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Tad

You come into this world with nothing except yourself. You leave this world with nothing except your

About Me

I grew up in Washington D.C. and around the D.C. area, I'm pretty sick of it here but it's my home and I just can't seam to leave it. The hardcore/punk/skinhead scenes have been my one saving grace since I was 11 years old. I've got the straight-edge. I'm a momma's boy. I love traveling. Some say I'm a little high-strung, I say that's a severe understatement!!! I’m extremely socially retarded and it’s often mistaken for me being an asshole or being cocky, but I assure you it’s just me being awkward (then again maybe I am just an asshole). I'm becoming more of a hermit with every year that passes.. I'm of Dutch, German, Scottish and English decent. I've played in a bunch of bands you've never heard of. Sacramento, Ca. is my home away from home. I have an unexplainable phone-phobia so I suck at returning phone calls, but I'm working on it. I spend a lot of money on records.
"Well here, babe, look at you, in love with someone else,
Turned out like all the others, leave me by myself,
That's how it works I guess, and you like all the rest,
Guess I can handle it, if that's the way it is.
I'm in love with rock 'n' roll, satisfies my soul,
If that's how it has to be, I won't get mad.
I got rock 'n' roll, to save me from the cold,
And if that's all there is, it ain't so bad. Rock 'n' roll!
I never been a one to have no steady girl,
I love the way I live, runnin' round the world,
I like to fool around, I love to tear 'em down,
And when I leave, you'll love to miss me when I'm gone.
I can't imagine growin' old with anyone,
Marching to a different drum, I hear a different song.
I swear I love 'em all, I don't care if they're small,
I don't care if they're tall, I love 'em anyway.
I'm in love with rock 'n' roll, satisfies my soul,
If that's how it has to be, I won't get mad.
I got rock 'n' roll, to save me from the cold,
And if that's all there is, it ain't so bad. Rock 'n' roll!!!"
-MOTORHEAD

My Interests

SET TO EXPLODE,
haunted houses (real ones and carnival ones),
horror/zombie movies,
FIVE YEAR PLAN,
U.S.T.,
SIDEWINDERS,
exploring abandoned buildings/
urban decay,
drinking coffee,
STRAIGHT EDGE,
running/working out,
record collecting,
my family,
my nephew Sage,
916,
traveling/road trips,
World War II,
Atlantic City, Las Vegas, Reno (in that order),
shooting guns,
and any and all forms of scumbaggery!
get tattooed at:
www.jinxprooftattoos.com (D.C.)
www.oldecitytattoo.com (Philly)
www.blackhearttattoosf.com (S.F.)

I'd like to meet:

PLEASE READ! PLEASE READ! PLEASE READ! PLEASE READ!
I'm mainly on here to keep in touch with distant friends and find old friends. If we don't know each other or haven't at least met in real life I probably won't add you. Not to be too antisocial but I don't like about 95% of people I come in contact with, so chances are I won't like you. I'm not on here to collect friends or help you collect friends!

Music:

BAD BRAINS,
CRO-MAGS,
MINOR THREAT,
NEGATIVE APPROACH,
VOID,
SAMHAIN,
MISFITS ('78-'83),
DANZIG ('88-'93),
CIRCLE JERKS,
ANTIDOTE (NYC),
COCK SPARRER,
ARTIFICIAL PEACE,
BLITZ,
JUDGE,
SHEER TERROR,
BLACK FLAG,
4 SKINS,
(old) AGNOSTIC FRONT,
SKREWDRIVER,
DESMOND DEKKER,
YOUTH BRIGADE (DC),
WARZONE,
SS DECONTROLL,
GUT INSTINCT,
IRON CROSS,
THE DEAD BOYS,
INTEGRITY,
JOHNNY CASH,
CHAIN OF STRENGTH,
THE CLASH,
DISCHARGE,
THE FAITH,
DYS,
GORILLA BISCUITS,
86 MENTALITY,
D.I.,
THE CULT,
THE TROUBLE,
YOUTH OF TODAY,
(old) SUICIDAL TENDENCIES,
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY,
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS,
THE ROLLING STONES,
MISSIONARY POSITION,
BLOOD FOR BLOOD,
D.R.I.,
THE EXPLOITED,
VENOM,
TOOTS & THE MAYTALS,
NO JUSTICE,
THE OPPRESSED,
GOVERNMENT WARNING,
(old) SICK OF IT ALL,
TRAGEDY,
THE BRUISERS,
TURNING POINT,
THE WHO,
G.B.H.,
POISON IDEA,
MERAUDER,
MOTORHEAD,
LAST RESORT,
SLAPSHOT,
GRIMPLE,
IGGY / STOOGES,
NAUSEA,
BOB DYLAN,
THE RAMONES,
SHARK ATTACK,
(old) RANCID,
X,
CHAOS UK,
JOHNNY THUNDERS,
REAGAN YOUTH,
HANK WILLIAMS,
STRIKING DISTANCE,
CELTIC FROST,
THE ADVERTS,
THE VICTIMS (Sweden),
ROSE TATTOO,
GENERATION X,
(old) SHELTER,
BLACK SABBATH (w/ Ozzy),
BLACK MARKET BABY,
JUNIOR MURVIN,
ENGLISH DOGS,
S.O.A.,
JOY DIVISION,
NO REMORSE,
COUNT ME OUT,
REDEMPTION 87,
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS,
WHISKEY REBELS,
NERVE AGENTS,
BAUHAUS,
OXYMORON,
MERCYFUL FATE,
THE POGUES,
ZERO BOYS,
PRESSURE POINT,
MARGINAL MAN,
KARP,
DOWN TO NOTHING,
CHRISTIAN DEATH (w/ Rozz),
FUGAZI,
TEEN IDLES,
FEAR,
G.G. ALLIN,
BLACKLISTED,
EMBRACE,
SWINGIN' UTTERS,
RINGWORM,
THE DAMNED,
ALKALINE TRIO,
THE DEAD MEAT,
(old) MADBALL,
JAWBREAKER,
THE DWARVES,
BIKINI KILL,
POISON 13
THE PIXIES,
DEATH IN JUNE/CRISIS,
LEE "SCRATCH" PERRY,
QUICKSAND,
DAVID BOWIE,
GUNS N' ROSES ('86-'88),
I'll stop there before the list gets even MORE out of controll.

