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brian

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About Me

I'm nothing special. I'm just a guy who has good times. I have great friends and a great family. I wouldn't trade what I have for the world. Theres a saying in my community, "hardcore is a lifestyle." The belief is that you put your friends and family above all else, even yourself. It's my personal belief that if the world worked like that, a lot of things would change for the better. I play drums for a band... a lot of people say I'm good but I think I could be better. I always strive to succeed, and when I put my mind to it, chances are I will. When I was 17, I thought being 22 was old. Now that I'm 24, I still feel like I was when I was 17 (yet... old). When I was 12, I aced the M.E.A.P. test (very few people know that... not bad for a kid who grew up on 8 mile). That's actually how I got my first drumset. My major fault in life is that I'd rather party than study... I keep it real so all my people can say that they keep it real (that's actually kind of hard to explain). I used to be fat and got made fun of a lot, but looking back at it, I'm so glad that happened to me. It forced me to grow a personality (and to be motivated to workout everyday). My mother loves me more than my Dad does, but thats o.k. because to me, thats a Mom's job (shit... she'd love me if I shot the President. My dad would ask me what I accomplished by doing so... which is his job as a Dad). Although, when and if I do have kids, I plan to learn from my dad's mistakes and repeat what my mother taught me. I laugh at other people laughing. Thats probably why I joke around so much. I laugh when old people shit themselves, except when I have to clean it up (I usually just push it off on someone else, though). I pretend to be immature sometimes, but I only do it so I can catch you off guard with how wise I really am. I sleep well at night, because I know that I did everything I could to make the day worth while. All in all, I'm happy to be where I'm at... and where I'm going to end up. I've been led to the belief that I've you stay positive long enough, everything you've been working for will work out for you.

My Interests

Hardcore. Drumming. Vintage (without being hipster about it). Learning about things. The little Lebowski urban achievers. My crew.

I'd like to meet:

Jacob Bannon, Jimmy Bower, Roger Miret, George Orwell, Dave Lombardo because they are my idols. Jesus Christ. David Bernal. Hunter S. Thompson. ::side note:: Not to sound sentimental or anything, but I really wish I could meet the surgeon who fixed my Ma's heart back in '81, so she could make me in '83. Last but never least, all of my people whose funeral I've attended in the past few years.

This is how I do it at the club. Penetrating the "friend circle" since '97, son.

Just wait.... Up comes David Elsewhere, baby. The master of illusion.

You can't fuck with Eli Porter, because he's the best mayne, he deeeeed it.

The best. He told you that. Got you roasted like ever. Ain't never gonna flop.

Music:

Converge. VBAMN. First Blood. Eli Porter. Cannibal Corpse. Crowbar. Slayer. Pantera. At the Gates. Black Flag. Clutch. Blood for Blood. Superjoint Ritual. Forfeit. Agnostic Front. Terror. Madball. Fiona Apple. Mayhem. Miles Davis. Hova. James Brown. As the Blood Runs Black. Old Hatebreed. Eyehategod. Down. A.A. . . . the greatest band from Detroit, ever. My boy Tom's band, Alucard. Anything hard and heavy without being stupid. Anything that's hard to play musically. Anything that's original with good influences.

Movies:

The Godfather 1 and 2. Raging Bull. Fight Club. A Long Way Home. The Big Lebowski. Old School. Goodfellas. Alan and Naomi. 300. Slapshot. Fear and Loathing. The Warriors. American Psycho. Snatch. Pulp Fiction. Dawn of the Dead (original and remake). Any zombie movie and anything Deniro

Television:

The History Channel, National Geographic, and the Health Channel.

Books:

1984. Choke. Fight Club. Fear and Loathing.

Heroes:

Rudy Mulawa, Tommy Tesnow, John Grimes, Adam Hinton, James Shows, and the wonderful man and woman who banged to put me on Earth.