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Joe Wood

BRAVE WORDS AND BLOODY KNUCKLES

About Me

Hello everyone! My name is Joe and welcome to my little piece of cyberspace. As anyone who knows me will tell you that I'm a fairly easy going person with an undying love affair with music and the drums. I started playing in 1988 but not seriously until '91. I've been in many, many, many bands over the years and here's a list of a few of them: COURTNEY CHESS (92-94), FINOLA BLUE (94), THE DANGERS OF THE FRESH AIR (95), THE ROCK BAND (95), SILVERHOOK (97-98), THE CROSSFIRE BLUES BAND (98), ACOUSTIC ROOSTER (99-00), ABW (01-02), MOOCH (03-05), ATHENA'S DYING BREATH (05-06), KA-TET (06), DIMINISHED FIFTH (06-07), BLUNT FORCE (07-08). I'm extremely proud of the work I've done in all of these bands. So that's my life in a basic nutshell. Music, music (I hear music) 24 hours a day. And that's the way I like it.

My Interests

Music, Drums, Hockey, Women, Chinese Food, Movies, Mountain Biking, Japanese Anime, Japanese Pop Culture, Comic Books, Videogames, Jagermeister, Busch, Guiness, Mountain Dew, M and M's, Cool Ranch Doritos..

I'd like to meet:

Neil Peart, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, The Pittsburgh Penguins, Steven Speilberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Tim Burton, David Cronenberg, Quentin Tarentino, Dick Winters, Bia Ling, Lucy Lui, Asia Carrera, Zhang Ziyi, Tia Carrere, Kelly Hu, Hiromi Oshima, Gong Li, Michelle Yoeh, Lisa Ling, Devon Aoki, Kat Von D, Rosario Dawson, Hallie Berry, Angelina Jolie, Gabrielle Union, Julia Stiles, Nicole Kidman, Chili from TLC, Christy Tom, Jewel Staite, Michelle from DESTINY'S CHILD, Finola Hughes, Juliya, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Dave Chapelle, Jim Carrey, John Malcovich, Christian Bale, Weta Workshop, Industrial Light and Magic, Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Rob Bottin, Rick Baker, Lance Armstrong, Roland Green, Chim Chim and Spritle

Music:

Alice In Chains, Alien Ant Farm, All that Remains, Arch Enemy, Animal Logic, John Arch, Artension, Athiest, Barren Cross, Beautiful Creature, Between The Buried And Me, Biohazard, Black Label Society, Bobaflex, Bon Jovi, Breaking Benjamin, Bride, Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians, Buckcherry, Byzantine, Chick Corea, Children Of Bodom, Chimiara, Chaos Is The Poetry, Chevelle, Coinmonster, Coheed And Cambria, Communic, Harry Connick Jr., Concrete Blonde, Phil Collins, Control Denied, The Cult, Curious Fools, Cynic, Dada, DC Talk, Damien Steele, Dark Tranquility, Death Angel, Demicrious, Devil Driver, Bruce Dickinson, Ronnie James Dio, Disciple, Disturbed, Divine Heresy, Divine Regale, Dokken, Down, Dream Theater, Enchant, Evergrey, Einstien, Electric Love Hogs, Evanescence, Exodus, Extol, Mary Fahl, Faith Collapsing, Faith No More, Fates Warning, Fear Factory, Fight, Ben Folds Five, Five finger Death Punch, Forbidden, Fozzy, Frameshift, Fuel, Galactic Cowboys, Peter Gabriel, Gene Loves Jezebel, Ghost Of An American Airman, Kevin Gilbert, Godsmack, Grip Inc., Guano Apes, Guardian, Guns N' Roses, Rob Halford, Hatebreed, Helloween, Holy Soldier, Iced Earth, Illegal Aliens, Infectious Grooves, Into Eternity, INXS, Iron Maiden, Jane's Addiction, Jag Panzer, The Jelly Jam, Jethro Tull, Journey, Judas Priest, Kamelot, Killswitch Engage, King Diamond, King's X, Kiss, Lamb Of God, Law & Order, Laundry, Leviathan, Liquid Tension Experiment, Live, Living Colour, Los Lobotomys, Machine Head, Magdalen, Micheal Manring, Marillion, Dave Matthews Band, Metal Church, Metallica, Meshuggah, Midnight Oil, Mind Funk, Moist, Motley Crue, Mudvayne, Muse, Nevermore, Neurotic Outsiders, Niacin, N.W.A., October Project, Opeth, O.S.I., Oysterhead, Our Lady Peace, Ozzy, Pantera, Pain Of Salvation, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Planet X, Platypus, The Police, Poison, Porcupine Tree, Porno For Pyros, Primus, Prong, Prunella Scales, Queensryche, The Quiet Room, Rammstien, Ratt, Red Hot Chili, Peppers, REO Speedwagon, Paul Rodgers, David Lee roth, Rollins Band, Roxy Music, Rush, Sade, Savatage, Scatterbrain, Screaming Headless Torsos, Sepultura, Sevendust, Shadows Fall, Sixx A.M., Skid Row, Skunk Anansie, Slavior, Slayer, Slipknot, Smashing Pumpkins, Spinal Tap, Strapping young Lad, Spiral Architect, Spock's Beard, Sting, Stone Sour, Stryper, Symphony X, Styx, System Of A Down, Sweet Logical Regina, Tantric Tenacious D, Testament, Therapy?, They Might Be Giants, Thought Chamber, Three, Tin Machine, 311, TNT, Tool, Toto, Toy Matinee, Transatlantic, Trip Shakespeare, Trivium, 24-7 Spyz, Type O Negative, U.K., U2, Vanden Plas, Steve Vai, Velvet Revelover, Varga, Vicious Rumours, Virgos Merlot, Warrant, Warriorsoul, WASP, Wide Mouth Mason, Widowmaker Wilson Phillips Winger..