Movies:

DEAD ALIVE,
EVIL DEAD trilogy,
CHICKEN HAWK,
PARADISE LOST I & II,
DANCING OUTLAW,
FULL METAL JACKET,
RIVER'S EDGE,
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE ('74),
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2,
CARNIVAL OF SOULS,
BIG LEBOWSKI,
MYSTERY TRAIN,
THEY LIVE,
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD ('68),
REPO MAN,
LAST MAN ON EARTH,
PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE,
CHOPPER,
OLD BOY,
HAPPINESS,
AMERICAN MOVIE,
MR. BOOGEDY,
MONSTER SQUAD,
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA,
CHINATOWN,
BAD TASTE,
DOWN BY LAW,
MAN BITES DOG,
THE WILD BUNCH,
THE HITCHER ('84),
SHAUN OF THE DEAD
LOST BOYS,
STANLEY KUBRICK,
JOHN CARPENTER,
DARIO ARGENTO,
JIM JARMUSCH,
TIM BURTON,
PENELOPE SPHERIS,
SERGIO LEONE,
CRISPIN GLOVER

Television:

This painting is hanging above my bed, Colby Long at Jinx Proof painted it for me. Honestly I'd rather just sit and look at this all day over watching anything tv has to offer.

Books:

LORDS OF CHAOS,
DEVIL'S KNOT,
BAD SEED,
A MAN CALLED CASH,
DHARMA PUNX,
THE ICE OPINION,
THE GIVING TREE,
ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE,
HELTER SKELTER

Heroes:

First and foremost, my Grandfathers;

JOHN H. WINANT (aka PAPPY)
,

F. BRADLEY PEYTON III (aka PIE)
,

and all those missing and forgotten;
,

and finally, some people I admire, but I wouldn't call 'em heroes:
JOE STRUMMER,
NICK CAVE,
JESSE, JASON & DAMIAN (aka the West Memphis Three)

My Blog

SET TO EXPLODE & NEUROTIKS videos

Here are some videos of my band, Set To Explode playing in Europe last May, plus a video of the band I was in when I was 16, The Neurotiks, enjoy...Set To Explode playing "Feel The Rage" at the last D...
Posted by Tad on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:29:00 PST

Christian hardcore/punks (take 2)

In the last few years there's been a huge upsurgency of "Christian-punk" bands and a "Christian-punk" scene. To me saying "Christian-punk band" is like saying "White-power rap group", I just can't wra...
Posted by Tad on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:09:00 PST

listen to me and other locals shoot our mouths off on D.C. radio

http://dissonance.libsyn.com/you can download my interview here, as well as other interviews with the likes of Ian MacKay (Minor Threat, Fugazi, Embrace), Allison (Bratmobile), John Stabb (Government ...
Posted by Tad on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:31:00 PST

5 YEAR PLAN

I get a lot of messages asking about my "5 YEAR PLAN" lip tattoo, so here it is... 5 YEAR PLAN is an unbelievably violent street-gang consisting of some of my closest friends, our name comes from a so...
Posted by Tad on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:04:00 PST

Europe bound...

I'm off to Europe, here's where I'm gonna be:--------w/ THE SLUMLORDS----------------------------------4/14- @Hof Van Vlaanderen, Puurs, Belgium4/15- @St. Pauli Clubheim, Hamburg, Germany4/16- @Cold A...
Posted by Tad on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 08:03:00 PST

SET TO EXPLODE bitches!!!

I play in a hardcore-punk band called SET TO EXPLODE, check us out at: www.myspace.com/settoexplode
Posted by Tad on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 08:59:00 PST