Live music, guitars, art, design, post punk music and fashion, cartoons, animation, old horror magazines, absinthe, creepers, vinyl, bats, amphibians, bugs, vampires......
I'd like to meet:
The person I would have most like to have met would be Edgar Allan Poe. I visited the museum dedicated to his life in Richmond, Virginia which is the next best thing. His writing has inspired me on every level from a young age. For such a short life, his impact on modern literature has been unsurpassed.
This piece of artwork was drawn after reading a bulletin on the Elvira vs Vampira debate. Is there such a thing as a truly original idea? They are both equally cool goth vixens (in my opinion).
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artwork on this page by Simon Russo©.
Music:
The Cure, Gang of Four, Siouxsie, Modern Eon, Adam & the Ants, Wire, Kraftwerk, Bauhaus, Pixies, Depeche Mode, Clash, Magazine, The Church, Dead Can Dance, NIN, Joy Division...
Ramones, Blondie, Sex Pistols, Cramps, Cabaret Voltaire, Soft Cell, Human League, Iggy Pop, Japan, New Order, Psychedelic Furs, Echo & the Bunnymen, Smiths...
Movies:
Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Nightmare Before Xmas, Edward Scissorhands (in fact most Tim Burton stuff), Buffalo 66, Donnie Darko, David Lynch, Hammer Horror, Roger Corman, B Grade Sci-Fi...
Napoleon Dynamite, Dogs in Space, Filth and the Fury, Jubilee, Near Dark, Pulp Fiction, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, The Dark Crystal...
Television:
Munsters, Addams Family, Duckula, Dangermouse, Batfink, Dark Shadows, South Park, The Wombles, Sesame Street, The Muppets......
Books:
Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Sheridan Le Fanu, Albert Camu, George Orwell, J.G.Ballard, Vampire and Horror books, Graphic Novels and any books about Punk or New Wave music...
Heroes:
My wife, Grandad, Mum, Byron Coleman, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Munster, Duckula, Batfink, Vincent Price, Marty Wilson-Piper, Dangermouse, The Count, Fraggles (all of them), Vivienne Westwood...
