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richbomber

...but you never hang the Maple Leaf upside down!

About Me

I play guitar and sing in Mad Bomber Society. I drink beer, write songs, go to tons of gigs, play hockey, and have a devastating wit about me. What about you?

My Interests

Mod, BBQ's, Canadian beer, going to gigs, cool records from the 50's and 60's, travelling around Canada and the world, the Who, the RCAF, driving about in the Bomber van, checking out small towns and their secondhand stores for ultimate coolness, playing gigs, writing songs, playing guitar, but most of all I love the summer sun and the winter snow!

I'd like to meet:

Ford Prefect

Music:

Ska, 60's mod, 70's punk, 80's hardcore, 90's ska, 00's dancehall, Stompin' Tom, the Who, the Beatles, early Rolling Stones, the Kinks, but most of all I love dancing with my babe!

Movies:

Top 5:
Arsenic & Old Lace
Get Carter (UK original)
FUBAR
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Goldfinger

Runners Up:
I'm Alright, Jack
Austin Powers
Highway 61
Quadrophenia
Dance Craze

Television:

I hate TV.

Except for:

The Young Ones
SCTV
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Blackadder
Rocket Robin Hood
Spiderman
Simpsons
and, of course,
HNIC (rip)

Books:

non-fiction mainly...mostly reading cool old history stuff online these days

Heroes:

My heroes have always been cowboys...

My Blog

MBS hits Fernie, August 23rd

http://skifernie.com/summer/full_throttle08.asp
Posted by richbomber on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:31:00 PST

Mad Bomber Society

So things have been going pretty good for us lately. The Calgary gig was a rough one, but the Edmonton all ages was great with 400+ people showing up and seeing us play a pretty great set. We played...
Posted by richbomber on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

What is up?

We just finished a few more days in the studio and headed off to Saskatoon for a weekend. The weather was so bad and the driving was totally white knuckle the whole way....we ended up missing a gig f...
Posted by richbomber on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

MBS mountin' the mountains!

Jan 14/5 in Canmore at the Drake Jan 21/2 at Lydia's in Saskatoon More to follow... Still in the studio, sounding great too! Cheers all, rich
Posted by richbomber on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Mad Bomber Society in the studio

We spent 7 days at the beginning of December in Sundae Sound Studio in Calgary recording tracks for our next album. We'll be going back there in mid-January to finish dubs and vocals and hope to have...
Posted by richbomber on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST