Ian Moran - ProfilesArchive

About Me

My favourite quote is 'Carpe Diem'... Seize the Day. I have an Australian head and an Irish heart. Music, drums and snowboarding rule my life and I couldn't be happier with the friends and family I have.
My goal is to be of no fixed address while enjoying all of the bumps along the rocky road to living my dream... of being a performer.
As my aunty says: "You're dead along time."
I'm the drummer of 'Rogue Royalty' which is an Australian band that has just moved back to Oz after 3 BIG years in London. We're 3 brothers on a mission to have as much fun as possible while boozing, playing our tunes and generally getting up to mischief.
Over the last couple of years I have had to absolute pleasure in jamming/ writing/recording with bands such as 'Mike Pizzey Band', 'Sangeeta', 'The Black Jeans', 'Whitley' aka Lawrence G, Luke Bolton, and last and definately not least, chef-boy 'Josh Thomas'.
I have also worked with Marty & Tom Williams aka "Cousin Leonard" on projects such as "Club Acoustica" and the first ever Australian "World Aids Day Concert" for which I proudly MC'd proceedings and helped promote and book bands. I spent a bit of time on the road with the Williams brothers and aquired the nickname "Gospel" because of my Irish storytelling nature. They are on the Magic Bus of music and I have them to thank as well as Josh Thomas for keeping me... 'On The Bus'. Cheers brothers. x
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My Interests

Drumming, snowboarding, anything alpine, wakeboarding, hitting the beach, seeing bands, soaking up amazing music festivals, and travelling the world.

I'd like to meet:

I like inspiring people who aren't afraid to go out and grab their dream... whatever that may be... wherever they are from... or whatever their background. I have the most amazing people around me and I'm gradually learning the awesome meaning of 'YES' and 'NO'.Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around!!!

Music:

Sublime, Cousin Leonard, Josh Thomas, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Unwritten Law, Faith No More, The Elephant Theorem, Rage Against The Machine, David Bowie, The Pogues, Christy Moore, Blur, Tom Waits, Radiohead, Dirty Pretty Things, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Soundgarden, The Libertines, NOFX, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Massive Attack, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Metallica, Nirvana, Kings Of Leon, Johnny Cash, Queen, The Killers, The Dresdin Dolls, Gillian Welch, Thin Lizzy AND Led-Zeppelin... Led-Zeppelin... Led-Zeppelin.

Movies:

The Dive Video, Big Fish, Vanilla Sky, American Beauty, The Power of One, Dumb & Dumber, Buddy Rich doco, O Brother Where Art Thou, Amelie, any Will Farrell movie.

Television:

To much shite on tele but I'll sit down to a good comedy on the hung-over days.

Books:

The Alchemist... Scar Tissue... Keith Moon's 'Dear Boy', Long Way Round... & most music bio's etc.

Heroes:

My sister who is the strongest person I've ever met, Mum & Dad, Grandma Tilly & the rest of family between Ireland & Australia, my amazing girl, my killer band members, Steg, The Whole Sly Family & Louie, The Williams Brothers, Josh... Peter & Annette Thomas, Richie Bywater, Tuna Steaks, The Wolf & Storm, Buddy Rich, Chad Smith, Keith Moon, Mitch Mitchell, Rick Rubin, Bob Geldof, Mags, Scoobie Doo and of course Nelson Mandela.