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mickster

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About Me

i'm a 38 year old male, married with two young sons; JACK LINK and ART WYLDE. my wife KITTY DELUXE plays bass for the SHIMMYS (www.theshimmys.com). i've been playing drums since 1988, and currently play with: THE TASH MINTS, THE CRUSADERS, THE STONEAGE HEARTS.....and over the years i've hit the skins for: LORDS OF GRAVITY, PYRAMIDIACS, THE FINKERS, DANNY McDONALD, THE SLATERS.....i was lucky enough to tour overseas a few times too: spain, france, germany, u.s.a...... i have two vintage drumkits: a '74 ludwig and a mid '60's dandy made by the drouyn company, brisbane, australia. i run my own record label - OFF THE HIP RECORDS - please check us out at; WWW.OFFTHEHIP.COM.AU, we specialise in garage, powerpop and rock'n'roll. weekdays i also run a small import record store in melbourne's CBD with my brother CHRIS. to date OFF THE HIP RECORDS have released albums by: THE REACTIONS, THE SHINDIGGERS, THE PHILISTEINS, WRONG TURN, THE URGES, THE BO-WEEVILS, THE MESS MAKERS, BROTHER BRICK, JOHNNY CASINO, THE EARLY HOURS, DIMI DERO INC, DOLLHOUSE, THE PINK FITS, THE SHIMMYS, CHUCK NORRIS EXPERIMENT, DOLLY ROCKER MOVEMENT, DOM MARIANI, THE BOOBY TRAPS, MINK JAGUAR, THE MONSTERS, THE NAKED EYE, ASTEROID B-612, THE ALOHAS, THE PYRAMIDIACS, THE STONEAGE HEARTS, HOLY CURSE, JOHNNY CASINO'S EASY ACTION, THE DATSON FOUR, HANDS OF TIME, THE INTERCONTINENTAL PLAYBOYS, THE NEW INVINCIBLES, LORDS OF GRAVITY, THEE PSYCHO DELMATICS, THE GREEN CIRCLES, DANNY MCDONALD and THE UPTIGHT.She's My Woman

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"What has happened to me?. . .my other friends all have normal jobs and still play football at weekends. . .what would my mum think of the new direction my life has taken?. . .she would surely believe that I have fallen in with a gang of dangerous freaks, freshly escaped from a lunatic asylum! . . .what a mistake she made in buying me that drum kit!" wolf howard 2007

My Interests

big eye paintings, 60's imagery, rock posters, abstract art, travelling (touring is great but i never get to spend much time in each city).....

I'd like to meet:

mitch easter, king khan, chris bell (rip).....

Music:

johnny casino and the secrets, the shimmys, dollhouse, tomorrow is today, brother brick, dom mariani, the green circles, the stoneage hearts, dimi dero inc, freebooting profiteers, the urges, asteroid b-612, lords of gravity, the shindiggers, the uptight, sunnyboys tribute, the alohas, the datson four, the pink fits, the stems tribute, hands of time, antipodean screams, the booby traps, thee psycho delmatics, the dolly rocker movement, hellbound honeys, mink jaguar, the intercontinental playboys, johnny casino's easy action, the monsters, chuck norris experiment, pyramidiacs, danny mcdonald, new invincibles, the naked eye, the holy curse, the bo-weevils, burn your fingers on the sun, the philisteins, the crusaders, dollhouse, the early hours.......

Movies:

blow up, the producers, blazing saddles, charade, beyond the valley of the dolls, la haine, amelie, delicatessen...

Television:

get smart, simpsons, ren and stimpy, the goodies...

Books:

yikes (steve weissman), on the road, you can't win, one flew over the cuckoos nest, gorky park, history of mens magazines....

Heroes:

tim kerr, dom mariani, billy childish, chris bell/alex chilton...