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Joe Perkins

Joe Perkins of M32

About Me

M32 is my alias for all the songs I write and record - cos I'm from Bristol, M32 motorway, blah blah blah. I record my songs in my home studio in pretty much all my spare time (some of which are uploaded into the player), writing, playing, recording and producing everything myself (Lead guitars, rhythm guitars, bass guitars, keyboards/synths, drums, vocals, random percussion, etc).In the player at the moment are 2 songs which I recorded for my Music GCSE - "Neutronstar: Anthem of Destructon" and "Can't Say Goodbye" - the former is a film soundtrack to a young woman being chased down and attacked, and the latter is a song I wrote for my ex-girlfriend, Jen (there is a vocal version, but that's between me & her! :P)I'm currently trying to fit recordings around my frantic A-level work, and hence the process is very slow! I've already got about 15 more complete songs written (mainly heavy rock, but with some elements of Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Country/Bluegrass, Boogie, Polka, Reggae, Piano Ballads, some 6-minute Prog Rock epics, Celtic Jigs, etc. mixed in as well), which I'm determined to get under my fingers and onto tape in the near future. Watch this space...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/17/2006
Band Website: m32-official.co.uk
Band Members: Joe Perkins (Lead guitars, rhythm guitars, bass guitars, percussion, drums, vocals, synthesisers + everything else)
Influences: Mike Oldfield, The Darkness, Muse, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen, John5, Cacophony, Marty Friedman, Jason Becker, Paul Gilbert, Steve Morse, John Petrucci, etc.
Sounds Like: Loads of things. Mainly rock-based (e.g. The Darkness, Muse), but with some Joe Satriani guitar anthems, Yngwie Malmsteen neo-classically influenced Death Metal shredding, John5/Leppelin boogie blues etc thrown in to the mix.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

A letter to my Headmaster

Below is an open letter I've written to the headmaster of my school, complaing about being forced to attend Christian Chapel services: ____________________________________________________________ Sund...
Posted by Joe Perkins on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:50:00 PST

'Katie's Debut' Live at the Redgrave - VIDEO

I've edited together a rough version of the footage from the Band Night last month.  As of yet I've only done 'Katie's Debut', but I'm working on the other segments now. The video is - surprising...
Posted by Joe Perkins on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:59:00 PST

The Band Night

Well, the band night is over...and it was a blast!  The venue was absolutely packed - people were even sitting on the stairs because all the seats were taken!  I walked out expecting only a ...
Posted by Joe Perkins on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:18:00 PST

Rock Night plans...

Right, so it's 2 days until the Clifton College Rock Night that I'm playing in.  So I figured it was time to give you all a few teasers...  The performance will be entitled "Night of the Li...
Posted by Joe Perkins on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:53:00 PST

New Song.

I have uploaded my new song into the music player - it's as-yet untitled, but I've dubbed it "Katie's Debut", seeing as the only real purpose of this piece was to see how my new Gibson Les Paul Studio...
Posted by Joe Perkins on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:27:00 PST

18th...

Today is odd.  That is because: 1) It is my birthday. 2) I've just got over 1000 page views. 3) My songs have been played over 1000 times on here. 4) 150 of the best friends in the world are now ...
Posted by Joe Perkins on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:26:00 PST

Katie & Rock Night

Greetings! (Yes, I know I've been quite evasive of life recently - there are valid reasons, which I won't bore you with). Firstly, I thought I should post something on here about Katie, my new Gi...
Posted by Joe Perkins on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:02:00 PST

Gig preparation

Oh well, 2 days to go until the North Town music evening where I'm premiering my big solo - playing lightening-fast neoclassical riffs for 3 minutes is going to be....aherm, a challenge, to say the le...
Posted by Joe Perkins on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 06:09:00 PST