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Simon Yong

I Am The Rover?

About Me


Currently acting as a 7-stringer-geetar-er for progressive rock outfit Zero Sequence , geetar-destroyer for Mama-Maia-San AKA Maia "Bruised" Lee , hot Wednesday nights at Balaclava with The UnXpected Band , and Shirlyn Spunky 's stunt-geetar-er!

Zero Sequence performs Remember Tomorrow @ The Esplanade Powerhouse (14th April 2007)

My Interests

Coffee, Music, Films, Vinyls, Soccer, Beer, a Red 1965 Chevrolet Impala that comes with a Vanilla Milk Shake!

I'd like to meet:

Her.

Music:

Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Yes, Rush, Queen, Toto, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Santana, Led Zeppelin, GrandFunk, Deep Purple, KISS, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Extreme, Firehouse, Bon Jovi, Lenny Kravitz, Mr Big, Ugly Kid Joe, Guns N'Roses, Iron Maiden, RHCP, Soundgarden, U2, STP, Velvet Revolver, RATM, Audioslave, NIN, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Muse, Radiohead, Green Day, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Silverchair, Creed, Disturbed, SOAD, The Mars Volta, Metallica, Yngwie Malmsteen, Marty Friedman, Jason Becker, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Greg Howe, Steve Vai, Steve Morse, Planet-X, Spiral Architect, Dream Theater, Magellan, LTE, Angra, Symphony-X, Zero Hour, Dali's Dilemma, Spock's Beard, Porcupine Tree, Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, James Brown, Kool and The Gang, Stevie Wonder, Wes Montgomery, Michael Jackson, NKOTB, Tommy Page, Color Me Badd, Beyond, Power Station, Shin, Jay Chow, David Tao, X-Japan, Casiopea, The RockTigers, Aphelion, Concave Scream, Force Vomit, Stompin' Ground, Axed Ministers, The Boredphucks, The Suns, B-Quartet, Lunarin, Shirlyn Tan and The UnXpected, Roulette, Acoustic Trip, The GoodFellas, By-Definition, and the one and only The Embryo!

Movies:

Ringu, Shaolin Soccer, La Haine, Psycho, Pulp Fiction, One Night The Moon, Hero, The Matrix Trilogy, Almost Famous, Kill Bill 1 and 2, KungFu Hustle, X-Men, Sin City, Scary Movie 1, 2, 3, 4!!!

Television:

I'm not really a TV person, but Lost is pretty good! Also, The Simpsons, Rockstar: INXS, Rockstar: Supernova, Fear Factor, WWE SmackDown, RAW is WAR, and most recently HEROES!

My Blog

Rise of the Stringers

Event: SOFT GatheringDate: 1 March 2008 (Saturday)Time: 12pm - 6pmVenue: *scape Youth Centre (indoor) ScapeTicket: FREE!!Equipment Sponsor: City MusicSOFT.com.sg and terraBox presentsFRETBOARD FRENZY:...
Posted by Simon Yong on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:36:00 PST

TAGS 2007

TAGS 2007: the NU10 The one and only effects showcase in Singapore is back for the third year running! Held at the Singapore Arts Museum, it will feature clinics by prominent local musicians, product...
Posted by Simon Yong on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:13:00 PST

Stasis 4 then, Stasis 9 when?

2001, it was known as the Substation Garden then when we first played Stasis (4). The crowd was awesome and we were rocking out with some of the finest acts in Singapore such as Rudr...
Posted by Simon Yong on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:13:00 PST

Guitar & Multi-Effects Demostration

The University I've always wanted to study in when I was a kid. Because my grades are disturbingly cannot make it, I can only sadly stare at the building everytime I passes it, and secr...
Posted by Simon Yong on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 03:16:00 PST