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Patrick

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About Me

I'm a music lovin', dirt bike jumpin' dad of a 7 year old ball of amazement. Brei is her name. It's a smooth life out here in Greenville. I grew up here, we left Nashville and came back once there was a girl to raise.. much more calm here than the metro. Less crime, more jumps too.Music is a huge part of me. I write songs and record them. I do guitar, bass, drums, piano, sampler, vox.. you know the bit. My sound is the TO THE MOTO site found in my top friends box. Have a listen.. that's the jam in my head. I once did drums in a band called Vulvaluxe. I now rock it with my bros, I might have something playin out. I'll let ya know. I'm into the guitar/vocal thing now days. The Grohl transition.I'm also an audio engineer. I co produced (with the band) a demo for Tall In Tokyo from Nashville. (Add them.) We're all bros from their 12v days, I recorded their rad demo in 2 days and later on also did the compilation/edits on their EPK introduction video intro segment. Stuff like that can be seen on my YouTube channel: Grinner777. There's some of my moto footage, live band stuff. Have some.I am an artist. Graphic designer, I'm a photoshoppin' kind o guy. I love it digital but I spent many years making 'zines all cut n' paste. I rock pen and ink, photography, do some painting.. I do logos for bands, cd layouts, make EPKs. On Sundays I operate the whole Audio/Video aspect of both services at my church. I'm also a videographer, I shoot, edit, package anything.I ride bikes.. motocross, freestyle BMX, mountain bikes.. 2 wheels rollin- dirt-air-dirt again. Motocross is my fav. But I also appreciate being uninjured.. ACL/Meniscus surgery was suckin'. Ricky Carmichael is my inspiration. I rip holeshots, blitz whoops, win races, go big. I still love the smell of a 2 stroke. But I ride a 450 Honda. I love good dirt on a prepped track. I can blow it up. Playground MX, 800 MX, & Little Sturgis MX are some of my fav tracks around here.Tattoos are rad. My buddy Wes Neal @ Artistic Ink in Greenbrier TN is the man I go to. He rocks. He can do anything. Amazes me.
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My Interests

Music-production & performance, motocross, art, tattoos, computers, photography, general radness.

I'd like to meet:

Jesus, radical riders, motocrossers, Rick Rubin, Ross Robinson, Mac McNeely, Steve Albini, Jimmy P, Joel Osteen, Prince, Lenny Kravitz, Trent Reznor, Dane Cook, George Carlin, David Bowie, Sonic Youth, Kurt, Jimi, Hillel, Chili Peppers, Dave Grohl, PJ Harvey, Greenville Blackhawks, 'zine makers.

Music:

GlassJAw, Deftones, Refused, Blindside, Beastie Boys, Rakim, Fugazi, Chili Peppers, Mos Def, 36 Crazyfists, Kings of Leon, Cage The Elephant, White Stripes, The Killers, mewithoutYou, Brand New, The Cure, Spider Virus, Vulvaluxe, Monster Magnet, Kyuss, Soul Coughing, Agent Orange, At The Drive-In, Butthole Surfers, NIN, QOTSA, Failure, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Tomahawk, U2 , Park Ave Dregs, type more later..I've played drums in several bands as well.. Vulvaluxe, Valentines(did gtr too) ,Redneck Love Triangle, Connect 43, Fugueliner, Malengine, The Fox Cult, Snatch, To The Moto, One King Babylon, Shower Plants, 43dd, NoneHundredNone, Chule, Envy Estate, Ozgood Slawter, and my 1st band ..the infamous Scarab. hahaha.I also did some live drumming w my Greenville friends The Codenames. More Videos

Movies:

The Secret ( thesecret.tv ), Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Smokey & The Bandit, Star Wars', Thank You For Smoking, Pulp Fiction, Number 23, Fish Called Wanda.

Television:

Motocross on SpeedTV. Nationals rule!

Books:

Bible & Transworld MX mag.

Heroes:

Jesus is my hero, the following folks are inspirations.. Mom and Dad, Kurt Cobain, Evel Knievel, Matt Hoffman, Ron Wilkerson, Bob Haro, Wiz Pubs, Matt Davis, Dennis Doc Eury, Joel Osteen, Mike Patton, Josh Homme, Duane Denison, Prince, Trent Reznor, Lenny Kravitz, Ricky Carmichael..The G.O.A.T. himself, Bob Hurricane Hannah, David Bailey, Ricky James (moto miracle), Pappaw Joe Richardson, Bob Ed Vick to name some main ones.

My Blog

into the sunset....

I noticed it's been forever since I did some blog action, so off we go. I have been writing and recording a great new batch of music.. cannot wait to let everyone hear what I'm talking about. Good stu...
Posted by Patrick on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:43:00 PST

Yes folks.. I've crashed it up again..

Hey friends.. I sure did it again.. took a dive into the dirt at highway speed. I was riding MX at The Playground, the greatest track around, and was going for the new section in the track. I had smoo...
Posted by Patrick on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:00:00 PST

No lower place to fall...

if you don't have this record.. maybe you could go and get it. it's THAT good.
Posted by Patrick on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

live to rock, rock to live?

I am 'bout sick of some rain. It needs to dry up so we can all ride. Going to Ballance's new track this weekend up in Bowling Green. They say it's bigtime A-gamer up there. But we'll see. Pray for me ...
Posted by Patrick on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST