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Jamie

Bat Messiah

About Me

.. My name is Jamie. I am 25 years old, and love playing music and video games. I am into virtually anything electronic, and can fix/build computers like nobody's business. Don't mess with the Bat Messiah. I just recently got married to my favorite person, my best friend, and the love of my life. I currently work for the micro fiberglass company Evanite as a Quality Control Process Technician.
I was the lead singer and guitarist in the band Fusion Ball for nearly 10 years. We played hundreds of shows at pretty much any venue in the Northwest, and you can find a link to it in my top friends. Even though Fusion Ball is technically over, from the ashes rose "Skeleratus", which is my new metal band, which can also be found in my top friends. Skeleratus has me switching over to bass guitar, and taking on a whole new vocal range. I'll be doing melodic singing, mixed with screams and gutteral growls. Its been a long hard road, but I think I've finally mastered my false vocal chords.
If you don't really know me, I'm a hardcore metal head, though I thoroughly enjoy classic 90's alternative rock. I'm into all genres of metal, but I'm quite partial to Death Metal, Progressive/Math Metal, and Melodic/Death Metal, but most of all, I love modern west coast style Thrash Metal, especially when done by Scandinavians.
I'm also a decently trained musician, which would explain my love of Metal and complex music styles, and my extreme musical snobbishry. I've been playing Guitar for about 10 years, and between the Clarinet and Piano, I have 15 years of classical training under my belt.

My Interests

Playing guitar, Writing music, Playing video games, Working on Computers, Electrical Discharge Machining, etc...

I'd like to meet:

Too many people I would like to meet... Burton C. Bell (Fear Factory), Richard Matheson, Randy Blythe and Chris Adler (Lamb of God), Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom), Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains) this list could go longer...

Music:

Gojira, Dead to Fall, Job for a Cowboy, Fear Factory, Cannibal Corpse, Dying Fetus, Soilwork, Meshuggah, In Flames, Opeth, Alice in Chains, Days of the New, Pearl Jam, Sound Garden, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom, Dillinger Escape Plan, Floater, Foo Fighters, Hatebreed, Taproot, Lamb of God, Metallica, Mudvayne, Nile, Sevendust, Shadowsfall, Slayer, Static-X, The Haunted, Vile Intoxication

Movies:

The Last Man on Earth, White Water Summer, Pinnochio in Outer Space, Dawn of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Land of the Dead, see a trend?

Television:

Don't really watch TV, but I'll watch whatever wacky sitcom or drama my wife might be watching.

Books:

I am Legend, Mars Crossing, World War Z

Heroes:

Joseph Duplantier. He is my idol.