Guitars, Amps, Video Games, band stuff, 80's, Kung Fu Cinema, my ferret Guyana (named after Manowar, yes), parties, making music, making fun, recording music and fun, Funny stuff, Stupid stuff, wrecking cars, burping out loud, sniffing crotches, putting magnets on TVs, spraying air dusters upside down, my music gear, other people's music gear, pirates, ninjas, throwing old debit cards as weapons, food, beer, and SWEET free stuff.
People who can think for themselves, people who aren't two-faced. People who are not liars. I like meeting other musicians. I'll hang out with just about anyone who isn't a piece of crap. I'm happy with who I know in my life today. I like food, too. Food is my friend.
This is going to be messy as all shit, and forever incomplete. Machinae Supremacy, Dream Theater, Van Halen, Boston, Rush, Spastic Ink, Iron Maiden, Queensryche, Queen, Metal Shop (now called Metal Skool), Beatallica, Satanicide, Crotchduster, ICP, Tenacious D, DVDA, Monty Python, NOFX, Dragonforce, The Toy Dolls, Savatage, Megadeth, Slayer, Testament, Stratovarius, Nightwish, Motley Crue, Poison, Faith No More, Mr Bungle, Tomahawk, Skinny Puppy, Judas Priest, Journey, Led Zeppelin, Nocturnal Rites, Balance of Power, Scatterbrain, The Vandals, The Melvins, Ozzy, Pantera, Skid Row, Metallica(the good stuff, not the crap), Satch, Vai, Petrucci, Steve Howe, Jason Becker, Eric Johnson, Dweezil Zappa, Stan Bush, The Cars, The Tea Party, Therapy?, Hedwig, Avantasia, Jean Michele Jarre, Twisted Sister, Ratt, Iced Earth, Dio, Gwar, Green JellO, NIN, Helmet, Kiss, Kings X, Fates Warning, Alice in Chains, Extreme, Front242, Front Line Assembly, Kamelot, Tangerine Dream, Saigon Kick, Lagwagon, and the list goes on. Emo is crap, Nu-Metal is crap. I'm a supporter of great local/national music as well. 30footFALL, Asmodeus X, Opulent, Middlefinger, Vatos Locos, Bickley, Born to Lose, Los Skarnales, Satin Hooks, and many many more. It's a bunch of great people and great musicians doing what they like to do and don't have to be ass-heads about it. The Chris V Music page is coming soon for all to ridicule and jizz over.
Here's a few of too many to list in no particular order - Star Wars saga, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Caddyshack, Goonies, Lord of the Rings, The Karate Kid, anything by Zucker Brothers (Airplane 1&2, Naked Gun(s), Kentucky Fried Movie, etc..etc..), Napoleon Dynamite, Breakin', Breakin' 2, The Big Lebowski, dude.., any Mel Brooks (Spaceballs, Men in Tights, History of the World, etc..etc), Almost Famous, Rad, Purple Rain, Robocop, Ali G In Da House, Four Rooms, Desperado, other Rodriguez/Tarantino movies, Super Troopers, Dodgeball, Anchorman, All Trey Parker (Cannibal!, Orgazmo, South Park, Team America, Know Your Studio, etc), Tim Burton movies, Alien, Aliens, All Cheech & Chong movies, Student Bodies, Dawn of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead, Superman, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, All Terry Gilliam stuff - Monty Python, Time Bandits, Baron Munchausen, Brazil, Kevin Smith stuff, TROMA stuff, Jim Hensen stuff, Terminator, True Romance, The Golden Child, Beverly Hills Cop, Oceans 11, Indiana Jones movies, ET, Steve Oedekerk movies (High Strung), Better Off Dead, many more, and short films and parodies.
Family Guy, Scrubs, That 70's Show, The Simpsons, King of Queens, House, South Park, The Brak Show, Sealab 2021, Saturday Night Live, Robot Chicken, Bullshit!, Wonder Showzen, The Whitest Kids You Know, Extras, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia to name a few. I don't watch TV much. I download them and watch when I DO have time. I love cartoons.
I wait till they make a movie and pretend its better.
General Zod, my family, and you.