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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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).