Other then anything involving my wife and kids, first would likely have to be weightlifting which I've been at on and off for over 20 years. I'm a member of the DRK. If you don't know and I told you, I'd have to bust your ass!
Sports wise I'm very much into Ju-Jitsu with two of my sons. I also used to play rugby for
SWORU's Kincardine Barbarians nowadays I'm just a fan. I support soccer/footballs greatest team the bonnie Glasgow Rangers. Orangism and the Loyalist cause. I'm also into anything vintage from the 40's and 50's. pin-ups, rat rods, classic bikes, you name it. Music wise my claim to fame was singing for the now defunct, infamous and banned in some countries Battlefront. Once again nowadays I'm just a fan, or atleast I am until
I find the right back-up for a new band. My music taste covers alot. Anything from Oi and RAC to early punk and of course my latest love psychobilly and rockabilly. Other interests include artwork/flash by famed tattooist Sailor Jerry and of course getting tattooed ( ahhh nothing like the lovely sting of the needle ), Labatts 50, Guinness & Bushmills, MMA , DIY, gambling , anything related to ORIGINAL Indian Motorcycles including completing a full rebuild on one of my two Indians, my '46 Indian Chief Motorcycle, ( pictured above, before restoration ). Watching movies with the wife,
cheering on my kids at their soccer games and ju-jitsu classes, sitting in the sun drinking cider on my deck and getting out for the odd gig now and then with friends. I guess in a nutshell thats pretty much it.
Hopefully someday Jesus Christ, thats right the king of F**kin' kings!
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To mention all the great bands I've enjoyed over the years would take forever and tastes change over time. Needless to say music is a huge part of my life and has definatly had alot to do with everything I have become, both good and bad. Right now some of the bands I'm listening too are bands like The Kings of Psycho Nekromantix, Gorilla , Alley Dukes, Rezurex, The Farrell Brothers, The Starlight Wranglers, Belmont Playboys, The Chop Tops, The Godless Wicked Creeps, The Nitros, 3 Blue Teardrops, The Head Cat, Real Gone, Hank III , The Kings of Nuthin', Amazing Royal Crowns, Mike Ness , Batmobile, Social Distortion, Mad Sin, Reverend Horton Heat and bands along that line. I'm also a fan of the older stuff like Glen Glenn, Carl Perkins, Hank Sr., Johnny Horton, Johnny Cash , Elvis and one of the greatest singer songwriters of all time "the Posum" George Jones , (with over 175 chart singles and nearly two hundred albums the guy is a living legend). I can't go without mentioning the music that made me who I am. The Kings of WP Rockin' Roll and one of great bands of our time Skrewdriver. Also the bands that followed them like Brutal Attack, Squadron, Fortress, No Remorse, Max Resist, Mistreat, MTBB's, Stigger, B.E.D, Day Of The Sword, Bullyboys, Bound For Glory to name but a few. Honourable mention also goes out to the early bands that marked my card and started me out on this road to ruin. 4Skins, The Last Resort, Cockney Rejects, Condemned 84, Combat 84, The Blitz, The Business, Infa-Riot, Stiff Little Fingers, Rose Tattoo etc etc. Without these early bands I'd probably be listening to some shit bands like Audioslave or Jars of Mud or some other crap fed to me by the mainstreeam media.
Movies rock, I can't get enough of them. I'm a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino and I like pretty much all of his films, except of course Jackie Brown. I don't know what he was thinking
with that one! I'd have to say for pure entertainment value though here is my top ten list... Braveheart (Best movie of all time!), Pulp Fiction, True Romance, Snatch, Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Rob Roy, Sin City, The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, Fargo and Two Hands (A great indie film from Australia I was turned on to when I was down under a few years back. Kinda Pulp Fiction meets Snatch with an Aussie twist. Check it out if you can find it!) A few others that are worth a watch are The Wild One, Reservour Dogs, Gladiator, the first Mad Max, the first Highlander, Romper Stomper, Betrayed, Made In Britain, Barfly, Zulu, SAW and Excalibur.
I'm also a big fan of all things related to WW2, and the German Reich in particular. This carries over to films aswell. Some of the top on that list would include Das Boot, Stalingrad, Downfall , Cross of Iron and of course no list would be complete without mentioning the Leni Riefenstahl 1935 documentry masterpiece Triumph of the Will.
For the most part I think a huge amount of the stuff shown on TV is crap used to brainwash the masses and to try and sell people happiness through material goods. That being said I guess I probably watch way to much television but a guy needs a release from reality once in awhile. Without a doubt the best show in my opinion has to be The Office
and I don't mean that pathetic, shitty excuse for a show made in America.
I'm talking about the BBC version, the original one! I'm serious about this, the American version has no right even using the same name, talk about a pathetic knockoff! Other then that when time allows I'll watch Prison Break ( ahh memories ), Eastenders, , Chop, Cut Rebuild, Kenny vs Spenny, The Trailor Park Boys, Inked, The Ultimate Fighter ( Bring on da Blood! ), Unleashed, Pinks, The Long Way Round, Miami Ink, Biker Build-off, Little Britain, Coronation Street ( No its not a soap, its a daily drama! ) and lots of other stuff on the History Channel, TLC and the Discovery Channel. Plus since I have kids every single bleeding episode of Spongebob Squarepants x 1000!
Shit who has time to read these days. Did you not see above... 4 kids! So do tattoo zines count? Otherwise any pocket westerns by Louis Lamore, Vigilanties of Christondom by Hoskins, The Blonde Knight of Germany by Toliver and Constable, The Silent Brotherhood by Flynn and Gerhardt, Skorzeny's Special Missions (The Autobiography of Otto Skorzeny), Turner Diaries and Hunter by MacDonald, Stuka Pilot by Hans Ulrich Rudel. It may be just a pocket novel but it is probably one of the best books that I've ever read. Oh and I did read that DaVinci Code book like almost every other person in the civilized world. It was actually a pretty good read. Other then that, I'll catch it when it comes out on video.
How can anyones first hero not be their father. Well ya okay if he kept you in a closet and beat you like a dog sure but otherwise everyone should have their father, or mother for that matter first on the list.
Doesn't anyone have a happy childhood anymore??? So definatly my father Roy is first, (pictured left with his trademark Indian Roadmaster complete with sidecar and Grand Valley Riders MC jacket. Oh and yes thats my mom in the leather and me with the leather vest with fringe. All the rage back in the early 70's) may he Rest In Peace. Aswell Ian Stuart Donaldson the singer, musician, poet, patriot, revolutionary. Next to my father definatly the single biggest influence in my life. Sleep well my brother. Others would have to include fighter pilot ace Erich Hartmann (The Blonde Knight of Germany), Robert Mathews, William Wallace, stuka pilot Hans Ulrich Rudel , Rudolph Hess (46 years in prison then murdered for trying to bring an end to the war). Also Evil Knievel and Elvis Presley.
If anyone is really bored here are some links to some sites of interest to me...