Design, Photography, Art, Music, Hot Rods, Choppers (although I'm no good on two wheels), Vintage Polaroid Cameras, Dive Bars, Vegas Baby, Camping, causing Havok on beach cruisers, watching Haggard for the 200th time and still laughing, Road trips, a cold 12 pack of Miller High Life (it's the Champagne of Beers you know), Dirty pictures, and clean underwear to make momma proud...
Cool people who don't suck and people who are cool with sucking.
AC/DC, Alice in Chains, The Amazing (Royal) Crowns, Andrew W.K. (When it's time to party, we will always party hard!), Bad Religion, Bauhaus, The Beach Boys, The Beastie Boys, Beck, Billy Idol, Black Flag, The Black Heart Procession (no finer musicians ever came out of this town), Brian Setzer, The Clash, Coldplay (yes, I said coldplay), The Cramps, The Cult, The Cure, The Damned, Danzig, David Bowie, Dead Kennedys, Deadbolt (not the finest, but the scariest), Deke Dickerson, Depeche Mode, Die Hunns, The Distillers, The Donnas (hey, they finally turned 21), Dr. Dre (Anyone who doesn't like The Chronic, please get up and leave the room), Duran Duran (I spent some time in the 80's okay), Elvis, Fionna Apple, The Fighters of Foo, Fugazi (anyone remember the $5 shows at the original soma?), George Thorogood (he was bad to the bone, right?), The Ghastly Ones, GNR, Helmet, Hole, Jane's Addiction, Jimi, Joan Jett, Jonny Cash, Josie Kruezer Kim Lenz and her Jaguars, Kiss, L7, Led Zeppelin, Madness (checkered tie and oxblood docs. I'll admit it.), Man or Astroman?, Manic Hispanic, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Metallica, Michael Jackson (there was a time when he actallu was "Bad". Poor Guy), Mike Ness, Ministry, Minor Threat, The Misfits, Motorhead, Nashviile Pussy (Fried Chicken and Coffee baby!), Nerf Herder, NIN, Nirvana, NOFX, Operation Ivy (that album will never die), Ozzy, Patsy Cline, Peter Gabriel, Pinback, Pink Floyd, The Police (there will NEVER be a better band), Prizefight, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Rancid, The Reverend Horton Heat (J-I-M-B-O), Robert Johnson, Rocket from the Crypt, Rollins, Roy Orbison, Samhain, The Scorpions, Screeching Weasel, Sex Pistols, The Smiths, Social D, The Specials, Sting (Nothing Like the Sun will make your day), Stray Cats, Stuggle, Sub Hu Manz, T Rex, Tom Petty, Turbonegro, Van Halen (not Van Haggar), Weezer, The White Stripes, Youth Brigade...
I'm all over the board here. Movies defiantly rock. Dune, Legend, Matrix (1&2), Fifth Element, Mallrats, Evil Dead Trilogy, Dogma, Big Trouble in Little China, True Romance, Chasing Amy, Goonies, Haggard, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Americam Pie, Old School, Lost Boys, Six String Samurai, Friday, Fight Club, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, UHF, Jackass, CKY, Desperado, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Sleepy Hollow, Beetlejuice, Any James Bond Movie... Where do you stop?
I'm a nerd, I'll admit it- Discovery Channel, History Channel, TLC. Maybe a little Adult swim thrown in for good measure. Wild Boyz and Viva La Bam when I remember to watch. Netflix has put a damper on my TV habits, But I still watch re-runs of CSI like a FREAK!
Books? What are those? Magazines all the way.
When I was 12, Hulk Hogan would have been a solid answer, but these days, I'm not so sure if I have a hero.