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Gregtastic

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About Me

Yes, this is my space.
I grew up in Buffalo NY and spent a good portion of my time there playing the core in a band called No Joke . We recorded some 7" records, played all over, and opened for some great bands. Good times. I took a break from the core to go to school, lived in Boston for nine yrs and worked as a public defender for five yrs. I moved to NOVA a couple of years ago and sold my soul to play guitar in Dr.FU , a NOVA-based cover band. We play everywhere around DC. You should come and see us and say hello!

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.. width="425" height="350" ..No Joke opens for the Bosstones in 1993 (Buffalo NY)

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Local musicians and people who like loud music with a lot of screaming.

Music:

Bad Brains, Quicksand, The Pixies, Slayer, Van Halen, Cro Mags, Integrity, Killing Time, Sepultura, Husker Du, Soulfly, Afghan Wigs, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Replacements, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Iron and Wine, Folk Implosion, The Shins, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Cult, Plexi, The Smiths, Tom Waits, The Ramones, Nick Drake, Queen, Aerosmith, Allman Brothers, The Clash, Elliott Smith, Elmore James, Jimmy Smith, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thin Lizzy, Rival Schools, Mars Volta, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Glen Gould, Yes, At the Drive In, the Fire Theft, the Postal Service, Soundgarden, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Triumph, Rush, Old Metallica, Tori Amos, Damien Rice, Anthrax, Eric Johnson, the Police,

Movies:

Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, Spinal Tap, Full Metal Jacket, Trading Places, Fletch, Spies Like Us, Blues Brothers, The Decline of Western Civilization Part II The Metal Years, Batman Begins, X Men, Goodfellas, Spiderman I-III, all Star Wars movies, 300

Television:

Lost, The Office, Freaks and Geeks, West Wing, Heroes, Simpsons, Alias, Deadwood, Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, 30 Rock, Seinfeld, The Wire, The Daily Show

Books:

Invisible Man, Catcher in the Rye, The Ultimates, Red Son, the Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, anything by Raymond Carver, Cormac McCarthy, Michael Chabon, or Philip Roth, Batman: Year 100, Justice, Various cook books

Heroes:

Superman, Batman, Iron Man, The Ultimates, Captain America, the Hulk, Coltrane, Hendrix, SRV, Robert Rodriguez, Paul Gilbert, George Lynch, Eddie Van Halen

My Blog

New Guitar!

Yes, it is mine!I picked this up yesterday after weeks of internet planning!Nothing but metal can be played on this thing.I hope to crack it out at the RiRa gig on 10/26.Now I just need to learn how t...
Posted by Gregtastic on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:00:00 PST

My 20 Favorite Live Albums

I like live recordings mych better than studio albums. Here are my top 20 in no particular order: 1.  Made in Japan:  Deep Purple 2.  Live After Death:  Iron Maiden 3.  BBC S...
Posted by Gregtastic on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:04:00 PST

The Next Guitar For Me

I have put a lot of thought into this.  I have the American Strat with it's noiseless, classic sounding pickups, the Les Paul Standard, and the PRS McCarty.  What else could I possibly need...
Posted by Gregtastic on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:28:00 PST

Iron Maiden at Work

I listen to music all day at work.  I cannot get anything done without the music playing.I took a look at my iPod today and it seems like this is the CD I have been listening to the most.Never ex...
Posted by Gregtastic on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:30:00 PST