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About Me

If it doesn't rock, I don't give a crap. I'm a Christian rock musician and a business owner. I live in Maryland, about 35 minutes north of Baltimore. My band is Faith Under Fire, and I play lead guitar and do harmony and some lead vocals. We released a CD in late 2004, under a different band name. I also have two CDs as a solo artist. My solo project is called "King of Kings" www.KingofKings.Net I've got to kinda play nice for the stuff I do, some of the time, but my guitars want to rip your head off. We do play the Ignite Youth Worship every Sunday, in Bel Air, and that can get rockin' pretty heavy. Recently, I've been recording songs for myself again, and going at it a bit heavier in style. I really feel good about how they sound - so check out my music page at www.myspace.com/daveofdoommusicMy business is custom audio / video systems design and installation. I work in mostly high-end homes, designing house-wide custom audio / visual systems and home theaters. www.HomeSightandSound.comI'm married since '95, and I have one boy, and I'm in-between dogs right now.Guitars and heavy music changed my life at age 8. I've never looked back. Thanks for checking in.

My Interests

Guitars, melodic rock and heavy rock, anything cool from the '80's, audio / video electronics. guitars, guitars, and guitars.

I'd like to meet:

God, Ted Nugent, David Lee Roth, Mira Sorvino Guitar MySpace Layouts - Electric Guitar MySpace Layouts Guitar MySpace Layouts

Music:

Melodic rock and heavy rock. Starting with Kiss, Van Halen, Ted Nugent, and Sabbath. I fell in love with the new wave of British heavy metal, and also the LA hard rock/metal scene of the '80's. Most of my musical influences as a guitarist come from those areas. Favorite musicians are, in no particular order: Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee, George Lynch, Yngwie Malmsteen, Marty Freidman, Alex Skolnick, and Reb Beach. Most influential band - Iron Maiden. As a note of interest, I am a co-webmaster at www.RebBeach.com - so that's fun.

Movies:

Suspenseful stuff, funny stuff, stuff with great FX and sound.

Television:

Whatever my wife is watching. VH1 Classic. Anything that rocks.

Books:

Rock musician biographies, guitar publications.

Heroes:

Jesus of Nazereth

My Blog

So, 6 months later...

November 15, I commited myself to getting in the best shape of my life in 6 months. So here we are on May 15. Damn I feel good. End result, I blew way past my 22 pound weight loss g...
Posted by dave of doom on Thu, 15 May 2008 05:51:00 PST

Goooooaaaaaaalllllll!!!!!!!

So, if you have read my past few blogs, you already know what this is all about. Three months ago I set out on a course of a fitness challenge, to rid myself of the junk food I had eaten ...
Posted by dave of doom on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:57:00 PST

Fitness thingy

What - like three weeks or so since my last post about this - figured maybe someone was still intersted. Well, you will be happy to know that 32 waist jeans fit great on me now. My active we...
Posted by dave of doom on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:58:00 PST

Crazy crap goes down at Trans-Siberian Orchestra

A really cool, amazing thing happened last night. We went to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra at the fabulous Baltimore Arena. It was the very last gig of their tour for this season. Jen a...
Posted by dave of doom on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:05:00 PST

Now why the hell would I want to eat that? - week 4

So I just finished week 4 of this crazy little fitness program. I'd have to say not bad, so far. I've adjusted so well to the whole thing, that I saw a Pizza Hut commercial yest...
Posted by dave of doom on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:08:00 PST

Fitness Challenge - this week’s progress.

Fitness Challenge - this week's progress. OK, so three weeks in to the dieting and exercise program, and all is going well. At the 2 week mark, I started hitting the treadmill for a...
Posted by dave of doom on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:07:00 PST

kicking my own ass - lets get in shape

OK, I've always considered mtself a fairly healthy, decently in shape guy. I've never been athletic, washboard abs and bulging muscles type stuff, but nicely proportioned, and happy with my shap...
Posted by dave of doom on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:09:00 PST

I know I shouldnt feel bad, but I cant help it.

I'm rarely so bummed out as when I'm sick. I'm not sick often - maybe once or twice a year, and we're talking about getting a nasty cold. Other little minor things I just ignore, and they ...
Posted by dave of doom on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:28:00 PST

Recording new music

So, I've been on a new little mission recently. I had not been involved in a music recording project for almost three years. Changes in my band, lack of real inspiration or need, wha...
Posted by dave of doom on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:57:00 PST

So, 8 months later, I finally make the Gene Simmons TV show

So, if you haven't read the blogs I posted from Vegas back in January, about my several run-ins with one Mr. Gene Simmons, you may want to go back and read them. Fast forward - Jen and I have be...
Posted by dave of doom on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:53:00 PST