Music, performing, sarcastic humor, drums/percussion, local/national/international bands, collecting records.
Music:
I like tons of stuff. Mostly metal and jazz.
This is in no real particular order:
AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, Pantera, Down, High on Fire, Sleep, Om, Mastodon, Meshuggah, Lamb of God, Burn the Priest, Sepultura, Trouble, Electric Wizard, Witchcraft, Andrew W.K., Louie Bellson, Black Flag, Art Blakey, The Brecker Brothers, Chicago (old stuff), Danzig, Dead Meadow, Deep Purple, Dire Straits, Faith No More, Fantomas, Tomahawk, Mr. Bungle, Tool, Fugazi, Minor Threat, Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, M.O.D., S.O.D., Motorhead, Nazareth, Nile, Operation Ivy, The Police, Buddy Rich, The Rolling Stones, Rush, Slipknot (despite the whole mask thing), Soundgarden, Tortoise, Van Halen, Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Agorophobic Nosebleed, Candiria, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Weezer (blue album, Pinkerton), Venom, Miles Davis, Count Basie, Prince, Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius, Carcass, Ray Charles, Thin Lizzy, Armored Saint, Raven, Death, Def Leppard (early), Destruction, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Dio, Exodus, Exciter, Grand Funk Railroad, Isaac Hayes, Grim Reaper, Living Colour, Metal Church, Motley Crue, Michael Jackson (Off the Wall, Thriller), ZZ Top, White Zombie, Jungle Rot, Morbid Angel, Hatebreed, Jamiroquai, Larry Young, Bill Stewart, Duke Ellington, Lightning Bolt, John Coltrane, Entombed, Suffocation, At The Gates, The Haunted, Decapitated, Six Feet Under, the first Boston album, Budgie, The Clash, The Ramones, Rainbow, Cream, I went and saw Molly Hatchet once they were pretty cool, The Stooges, Saint Vitus, The Hidden Hand, Poobah, Truth and Janey, Cain, Ultra, Survivor (not the "Eye of the Tiger" band), Sorcery, Amulet, Winterhawk, Bible of the Devil, Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Twisted Sister, Testament, Kreator, Skid Row, Overkill, Fear Factory, Coal Chamber and other various Nu metal bands that I used to really like when I was 17, Wayne Shorter, Tenacious D, Macabre, Voivod, Suicidal Tendencies, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams Lifetime, Stefon Harris, Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Greg Osby, Kenny Garrett, Benny Green, Renee Rosenes, Stan Kenton, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Holst, Rossini, Phillip Glass, Steven Reich, It Burns, The Hateful Dead, Mistress, Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails, Isis, Cephalic Carnage, Lost Dog, The Black Dahlia Murder, Plague Bringer, Midget Parade, Earth Crisis, Clutch, Fleshgrind, Pentagram, Superjoint Ritual, Soulive, Dr. John, Tower of Power, Al Green, Beastie Boys, Brad Mehldau, Dave Holland combo/big band, Bud Powell, Return to Forever, Beck, Living Sacrifice, Zao, Norma Jean, Decapitated, The Misfits, Charlie Hunter, Jason Moran, Chucho Valdes, Lee Morgan, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Ahmad Jamal, Diana Krall, Bobby McFerrin, Norah Jones, Dianne Reeves, Joe Lovano, Harry Connick Jr. (when he's not being cheesy), Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Sword, Torche, Obituary, Celtic Frost, Lair Of The Minotaur, Converge, Deadguy, various artist compilations by these labels: Relapse, Earache, Metal Blade, Southern Lord, The End, and Century Media.
My favorite band is the Grateful Dead, it's a family thing.
Tons more, but that's a lot of what I listen to.
