About Me
As you've guessed by now, I'm Robbie. Hopefully you know me already, if not, what are you waiting for?
Like everybody else says, I'm addicted to music. But I really mean it. My music choices, my volume tolerance, and how much I generally think, talk, relate, and rant about music often bugs others. Honestly, I'm proud of that.
I'm a Metalhead. Meaning I eat, sleep, and breathe the stuff. It's the best music out there, and has more than enough variety in sound, topic, and intensity that I'm never going to get bored with it. And my patch jacket is my most prized possession.
I grew up in the hardcore scene. I'm a straight-edger, for life. And hardcore taught me to stay true to my convictions and beliefs. More so than anything else in my life. It's a debt that I'm unsure how to pay back.
I own all my music. Even the really rare stuff. On CD. Because I don't like to compromise on quality. Music should be loud, fill the room, and full of emotion. Not on tin can headphones on a portable player shutting out the world. I have vinyl lining my walls as well. I think it looks pretty cool.
I go to live shows whenever I can. I've worked with quite a few of the labels that I love. Metal Blade, Century Media, Nuclear Blast, and Facedown. And many, many more bands.
I love the outdoors. I Jeep. I hike. I camp. I backpack. But most of all, I just enjoy getting away from it all and seeing the beauty that is all around me.
I'm opinionated. But not judgmental. I just point out things that I think are stupid, hypocritical, and unnecessary.
I love Coffee and Tea. And discussing the hours away. I listen as well, and I often think of the best thing to say, or arrive at the point I was trying to communicate, days later. Kinda bugs me.
I have an apartment in the North Valley of Phoenix that I've quickly fallen in love with. It has room for all my stuff, is a great place to hang out, and all my silverware matches. I believe in open invites where anyone can stop by and hang out. Even if I'm nerding out while watching Lord of the Rings or something.
I have a "minor" obsession with audio and video. And the reproduction of said audio and video even more so. I've started doing it for a living, but more importantly, I love kicking back and enjoying the show. I've also recently discovered the strengths of two channel audio. But I still love subwoofers!
I play video games when I can. And not as much as I'd like. I love anything immersive and cinematic, and lets me zone into another place like a movie. That includes single player first person shooters and RPG's. I play Halo online when I remember too, and it pretty much brings out the worst in me. And I still get excited when someone mentions Starcraft or any game like Red Alert or Total Annihilation from that period.
I still have all my Lego. Out of all my childhood toys, they are the best. Not to say that I don't miss the Transformers, the G.I. Joes (R.I.P.) and the Micro-Machines, but Lego freaking ruled my life when I was twelve. Hopefully I have kids who want to play with them someday so people will stop laughing at me. Haha!
I like people who are honest. And who's intentions I don't have to question. I'm poor at reading people. I don't get angry easy, or often. And I'm often the last one to know what's going on in any given situation.
I fall quickly and irrationally for Musicians, Baristas, and Nurses. And obviously women who are gorgeous. That always helps. I will add though that the modern definition of beauty is rather twisted.
I'm often on the internet. I like what I can learn. I'm on AIM and XBOXLive as Robbie2705. Hit me up sometime. But I often forget to change my status, or I walk away. It's not that I don't like you.
And finally... NO, I WILL NOT GET YOU A DISCOUNT ON A TV, A STEREO, SPEAKERS, CD'S, DVD'S, COMPUTERS, PHONES, OR MAIL ORDER BRIDES. PLEASE STOP ASKING.
..The Bands:..
My obsession. And basically the reason I'm even on this crazy thing called myspace... And it doesn't fit on the left anymore...
Abigail Williams, Aerosmith, Agathodaimon, Alethian, Amorphis, Amos, Antestor, Anthrax, Antithesis, Apocalyptica, Arch Enemy, Asia, Atheist, Atomic Opera, At The Gates, Avantasia, Ayreon, BTO, Balance of Power, Barren Cross, The Beatles, Believer, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Biogensis, Black Sabbath, Bleach, Blind Guardian, Blitzkreig, Bloodgood, Blood n' Fire, Bloody Sunday, Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Dylan, Boston, Bride, Calibretto, Candlemass, Carcass, Charlie Parker, Cathedral, Children Of Bobom, Circle of Dust, The Clash, Comeback Kid, Count Basie, Crashdog, Crimson Moonlight, Crimson Thorn, The Cro-Mags, The Crucified, Daft Punk, The Deal, Death, Death Angel, Defiance, Deliverance, Demons and Wizards, Destruction, Die Happy, The Dietrichs, The Discarded, Dizzy Gillespie, Dogwood, Dokken, The Doobie Brothers, Doro, Dragonforce, Dream Theater, Drottnar, Duke Ellington, The Eagles, Echoes of Eternity, Edguy, ELO, ELP, Emperor, Entombed, Epica, Exodus, Extol, Exousia, Fates Warning, Five Iron Frenzy, Flagship, Freeto-Boat, Genesis, Glass Hammer, Gorilla Biscuits, Hammerfall, The Hanover Saints, Haven, Headnoise, Heathen, Helloween, Herbie Hancock, Hirax, Horde, Horrorpops, Iced Earth, Icycore, The Immortal Souls, Impelliterri, Indwelling, In Flames, The Insyderz, Into Eternity, Intruder, Iron Maiden, Jacob's Dream, Jag Panzer, Jelly Roll Morton, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, John Mellencamp, Joshua, Journey, Judas Priest, Kamelot, Kansas, Kataklysm, Kekal, The Kinks, Keith Green, KMFDM, Kreator, Labryinth, Lament, Led Zeppelin, Living Sacrifice, Luca Turilli, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Matisyahu, Megadeth, Metallica, Metanoia, Meteors, Miles Davis, Mindflow, Minor Threat, Molly Hatchet, Morbid Angel, Mortification, Motorhead, Municipal Waste, Nazareth, Narnia, Nevermore, Nightwish, Nile, NIV, Nodes of Ranvier, Nourish The Flame, The O.C. Supertones, Officer Negative, Ogre, Oil, One-21, Opeth, Orphaned Land, Pagan's Mind, Pantokrator, Paramaecium, Pink Floyd, Possesion, Pyramaze, Queen, Queensyrche, Ransom, Rapid Fire, The Reagan Youth, Recon, Rhapsody, Rob Rock, The Rolling Stones, Rush, Sacrament, Sacred Warrior, Santana, Santifica, Savatage, Sepultura, Seventh Angel, Seventh Avenue, Seventh Star, Shadows Fall, Shadow Gallery, Showbread, Sinai Beach, Sinergy, Skinny Puppy, Slecthvalk, Sonata Arctica, Soul Embraced, Squad 5-0, Steve Vai, Stratovarius, Stray Cats, Stryper, The Styx, Suffocation, Symphony X, Symphorce, Thelonious Monk, Teramaze, Testament, Textures, Tiger Army, Titanic, Tourniquet, Toxic Holocaust, Tristania, Troglodyte Dawn, Tykkus, Ultimatum, Vaakevandring, Vanden Plas, Van Halen, Vengeance Rising, Veni Domine, Virgin Black, Visual Cliff, The Ws, Warbringer, Warrior, Wedding Party, White Zombie, xDisciplex AD, xHit The Deckx, xLooking Forwardx, Yes, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, and Zao.
Note: I have original CD's / Albums / Material by almost every band on that list! It's not just there for looks. :op
And it needs to be updated. Finding too much cool new stuff!
