Metal. Horror. Writing. Playing the fat strings. Hanging out in record stores. Trying to sleep. Comic books. Tattoos. The town of Perham, Minnesota.
Honest, creative, loving people that aren't so fucking full of themselves that they make me wanna puke. People that I can have long conversations with, people that I can argue the merits of death metal versus grindcore, Italian over German horror, etc. Someone(preferably female) that I can snuggle with under a blanket on a cold or rainy night in front of a scary movie one night and go to a show with the next night. Also fellow musicians, writers, actors and actresses. Basically people I can be myself around and not fear for persecution. In particular, if I could, I'd invite George A. Romero, D.D. Verni, Mille Petrozza, Phil Nutman, Skipp and Spector, Jack Ketchum, Danielle Harris, Lon Chaney Jr and Sr, Lucio Fulci, Dario Argento, John Carpenter, Bill Clifton, Jessica Biel, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Lindy Booth, Jared Leto, Jodie Foster, Evelyn Ankers, Vic Morrow and the boys in BTS over to Wookieland for a barbecue. Chicken, Tofu and spaghetti and a great time.
One of the two things that keep me from going homicidal and NOT ending up on the news is Music. I love Metal, from thrash to death to grindcore to even some older power metal. Also punk, old school hardcore, old country, a smattering of blues, jazz and big band stuff. Fave bands are (outside of the first five) in no particular order: Overkill. Kreator. Vader. Sodom. Napalm Death. Holy Moses. Sadus. Deicide. E-Z-O. Xentrix. Detente. Fear of God. Jungle Rot. Blood Tsunami. SSS. Tankard. Evildead. Suffocation. Mortician. Zombi. Death. Dokken('81-'88). Candlemass. Dark Angel. Exhorder. Morbid Angel. Coroner. Merciless Death. Old Danzig. Old Megadeth. Slayer. Bolt Thrower. TSOL. Devastation. Carcass. DRI. Leatherwolf. Autopsy. Obsession. Destruction. Agnostic Front. Dead Kennedys. Benediction. Old Anthrax. Old Metal Church. Atheist. X. Old Meliah Rage. Minor Threat. Old Fates Warning. Goblin. Any band with the taste to have Tomas Lindberg on vocals. 45 Grave. Old Sepultura. Arch Enemy. Trouble. Anything with Ronnie J. Dio's vocals. Voivod. Suicidal Tendencies. Nasty Savage. Johnny Cash. Chastain. Jim Reeves. Nuclear Assault. Testament. Obituary. Emperor(until 'IX Equilibrium'...). Old Man's Child. Celtic Frost. Social Distortion. Sinister. Roky Erickson. Willie Nelson. DOA. The Doors. Terrorizer. Glenn Miller. Robert Johnson. The Cure. Many others.
Movies are the other thing keeping me calm. First five are in order, the rest not so much. Dawn of the Dead '78. The Thing '82. Friday the 13th. Knightriders. Hunchback of Notre Dame '39. Halloween. When A Stranger Calls '79. Grindhouse. Shawshank Redemption. Rules of Attraction. Damnation Alley. Wrong Turn. Humanoids from the Deep. Red Dawn. Panic In Year Zero!. Night of the Living Dead '68. Day of the Dead '85. Assault on Precinct 13 '76. The Crow. Suspiria. Cry_Wolf. Bride of Frankenstein. The Howling. Dracula (spanish version) '31. American Werewolf in London. Wolf Man. Dracula: Prince of Darkness. Swamp Thing. Re-animator. Horror of Frankenstein. The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane. The Shining '80. Texas Chainsaw Massacres. Battle Royale 1 and 2. Ginger Snaps. Zombi 2. The Thing '51. Videodrome. City of the Living Dead. Scanners. Anatomy. The Beyond. Terror Train. Cannibal Ferox, AKA Make Them Die Slowly. Body Snatchers '94. Over The Edge. It's Alive. History of Violence. The Prowler. Empire Strikes Back. Alien. Piranha '78. The Terminator. Basket Case. Man of A Thousand Faces. Return of the Living Dead. They Live. Prince of Darkness. Nightmare on Elm Street 1 and 3. Serpent and the Rainbow. Angel Heart. Scarlet Diva. Demons. Night of the Demons. Black Christmas '74. The Exorcist. Isle of the Dead. Waiting. Dolores Claiborne. The Last Unicorn. Disney's Fantasia, Pinocchio, Snow White and The Rescuers. Pulp Fiction. River's Edge. Deliverance. Hell Night. Many more.
Jericho(Bring it back, fuckers!). Entourage. The Shield. Kim Possible. Scooby Doo. My So-Called Life. M*A*S*H*. Lucky Louie. Miami Ink.
Joe R. Lansdale. Bret Easton Ellis. Skipp and Spector. Douglas E. Winter. Philip Nutman. David J. Schow. Chas. Balun. Jack Ketchaum. Jay McInerny. Absolute fave titles: The Stand. The Rules of Attraction. Wet Work. The Hap and Leonard series. The Drive In. Book of the Dead. The Bridge. Kill Riff. Animals. Light at the End. The Informers. Lunar Park. Story of My Life. Run. 9th and Hell Street. Beyond the Gates: The films of Lucio Fulci. Beyond Gore Score. The Girl Next Door. Off Season.
Not really sure if the following can be construed as heroes or not, but they have been the most influential people in my life outside of my immediate family(with the exception of my Uncle Tom, who knows the rush of performing live): D.D. Verni from Overkill. Mille Petrozza from Kreator. Martin Van Drunen from Pestilence. Jeff Walker from Carcass. Steve Digiorgio from Sadus and lots others. David Vincent from Morbid Angel. George A. Romero. John Carpenter. Lucio Fulci. Dario Argento. Phil Nutman. Joe R. Lansdale. Bret Easton Ellis. Chas. Balun. Chewbacca. Mark 'Gator' Regowski (for his skating only).