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Knuckles

Ahhh the good kinda noise

About Me

Playing music-writing music-playing music-writing music- playing music-writing music-hoping to soon record my music so it'll play back on vinyl.. ....Graduated College for Classical Guitar so I could play in various punk bands for the last 15yrs.......previous bands-Inspector 12, Circles N Sodapop, Creamchargers.... I'm extremely grateful to have played so many awesome shows with some of the best fuckin bands and at some of the greatest dive bars, dirty warehouses,cramped basements and legendary clubs, some of which no longer exist(CBGB's)

My Interests

Vinyl Records, Stoli N Gingerale, Vintage Gibsons, Vintage Marshalls, Insane feedback - dirty loud sludge chords - ridiculously long jams - plugging in and playing loud ,ball busting,sitting at a bar,uncontrollable laughter, Shopping on 5th Avenue,Shoes Shoes Shoes,Gucci New York, Prada New York, Betsy New York, Kimmel Center - Philadelphia Orchestra - any Jazz Shows,Travel Travel Travel, Sipping Martini's on my boat "Serenity Now"...

I'd like to meet:

Anyone that can make me laugh so hard that I fall down!! __________________________________________________________Fo r anyone wondering what it was like playing with G.G.Allen, I don't fuckin no cuz it was the day he O.D and died in New York, we stilled played and a couple of the NY bands still took the ride down to Philly. We played in GG's honor it was still a pretty fuckin good show. ___________________________________________________________

Music:

Sonic Youth/ Helmet/ Fudge Tunnel/ Janes Addiction/ Miles Davis/ The Vaselines/ Syszlak/ Mudhoney/ Stinkin Lizaveta/ Santana/ King Curtis/ Roy Haynes/ Electric Wizard/ STP/ Interpol/Racer X/Modest Mouse/ Soundgarden/ Diana Ross and the Supremes/ David Bowie/ Charlie Parker/ Enya/ Thelonius Monk/ Jucifer/ Robin Trower/ Ferdinando Carulli/ The Temptations/ Hellicopters/ Ella Fitzgerald/ Ozzy/ Mountain/ Screaming Trees/ Billie Holiday/ AC-DC/ Mama Volume/ Lee Scratch Perry/ Jackson 5/ Merciful Fate/ Melvins/ Red Hot Chili Peppers/ Kitaro/ Duke Ellington/ Allman Brothers/ Bob Marley/ Ray Charles/ Iron Maiden/ Tom Jones/ Chubby Checker/ Rush/ Francis Klenjans/ Iced T/ Butthole Surfers/ Nine Inch Nails/ Notorious BIG/ Dizzy Gillespie/ Arcade Fire/ Peter Tosh/ Lunachicks/ Stravinsky/ Primus/ Yo Yo Ma/ Yngwie Malmsteen/ Bob Marley/ Yes/ Sarah Chang/ Peter Frampton/ Bikini Kill/ The Duvells/ Chick Corea/ Grateful Dead/ Pujol/ Swervedriver/ Jesus Lizard/ Barrios/ The Ramones/ Branford Marsalis/ Deep Purple/ Segreras/ Dandelion/ Red Aunts/ The Carpenters/ DIO/ Pink Floyd/ Glenn Miller/ Crimson Glory/ Rollins Band/ The Teddy Bears/ Nudeswirl/ The Breeders/ Frank Sinatra/ Public Enemy/ Sonny Rollins/ Firehose/ Alice Donut/ Parliamant/ Bad Company/ Siouxse and the Banshees/ James Carter/ Dvorak/ Julian Bream/ Ted Nugent/ Nat king Cole/ Rolling Stones/ Frank Zappa/ King Crimson/ B.B. King/ Beastie Boys/ Smashing Pumpkins/ Daisy Cutter/ Annie Lenox/ Fleetwood Mac/ Nirvana/ Mazzy Star/ Fernando Sor/ Yes/ COC/ Lynyrd Skynyrd/ Monster Magnet/ Mickie Hart/ Heart/ Count Basie/ Amy Winehouse/ Eric Clapton/ The Yardbirds/ Jeff Beck/ Marvin Gaye and The Miracles/ The Doors/ Fugazi/ Pavement/ Led Zeppelin/ Dave Mason/ Stevie Ray Vaughn/ Andre Segovia/ The Nite Lites/ Hole/ Steelepole Bathtub/ Jaco Pastorious/ Bad Brains/ Art Blakey/ Jimi Hendrix Experience/ Portishead/ L7/ Dead Can Dance/ Humble Pie/ Alice Cooper/ The Goats/ Charlie Parker/ Ornette Coleman/ Robert Fripp/ Orange Goblin/ POE/ Mendelssohn/ Fates Warning/ Cypress Hill/ George Gershwin/ John Coltrane/ Villa Lobos/ Robert Johnson/ Black Sabbath/ The Subways/ Aretha Franklin/ Gabriel Roth/ Charlie Christian/ King Diamond/ Rage against the Machine/ Secret Machines/ Artic Monkey/ The Thermals/ Carl Orff/ Gym Class Heroes/ Tokyo Police Club/ Dafnis Prieto/ Dave Weckl Band/ Richard Wagner/ Band of Horses/ Brightblack Morning Light/ Metallica/ Witch/ Drunk Horse/ Tapes N Tapes/ Kinski/ Yob/ Cities in Dust/ Federation X/ Comets on Fire/ The Lights/ The Uncut/ Motley Crue/ Viva Voce/ Kites/ Volumen/ Last of the Juanitas/ Imobuta/ Colour Haze/ Om/ Striga/ Sleep/ Terra Firma/ Acid King/ The Watery Graves/ Old Man Gloom/ Circle/ Scorn/ Goatsnake/ Mogwai/ Burning Brides/ Guapo/ Earthride/ Heavey Lord/ Dead Meadow/ Red Fang/ Sunn/ Demon Fuzz/ Methadrone/ WOMB

Movies:

Jaws/Babydoll(1956)/Royal Tenebaums/Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Television:

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia/The Office/Seinfeld .....TIVO,TIVO,TIVO.....

Heroes:

Brett Mandel of Philadelphia Forward

My Blog

You may want to consider rehab when&

Not all these stories are mine-some are from ex-band mates and some are from my best friends but all are true and somehow I was a witness to them all& _________________________________________________...
Posted by Knuckles on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:27:00 PST

Unknowingly living with the Center City Bandit Gary K.

I was living in a 3rd Fl Apt at 13th and Walnut St at the time - I shared it with 1 roomate who lived on the 4th FL-and if you were involved in the music scene at all at that time ...
Posted by Knuckles on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:25:00 PST

TALES OF TRAVEL F***UPS

  At a minimum travel gives you that understanding of why you should be tolerant and this is a perfect example& after I totaled my car within a ½ block of  the rental car agency in downtown ...
Posted by Knuckles on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:35:00 PST