

mostly sci-fi/horror such as:prophecy 1,2 and 3,queenof the damned,vanhelsing,doom,bladerunner,blade trilogy,i.robot,matrix trilogy,interview with the vampire,the league of extraordinary gentlemen,the mummy,the mummy returns,scorpion king,time machine(original version),stargate, moon 44,all star wars, plus gladiator,300 spartans, the last samurai,enemy mine, they live!, alien 2 and 3, underworld.

Television:

wildlife programmes involving tigers, eastenders, NCIS, all CSI, stargate sg1, without a trace, law and order, relic hunter, 70's/80's sitcoms, dr.who, match of the day.

Books:

praying to the aliens(gary numan),all books by anne rice,the vampire diaries and nightworld series of books by l.j.smith,act of god(graham phillips),history of n.a.s.a., chronicles of ancient egypt (jonathan dee).

Heroes:

peter phipps and tony leonard (the glitterband) who were responsible for getting me into drumming when i was a young lad in the early 70's. gary numan who i've been a fan of since 1979 and has been a very strong influence on my musical direction since 1994's release of 'sacrifice' album.jukka nevalainen(nightwish drummer)the best drummer in metal music today, tuomas holopainen (nightwish supremo) for his amazing songwriting talent,which has helped me restore my confidence in my own songwriting after a couple of tough years in the 'wilderness' (2003-2005).

My Blog

line-up completed.

the positions of bass player & violinist were filled on friday (7th). the line-up is as follows.  sara - vocals,  gary- keyboards/orchestral arrangements, mal - drums/voice,  simon...
Posted by emkaye on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:15:00 PST

re-birth of ZAHNA.

ZAHNA has reformed and i couldn't be any happier, with 2 original members ( me on drums and my old writing partner & keyboardist gary) with 2 new members (sara on vocals and her cousin simon on gu...
Posted by emkaye on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:34:00 PST

hello, i'm back.

hi! everyone,just letting you all know that i'm back home after my recent health scare. after more tests it was found that i could have had an angina attack,i have a few more tests to go through but&n...
Posted by emkaye on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:03:00 PST

alive and well.

i was rushed to hospital at 3.35 a.m. on friday morning with breathing problems and chest pains.i've never had such pain in my life,i thought my time had come. after some tests i was transferred to an...
Posted by emkaye on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:38:00 PST

big day tomorrow.

well, it's the 'big birthday' on sunday (13th), a lot of people will wonder why someone of my age would be on here, firstly i don't feel that  i'm  50, secondly i love the type of ...
Posted by emkaye on Sat, 12 May 2007 03:06:00 PST

cool dude.

since my band split up in january,i've been at a loose end, but now things are about to change. over the past few days i've been helping my nephew chris with his drumming and songwriting. chris is kee...
Posted by emkaye on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:01:00 PST