1. Who is your favorite band/musician?
The Drones
2. What was your first concert?
Hanson, VH1 Save the Music, 1996.
3. What was the first CD/album/8 track/tape you bought?
I was 13 I think, and I bought two CDs that day. Destiny's Child, The Writings on the Wall, and Filter, Title of Record.
4. Who would be the musicians in your “ultimate super group"?
Songwriter: Elvis Costello and Robyn Hitchcock
Singers: Cab Calloway, Debbie Harry and Timmy Taylor (R.I.P.)
Guitar: Gareth Liddiard and David Byrne
Drums: Keith Moon
Bass: Tina Weymouth
Keys: Jools Holland
...and they would be called Spleens A-Go-Go, courtesy of Robyn Hitchcock.
5. If you could meet any music celebrity, who would it be? Can be dead or alive.
I'd like to go to a museum with David Byrne, share a pint with Joe Strummer and spend the rest of the night doing lines with Jarvis Cocker.
6. If you could see any band/musician no longer playing, who would it be?
The Beatles @ The Cavern Club 1961, both Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix @ Monterey Pop 1968, and Talking Heads (opening for The Ramones) @ CBGB 1975. Also Brainiac, any time, any place.
7. What is your favorite music movie/documentary?
Gotta be a tie between Monterey Pop and Stop Making Sense.
8. What band/musician/song is a guilty pleasure?
I'm not ashamed of any of the music I listen to, but if we're gonna split hairs, I'll say Limp Bizkit's Significant Other. I've also been known to sing along to Ashlee Simpson's "Outta My Head."
9. Have you ever named a child or a pet after a song, musician or musical reference?
Yeah, I named the family dog Devo.
10. What or who was an influence over your love of music?
My dad (The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Verve Pipe, Michael Jackson, Joe Jackson, Pink Floyd, Squeeze, The B-52s, Peter Gabriel, Toad the Wet Sprocket, etc.)
My mom (Jethro Tull, R.E.M., Simon & Garfunkel, INXS, Andrea Bocelli, Mozart/Beethoven/Vivaldi, etc.)
My brothers (They Might Be Giants, Modest Mouse, Green Day, Kaiser Chiefs, Dire Straits, Treble Charger, Rush)
Melissa (Reel Big Fish, The Who)
Jordie (Parliament Funkadelic, Tom Waits)
Nathan (Brainiac, The Drones, Robyn Hitchcock, The Fall, Nick Cave, McLusky, John Zorn, John Cale, Sonic Youth, CAN, The Chromatics, Roy Orbison, Sun City Girls, The Pixies)
Shelly (Belle & Sebastian, New Order, Pere Ubu, Violent Femmes, Johnny Cash, Doo Rag, Yo La Tengo, The Knife, The Magnetic Fields, The Triffids, David Bowie)
Andy (Deerhoof, Crystal Castles, Elvis Costello, The Unicorns, M.I.A., Love is All, Big Dipper, The Fiery Furnaces, Chromeo, Hot Chip, Neon Neon, The Long Blondes, Girl Talk)
Alan (Lil Wayne, Wu-Tang Clan, "good rap", Duchess Says)
Boy-Sam (TV on the Radio, Thelonious Monk, Ween)
Jon Stromberg (The Modern Lovers)
Josh K. (Bob Dylan, The Band, Frank Zappa)
11. What is the best concert you have ever seen?
The Drones @ Union Hall, 2008.
12. Have you ever missed work/school because of music?
I'll be skipping class this week to see The Drones @ The Bell House. (i really dig them y'know)
13. Is the ringtone on your phone a music download? What is it?
"Shipping Up to Boston" by Dropkick Murphys, "Roxanne" by The Police, "Too Many Puppies" by Primus.
14. What was the last song you listened to?
"Finale" by The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo.
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