Matthew's Profile |
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Love is the spirit................ |
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| Age: | 35 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | Bovey Tracey , Southwest |
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| Last Login: | May 19, 2008 (582 days back) |
About Me |
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Hello My name is Matthew and I live in a city called Plymouth in the south west of England.
By day I am a full time technical operator for a very famous broadcasting corporation. The
rest of my time is spent as a musician. I am a member of several bands. All Living Fear Corrosion Deprtment Factory The North Roed Arthur Brown Balaam And The Angel Claytown Troupe Rosetta Stone The Marionettes Nick Pynn Paul Roe Andrew Racher And some local Venues that I go to The Hub Plymouth Live Music Venue The Cavern (Exeter) Exeter Picturehouse Live Music HUB (Exeter) |
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My Interests |
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| Music, Art (Roy Lichtenstein, Gerald Scarfe), Theatre, Television. Photography especially by the likes of Ross Halfin (who has a top blog) and Anton Corbijn. | |
I'd like to meet:I do NOT want to meet any bands that I do not know I have a wide taste but I know what I like and what I dont.I am NOT looking for a girlfrend because I have one and shes really great. 95% of the people on my friends page i know in real life. So if I know you then add away. |
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Music:Well I'm a very big fan of progressive and Psychedelic rock music as well as good 80s synth stuff. Im also a big Jazz fan going right across the board from Bechet to Basie, I love british Jazz of the 50s seen the likes of Humph, Ken Colyer (My first gig), Chris Barber moving on to Mike Westbrook and stuff on the ECM Label. As for Rock bands they include The Who, Joy Division, Pink Floyd, Adam and the Ants, The Human League,Bronski Beat, The Jesus and Mary Chain,Lloyd Cole, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Marillion, Primal Scream, The Sisters Of Mercy, Led Zepplin, The Mission, Rosetta Stone, Wishbone Ash, Balaam and the Angel,The Smiths, The Cure, Claytown Troupe, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, The crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Kingdom Come, The Cure, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and The Thompson Twins A Special mention goes to The Cruxshadows who to me are by far the best thing that the Goth scene has produced in the last 10 years. |
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Movies:Quadrophenia, Golden Eye, I saw Stoned the other day was excellant and is Factory Girl. |
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Television:Life On Mars, Steptoe And Son, Documentaries, Music Shows that are no longer on inc The Tube, Whistle Test, Rapido, The Beat, Rock Stedy |
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Books:Biographys |
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Heroes:My Big musical ones are Adam Ant, Arthur Brown, Eric Clapton, Ian Curtis, Pete Townshend, Morrissey, Roger Waters and David Gilmour. |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | In a Relationship |
| Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Hometown: | Bovey Tracey |
| Smoker: | No |
| Drinker: | No |
| Education: | College graduate |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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All Living Fear and Corrosion Update |
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| Just a couple updatesNext Thursday we will be playing the Fleece in Bristol as support to Cauda Pavonis, doors are at 8pm and admission id £5 on the door, this is our first gig in Bristol since 1996.h... Posted by Matthew on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:37:00 PST |
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Could this be the best review ever? |
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| Being that ones band is now in its 16th year I have just read possibly the best review that has ever been printed.if you put this into bablefishhttp://www.mentenebre.com/articulos.php?op=verartic
le&am... Posted by Matthew on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:52:00 PST |
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Why I love the Drum Machine |
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| In 1988 or there about’s I heard a band in a Record shop that kind of changed my life, the shop was caterpillar records in Exeter, and they were playing Floodland by the Sisters of mercy. My dad... Posted by Matthew on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:31:00 PST |
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Remixing the All Living Fear Past |
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| Just before Christmas I decided it might be a bit of fun to look back at some old recordings. We recently bought a digital multitrack recording unit, this was used to start with for the Whitby show bu... Posted by Matthew on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:44:00 PST |
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Whitby Success all Round |
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| Now back in plymouth after 7 Days away, completely knackered, have lots to do and will do a proper write up later, but for the moment here is a photo. Kind of sums up the success that Whitby was for u... Posted by Matthew on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:21:00 PST |
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Grandad Sams Radio |
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| My granded died in 1989, one of the things that I inherated was his little transistor radio. Still in its box, I used to listen to it when I stayed with him when i was a kid.I always kept it in a safe... Posted by Matthew on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:30:00 PST |
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All Living Fear - Videos From Saturdays Gig |
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| 2 songs filmed last Saturday the sound wasnt recorded with the footage so we have made them into promo's for the album Crimson 2007
Each and Every Way 2007
And dont forget we have so... Posted by Matthew on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:07:00 PST |
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All Living Fear and other Stories Part 2 |
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| So on Tuesday I did the interview with Clare Robinson for the Herald, I was most insistent that the word Goth would not be mentioned anywhere, because Goth to me means that it puts people off listenin... Posted by Matthew on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:36:00 PST |
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All Living Fear and other stories Part 1 |
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| Well had a busy week, the first full week that I have had off this year.All the fun started on Saturday as it was the bands 15th anniversary, spent much of the day listening to old life tapes of the b... Posted by Matthew on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:39:00 PST |
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Plymouth Evening Herald |
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| Was in the local paper yesterday, bit annoyed they called us a goth band in the headline, because that will only put people off, thinking were sound like some shit heavy metal band like Maralyn Manson... Posted by Matthew on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:46:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Birdmad Girl, Graham, Natasha meltdown, Des Morris, Flamma, Misty Woods, Saskia Walker, Julianne Regan, Adoration, Roger O'Donnell, Erin Lang, porl king ©, SofizeL, Clare, Shiva, godgirl, Cyberlite, Charley Stone, Natascha, Steve Bronski, Hannah, Joy Silence, Annie, Objayda, Spider (Spider's Web Zine), INSTANT FLIGHT, Sofairy, Graham, Spencer, minxi, iShado, Vampyremermaid, 25men, Angel, Ducklingski-Photography, Gunslinger, Pre-Med, LOWLIFE Magazine Archive, Advance Promotions, Nocturne UK Radio, Macca, Kathryn, DJ martin oldgoth, R., Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash
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