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Nigel

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About Me

Aging rocker who looks more like a business manager!!
Married (for 13 years) to Nikkii (Nik) - a gorgeous, mad, sexy blonde rock chick. We have two cool kids who are thankfully taking their taste in music from us.
Been into rock music since the early 80s, but now have the image to match my job rather than the music!
My first concert was AC/DC in Glasgow during the "For Those About to Rock Tour" - I was about 14. Since then concert highlights include Tesla, White Lion, Kiss (3 times), Bon Jovi (8 times, first time as a support to Kiss), Aerosmith, Def Leppard (3 times), Whitesnake, Ozzy (twice), Velvet Revolver (twice), Black Stone Cherry, Thunder, Ratt, Airbourne, David Lee Roth, Heart, Tyketto, Tygers of Pan Tang, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, Lita Ford, Quireboys, Tom Petty, Bryan Adams, Bad Company, Kid Rock and others.
Photos from some of the recent gigs are in 'My Pics'
Love getting out to the local bars and to any gigs we can. You will most often find us at The Empire in Belfast. Mainly local bands and tribute acts as a lot of the big bands don't come to N Ireland! Thou, so far 2008 quite a good year for bands comin to Belfast. Hope it continues!
Always good to see local bands such as Million Dollar Reload, Inch High, Stormzone, Ajenda or Pay*ola wherever we can. Lot of good tribute bands out there too - Hotter Than Hell, Whitesnake UK, Deft Leppard, Bon Jovi Experience, UK Guns n' Roses, Dirty DC etc.
Life is too short to be taken too seriously. As someone wise once said, you're a long time lookin at the lid!! Fairly easy going and laid back kinda bloke really!!
With Nik at The Tygers of Pan Tang gig.
Mike Tramp / White Lion at the Rosetta June 2008
At home.

My Interests

ROCK MUSIC - mainly 80s / early 90s bands (many of who are still about thankfully), but a lot of new ones too. Classic Rock revival going on at the minute is great!!

Motley Crue -Saints of Los Angeles

Tesla - What You Give

My mad, crazy, flirty, gorgeous rock chick wife of course!! She's a BABE!

Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees)

Kid Rock - All Summer Long

I'd like to meet:

Anyone interesting really.
Warrant - Uncle Toms Cabin

Great White - Mista Bone

Music:

Well, if you haven't figured that out yet!!
Rock / Metal - Tesla, White Lion, Kiss, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Guns N' Roses, Slaughter, Poison, Motley Crue, Black Stone Cherry, Velvet Revolver, Hinder, Whitesnake, Nickelback, Buckcherry, Aerosmith, Thunder, Winger, Warrant, Great White, Lita Ford, Within Temptation, Evanescence, The Rich and Famous, AC/DC, Cinderella, Tyketto, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Femme Fatale, Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, House of Lords, Leatherwolf, Ratt, Dave Lee Roth / Van Halen, Blackfoot, Skid Row, Iron Maiden, Saxon, Lee Aaron, Kings of the Sun, Blue Murder, Tygers of Pan Tang, Dave Rude Band, Inch High, Black Label Society, Ozzy, Ratt, Waysted, Dio, Jackyl, Quireboys, Thin Lizzy, Vixen, Kix, Million Dollar Reload and many, many more.
Joe Bonamassa, Jeff Healey and a lot of the old Blues stuff.

AC/DC - Its a Long Way to the Top if you Want to Rock and Roll

White Lion - Radar Love

Whitesnake - Slow and Easy

Blackfoot - Train, Train (live)

Doro - Unholy Love

LeatherWolf - Hideaway

Slaughter - Mad About You

Movies:

Thrillers, war movies, action, comedy, westerns.
Off the top of my head - Blackhawk Down, Highlander, Blade, Pale Rider and any other Clint Eastwood western, We Were Soldiers Once, Desperado, Lord of the Rings, Saving Private Ryan, Shrek 1,2 and 3, The Guardian, Underworld, Mr Brooks, Waynes World, Rock Star, Flags of our Fathers, Last of the Mohicans, The Last Samurai, Troy, Austin Powers etc, etc
Will watch most stuff, but can't be doing arty films!

Television:

Don't watch that much - but like 24, Band of Brothers, Nip Tuck, Father Ted. Really don't like reality TV programmes.

father ted funniest bits

Will watch documentaries and nature programmes, especially anything about Big Cats.

Books:

Mainly thrillers or military non-fiction.
'Classic Rock' magazine of course.
Favourite book probably 'The Lord of the Rings'.
Currently reading - 'Bang Your Head - The Rise and Fall of Heavy Metal' by David Konow.
Last books finished - 'Roberts Ridge' by Malcolm MacPherson,'The Dirt' by Motley Crue,'Armageddon' by Max Hastings and 'Flags of Our Fathers' by James Bradley.
For fun - Calvin & Hobbes - always gets a laugh.

Heroes:

My wife of course!! Sexy rock chick wife and working mother.

The world is full of heroes.

Special mention to anyone who owns or works in a distillery (or a brewery), with a special mention to those in Bushmills and to Mr Johnnie Walker and Mr Jack Daniels. lol!

GUITAR HEROES!

Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train (Ft Randy Rhoads)

Black Label Society Fire It Up

Blue Murder - Valley Of The Kings

My Blog

The Joys of Being a Rock Fan in N Ireland!!

Just bought my ticket to see Tesla in Glasgow in November. That was the easy bit. Now I have to take 2 days off work, organise flight/bus or boat/train to get me to Glasgow and then find somewhere to ...
Posted by Nigel on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:26:00 PST