Movies:

A.I., Alien, Aliens, Almost Famous, Alpha Dog, American Beauty, American Psycho, Army Of Darkness, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Begins, Beetlejuice, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Big Fish, The Big Hit, The Big Lebowski, Bill & Tedd's Excellent Adventure, Black Hawk Down, Blade 2, The Blair Witch Project, The Boondock Saints, Bound, Brotherhood Of The Wolf, Bubble Boy, The Burbs, Casino Royale, Casualties Of War, Career Opportunities, The Cell, Chasing Amy, The Chronicles Of Narnia, The City Of Lost Children, Clerks 1 & 2, Cold Mountain, Collateral, The Crimson Rivers, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Cube, Dangerous Laisons, Das Boot, Dark Blue, Dark City, The Dark Crystal, Daywatch, Dazed And Confused, Dead Calm, Donnie Darko, Downfall, Edward Scissorhands, Erik The Viking, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Event Horizon, Evil Dead 2, E.T., Excalibur, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Fifth Element, Fire In The Sky, The Frighteners, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Garden State, The Gift, Gladiator, Go, Goodfellas, The Goonies, Hamburger Hill, Harry Potter, Havoc, Hellboy 1 & 2, Hero, High Fidelity, Hildalgo, The Hitcher ('84), The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy, House Of Flying Daggers, The Incredibles, The Indiana Jones series, Interview With The Vampire, Iron Man, Iron Monkey, The Jacket, Jackie Brown, Jurassic Park, Kalifornia, Kill Bill 1 & 2, King Kong, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Knocked Up, Labyrinth, Ladyhawke, The Last Samurai, The Last Starfighter, Layer Cake, Legend, Legends Of The Fall, Lemony Snicket, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Lost In Translation, Lord Of THe Rings Trilogy, The Machinist, Master & Commander, The Matrix Trilogy, Meet The Parents, Memento, Men In Black, Memphis Belle, A Midnight Clear, Million Dollar Hotel, Minority Report, Mirrormask, Muholland Drive, Mystery Alaska, Natural Born Killers, Near Dark, The Neverending Story, Nightwatch, No Such Thing, Office Space, Old School. Once Were Warriors, Narc, The Passion Of The Christ, Payback, Pirates Of The Carribean trilogy,Platoon, The Proposition, Pump Up The Volume, Ravenous, Red Dawn, The Ref, Requiem For A Dream, The River's Edge, Romper Stomper, Practical Magic, Predator, Running Scared, The Salton Sea, Saving Private Ryan, A Scanner Darkly, Schindler's List, School Of Rock, Serenity, Shaun Of The Dead, Signs, Sin City, Singles, Sky Captain & The World Of Tomorrow, Sleepy Hollow, Smoking Aces, Snatch, Spaceballs, Spider, Spiderman 1 & 2, Spinal Tap, Stargate, Starlight Hotel, Starship Troopers, Star Trek 1,2,3 & 6, Star Wars saga, Superbad, Superman Returns, Team America, Tears Of The Sun, The Pick Of Destiny, The Terminator, The 13th Warrior, 300, Tigerland, Titanic, Trick Or Treat, True Romance, 12 Monkeys, 21 Grams, 28 Days Later, Underworld Evilution, U-Turn, Vanilla Sky, V For Vendetta, Waiting, Wall-E, Watership Down, Wayne's World, Wild Things, Wierd Science, Wonderland, X-Men 1 & 2, Young Sherlock Holmes, Y Tu Mama Tambein...

