Cooking, skateboarding, skimboarding, snorkling, walking, cycling, fishing, reading, music, playing my bass, tattoos(i have 2), messing about in the garden, looking at wildlife, taking my camera out in the countryside, spending time with my girls, gigs, road trips, exploring, going down the beach, bbqs, keeping fit, watching movies, Middlesbrough Football Club and Femantle Dockers
Not really a meeting kinda dude, having said that, people I admire, that have inspired me or I enjoy what creative output they have put out include:Joe Strummer (frontman with the legendary The Clash) Ray Mears (survival expert from the UK) Joey Ramone (deseased lead singer with seminal NYC punk band The Ramones) Ray Winstone (gritty UK actor famed for his ganster/underworld roles) Robert Deniro (a screen legend & genius) Mike Vallely (pro Skateboarder for Element with innovative style & attitude) Henry Rollins (lead singer for Washington DC punk band Black Flag, now author/actor/TV personality) Bear Grylls (ex S.A.S survival Expert) John Peel (a veteran radio DJ who changed the airwaves) Morrissey (musician, loner, oddball man from Manchester) Ian Macaye (famous for a band called Minor Threat, hardcore punk pioneers)
Black Flag, Annihilation Time, Dead Stop, Walk The Plank, Voorhees, Infest, Haymaker, Thin Lizzy, Cock Sparrar, 4 Skins, Outbreak, Justice, Break It Up, The Rites, Violent Minds, Shark Attack, Alkaline Trio, The Smiths, Morrissey, The Killers, Black Sabbath, Ordinary Boys, The Jam, Cursed, Rollins Band, XfilesX, Minor Threat, Into Another, Slapshot, Youth Of Today, SSD, DYS, Bad Brains, Restless Youth, Waxwing, Hot Water Music, Kid Dynamite, None More Black, Paint It Black, Pilger, The Clash, The Get Up Kids, Hatebreed, Trouble, Motorhead, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Think I Care,Miles Away, Search & Destroy, On Thin Ice, Her Nightmare, Jaws, No Appologies, Standfast, Hitman, Break Even,Jungle Fever, Against Me! Arctic Monkeys, The Draft, From The Ruins,The First Step, Iron Age, Extortion
Donny Darko, Some Kind Of Wonderful, The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Star Wars Trilogy, Goodfellas, The Deer Hunter, Carlitos Way, Taxi Driver, Rain Man, The Shawshank Redemption, Arlington Road, The Silence Of The Lambs, The Mothman Prophecy, X Files, Snatch, American Pie, Platoon, Hamburger Hill, Full Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan
Fast Show, Little Britain, Ray Mears, Fishing shows, Location Location Location, Miami Ink, Soccer AM, Concrete Wave, Jackass,Six Feet Under, Big Brother, LOST, Man Vs Wild, Americas Hardest Prisons, Deadliest Catch, Urban Chef, The Henry Rollins Show.................
American Hardcore - A Tribal History/ Henry Rollins - Turned On (Biography)/ Evasion/ All Ages - A Reflection Of Straight Edge/ The Philosophy Of Punk - More Than Noise/ Jamie Oliver - all/ John Peel - Margrave Of The Marshes/ Saint Morrissey - Mark Simpson/ Ray Mears - Bushcraft Survival/
Joe Strummer, Ray Mears, John Peel, Paul Weller, Cliff Burton, Henry Rollins, Jay Adams, Steve Cabellaro, Mike Vallely, Neil Blender, John Cardial, Jason Jesse, Dave Smalley, Harley Flannegan,