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Gem

Just running scared, afraid to lose...

About Me

I love music. That and my friends, playing guitar, evenings/nights & weekends, going to gigs, playing pool. You know

My Interests

Music, music & music! Stars, black boots, maximum volume, playing guitar, playing and collecting old records, books, coffee, purple, gigs, silver jewellery, guitarists, cars, pool, history, drinks, films, my guitars, time...
and blah blah

Music:

T.Rex, David Bowie, The Birthday Party, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Velvet Underground, the Ramones, Lou Reed, Iggy & The Stooges, Bauhaus, Joy Division, the Mooney Suzuki, Einstürzende Neubauten, Garbage, the Who, Patti Smith, She Wants Revenge, Grinderman, Dead Boys, NIN, the Cramps, MSI, the Pixies, Roxy Music, Backyard Babies, Mick Ronson, the Jam, Mott the Hoople, Television, Wire, New York Dolls, Thin Lizzy, Sex Pistols, Rolling Stones, the Clash, Jandek, Gang of Four, the Cure, RATM, Kings of Leon, MC5, Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, the Distillers, Deep Purple, Slade, the Magic Numbers, Sonic Youth, Buzzcocks, RHCP, Foo Fighters, Muse, the Undertones, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepellin, the Strokes, the Kinks, Interpol, Marilyn Manson, Plastic Toys & Sidecar46..!

Movies:

1984, A Clockwork Orange, Twelve Monkeys, Trainspotting, Nightmare Before Christmas, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Monty Python, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Pirates of the Caribbean, band bios etc

Television:

Red Dwarf, The Mighty Boosh, Simpsons, Top Gear, Black Books, Blackadder, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, plenty other comedy shows & retro kids' programmes :p

Books:

Orwell, Kerouac, Burgess, Dante, Douglas Adams, (auto)biographies, books on musicians