Television:

Band Of Brothers, Off To War, Over There, Tour Of Duty, Seinfeld, Married With Children, Star Trek (original series), Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, Chappelle's Show, Lost, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica (new series), Deadwood, Freaks And Geeks, Six Feet Under, The L Word, South Park, The Sopranos, Deadwood, Headbangers Ball, Metal Asylum, Ghost Hunters, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Deadliest Catch, Robot Chicken...

Books:

J.R.R. Tolkien-"Lord Of The Rings" trilogy, C.S. Lewis-"The Chronicles Of Narnia", Anne Rice-"The Vampire Chronicles", J.K. Rowlings-"Harry Potter" series, Stephen King-"The Dark Tower" series-"The Stand", Clive Barker-"Cabal"-"The Damnation Game", Frank Miller-"The Dark Knight Returns"-"Sin City", Robert Heinlein-"Starship Troopers", Robert Adams-"Watership Down", Phillip Pullman-"His Dark Materials" trilogy, Motley Crue-"The Dirt"....

Heroes:

NEIL PEART

My Blog

DAUGHTRY, Scullys & THE ROCK ERIE AWARDS

On Tuesday, August 19th because of my good friend Connie I got to see the band DAUGHTRY @ The Crawford County Fair in Meadville, PA and we all had a really good time. The opening band was called DAYS ...
Posted by Joe Wood on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:18:00 PST

HEMLOCK and Scully’s, Erie, PA

On Monday, August 11th, BLUNT FORCE played at Scully's in Erie, PA with our good budz BENEATH THE SCARS and national recording artist HEMLOCK. And even though it was a monday it turned out t...
Posted by Joe Wood on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:32:00 PST

A Good Weekend

I had a good time this weekend (Aug 9th &10th). I got to meet some new friends and go to new places and I got to hang out with some old friends (Connie, Anne and Steve) and eat some great food and...
Posted by Joe Wood on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:15:00 PST

THE POLICE, THE PITTSBURGH ZOO and THE MAYHEM FESTIVAL

On Monday July 28th we went to The Post Gazzette Pavillion (Starlake) to see one of my all time favorite bands THE POLICE!! I never thought in a million years that I would be able to see them live so ...
Posted by Joe Wood on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:35:00 PST

Ticking of the clock.....

I was in McDonalds today waiting in line to get my usual Grease In A Wrapper and standing beside me was a mother holding her young baby  in her arms and seeing that made me realize that I'm missi...
Posted by Joe Wood on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:03:00 PST

BIRTHDAY BASH and THE DARK KNIGHT

On Tuesday, July 22nd my brother Ken and I celebrated our 36th birthday with a party held at his house. And we had a blast! A couple of my former bandmates (Big Poppa and Dave) and alot of my friends ...
Posted by Joe Wood on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:52:00 PST

PEABODY’S, CHIMAIRA and HELLBOY

This past Saturday, July 12th BLUNT FORCE went to Peabody's in Cleveland, Ohio to play with the legendary CHIMAIRA and many other cool bands and it was awesome! First of all I've been to Pea...
Posted by Joe Wood on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:21:00 PST

Jaarku Ruutu

Jaarku Ruutu (37) is by far my favorite player in the NHL (he's right up there with Ian Moran 24) and he was my favorite player on The Pittsburgh Penguins. He recently signed with The Ottowa Sena...
Posted by Joe Wood on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:29:00 PST

LOVEDRUNK

I don't know if this has happened to anyone else, but has anybody ever been kissed by someone they care about or love with so much passion that afterwards they are in such a state of euphoric bli...
Posted by Joe Wood on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:19:00 PST

WEEKEND SHOWS

On Friday, June 27th we played in Erie, PA at a club called Scully's (a really cool Irish pub) with our good budz BENEATH THE SCARS, WAITING FOR NEVER and newbies SILENCE THE SANITY. And we had a fuck...
Posted by Joe Wood on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:44:00 PST