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About Me

Born in the 60's & grew up in the 70's in Croydon. Thanks to my parents for that cos I don't think there was a better place in the world & a better decade than the 70's in London. Sold my soul to punk in 1980, lived in Kent, then Norwich, had a son Jake, who's now 15 and rocking out on the guitar! Then moved back to London, had a daughter, Evie, 9, an actress in the making. Then lived in Italy for two years and now live in Berlin and joint opened a 77 Punk Rock shop, UPSTARTS(now closed). Been in various bands over the years including Zero Tolerance & UK Subs. .........Managed to get a band together here. 1970Sick, classic 77 punk rock featuring Beano(Drums) Marti Neurotic(guitar) Andru Bourbon (Bass) & myself(guitar)& one thing I've learnt over the years is when you have a crisis in your life you get to know who you're real friends are. The one's that stick by you & the one's who don't...STAY FREE:::

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My Interests

Gigs, Guitars, Cars (Vintage UK & US), Bikes, Cooking, Reading, Cricket, Punk Rock, Dub/Reggae, Ska, 60's, Rock n Roll, Soul etc and having a crack with good people.

I'd like to meet:

Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, probably the coolest person ever to put on a bass, and any good people out there. Heroes? Nah only people who have inspired me like the above and good friends, thats all.

Music:

The Clash, The Ruts, Generation X, The Damned, The Members, Buzzcocks, Pistols, early Adam & The Ants, Suburban Studs, Eater, The Buzzards, London, The Stiffs, Iggy Pop, The Specials, The Beat, Selecter, Slaughter & The Dogs, The Drones, The Jam, Newtown Neurotics, Stiff Little Fingers, X Ray Spex, The Vapors, Bowie, New York Dolls, Ramones, Dead Boys, Wire, early Siouxsie, The Boys, The Briefs, The Shocks, Radio One, Penetration, Blondie, The Riffs, The Exploding Hearts, The Avengers, Cockney Rejects, Tom Robinson Band, The Jags, LKJ, Big Youth, Lee Scratch Perry, Rod Stewart & The Faces, Rolling Stones, The Who, The Epoxies, The Undertones, Boomtown Rats, Ian Dury, T Rex, Slade, Lunachicks, Crass, Subhumans, DOA, Public Toys, Abba, Rancid, Dead Kennedys, Elvis Costello,Joe Jackson, UK Subs, Heartbreakers, Defiance, The Krays, Anti Flag, The Forgotten, The Hives, Operation Ivy, Transplants, Lars & the Bastards, blah blah too many to mention but will add some more when I can be bothered!

Movies:

McVicar, The Goodfellas, Suburbia, Rude Boy,best film of the Clash live, Westway To The World, Casino, Too Many Crooks, School For Scoundrels, Passport To Pimlico & any Ealing comedies, Schindlers List, This is England, The Italian Job, Hope & Glory, Nil By Mouth, ID, The Krays, Quadrophenia, Scum, Lock Stock.., Breaking Glass, Spinal Tap, Ice Cold In Alex, Alfie(with Michael Caine), Bridge Over The River Kwai, Fools Gold, plenty more but generally any good British gangster movies or comedies.

Television:

Only Fools & Horses, The Sweeney, Minder, Porridge, Comic Strip, Ripping Yarns, Have I got News For You, Dad's Army, Rising Damp, Little Britain, Black Books, Absolute Power, Bottom, Alan Partridge, The Office, Extras, The Likely Lads, World In Action & good BBC Documentaries. HATE Friends, Seinfeld, Frasier, Ally McBeal & other bullshit smug-american sit-com shite.

Books:

Human Punk(John King), Headhunters(John King), Englands Dreaming(Jon Savage), Take It Like A Man (Boy George), Any of the Ian Rankin "Inspector Rebus" series, Lost In Music(Giles Smith), Last Gang In Town(Marcus Gray), No Irish No Blacks..( John Lydon),A Cooks Tour(Anthony Bourdain), A Royal Duty(Paul Burrell), 1984(George Orwell), Past Mortem(Ben Elton), Filth(Irving Welsh), Kitchen Confidential(Anthony Bourdain), Making History(Stephen Fry), The Autobiography Of A Thief(Bruce Reynolds)

Heroes:

Nah