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AtomicCrimsonRush 
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 Topic: Self Portrait Bio thread
Posted: February 16 2011 at 01:50 |
Its all about you! and your love of music...
I do these things at my work and all 52 staff are involved.... Just answer the following questions: paste them and answer - no need to justify any, this is about you.
What music artist are you currently into?
What is your all time favourite album?
What is your all time favourite band?
What was the first record you bought?
Which musician have you wanted to be?
What is your favourite album cover?
What album is on your wishlist right now?
A band you love that you discovered here is....
OK I better start the ball rolling - heres my answers.
What music artist are you currently into?
Mekong Delta
What is your all time favourite album?
oh dear.... to choose one. I have to say for now, "Pawn Hearts" by VDGG.
What is your all time favourite band?
Rush!
What was the first record you bought?
probably Kiss "Alive!"
Which musician have you wanted to be?
Alex Lifeson will do.
What is your favourite album cover?
"Dark Side of the Moon."
What album is on your wishlist right now?
New album by Rush when available "Clockwork Angels"
A band you love that you discovered here is....
Ayreon
That was harder than I thought.....
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Dean
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Joined: May 13 2007
Location: Europe
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Posted: February 16 2011 at 02:12 |
What music artist are you currently into?
Biffy Clyro
What is your all time favourite album?
The Enid - "In The Region Of The Summer Stars"
What is your all time favourite band?
Pink Floyd
What was the first record you bought?
Kaleidoscope - "A Tangerine Dream"
Which musician have you wanted to be?
David Gilmour
What is your favourite album cover?
The Cacophony Of Light - "The Mathematica Cacophony"
What album is on your wishlist right now?
The next Kate Bush - if the rumours are to be believed.
A band you love that you discovered here is....
The Dear Hunter
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: February 16 2011 at 02:28 |
Wow thats a revelation, The Enid I will listen to again
OK my wife just did this questionaire and here are the shocking results.
the emoticons are my choices 
What music artist are you currently into?
John Farnham 
What is your all time favourite album?
Duet - Ronan Keating 
What is your all time favourite band?
Used to like UB40, but not now. Roxette now. 
What was the first record you bought?
Just some country bloke at a garage sale. 
Which musician have you wanted to be?
Kelly Clarkson 
What is your favourite album cover?
Phil Collins - the carousel cover (Serious Moonlight?) 
What album is on your wishlist right now?
Latest Hillsong.
A band you love that you discovered here is....
Yes, (not that band), Camel "Snow Goose"  
Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - February 16 2011 at 02:30
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someone_else
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Location: Going Bananas
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Posted: February 16 2011 at 02:43 |
What music artist are you currently into?
Magma, The Decemberists
What is your all time favourite album?
Close to the Edge - Yes
What is your all time favourite band?
Pink Floyd.
What was the first record you bought?
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd.
Which musician have you wanted to be?
Nowadays none. In Earlier days: David Gilmour or Peter Gabriel.
What is your favourite album cover?
I'm not sure, but one that I really like is the album cover of The Collectors' self-titled debut.
Two others are Ummagumma (Pink Floyd) and Close to the Edge (Yes).
Edit: One more: Relayer (Yes) (How could I forget?  Thanks to Formentera Lady for reminding me).
What album is on your wishlist right now?
The Rotters' Club - Hatfield and the North
Edit: Modra Rijeka - Indexi (How could I forget? )
A band you love that you discovered here is....
Neal Morse, The Decemberists, many Canterbury bands a.o.
Edited by someone_else - February 19 2011 at 05:58
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Dean
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Posted: February 16 2011 at 03:09 |
 AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:
Wow thats a revelation, The Enid I will listen to again
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Has to be this one:
not the 1984 re-recording.
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Snow Dog
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Location: Caerdydd
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Posted: February 16 2011 at 04:43 |
What music artist are you currently into?
Nothing in particular
What is your all time favourite album?
Selling England By The Pound What is your all time favourite band?
ELP What was the first record you bought?
The World Of David Bowie Which musician have you wanted to be?
Carl Palmer What is your favourite album cover?
Tubular Bells
What album is on your wishlist right now?
That Last Emerson one. A band you love that you discovered here is....
Don't know.
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: February 17 2011 at 07:44 |
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nice bio^^^
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npjnpj
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Location: Germany
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 01:28 |
What music artist are you currently into? - XTC
What is your all time favourite album? - Thick as a Brick
What is your all time favourite band? - Tori Amos
What was the first record you bought? Springwater - I will return (single)
(could possibly also have been "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman")
Deep Purple In Rock (album)
Which musician have you wanted to be? - Frank Zappa (although preferably not dead)
What is your favourite album cover? - Thick as a Brick
What album is on your wishlist right now? - A new Jethro Tull album
A band you love that you discovered here is....Porcupine Tree
Edited by npjnpj - February 18 2011 at 01:33
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JJLehto
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Joined: April 05 2006
Location: Tallahassee, FL
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 01:56 |
What music artist are you currently into?
Isis (there are a few but this is my most recent)
What is your all time favourite album?
Have to cop out on this one, sorry
What is your all time favourite band?
System of a Down
What was the first record you bought?
Toxicity, by said band ^
Which musician have you wanted to be?
wow. Hmmmmm no idea so I'll saw Merzbow 
What is your favourite album cover?
heh funny, was talking about this a few minutes ago
Shadows of the Sun, by Ulver
What album is on your wishlist right now?
Bath by maudlin of the Well
A band you love that you discovered here is....
Many thanks to my fellow shredders
I'm going to say Cloudkicker, and The Pax Cecilia
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Man With Hat
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Location: Neurotica
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 02:01 |
What music artist are you currently into?
The Soft Machine
What is your all time favourite album?
Changes often...but I'll say FZ's One Size Fits All
What is your all time favourite band?
King Crimson
What was the first record you bought?
Oof...idk...some crappy alt rock band probably. First prog record was KC's Discipline.
Which musician have you wanted to be?
None really. If I had to choose, maybe Frith or Cutler.
What is your favourite album cover?
Idk...if i had to choose...Pink Floyd's The Division Bell
What album is on your wishlist right now?
Soft Machine - Virtually
A band you love that you discovered here is....
Magma
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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SaltyJon
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 02:03 |
JJLehto wrote:
What music artist are you currently into?
Tatsuya Yoshida (and his various bands)
What is your all time favourite album?
Hmm...it's up in the air between MDK, Tago Mago, Sing to God, Swan Dive (Korekyojinn), and a couple others.
What is your all time favourite band?
All-time? Either Magma or Can, probably, though Cardiacs and some of Yoshi's projects are sneaking their way up the list pretty quickly.
What was the first record you bought? Erm...something by Sugar Ray. 
Which musician have you wanted to be?
On my own instrument (bass): Philippe Bussonnet. On the other instrument I wish I could play (drums): Yoshi.
What is your favourite album cover?
Yatha Sidhra's A Meditation Mass
What album is on your wishlist right now?
Should I pick just one at random? My list is a massive thing at the moment, I'll say physical copies of every Cardiacs album.
A band you love that you discovered here is....
Nearly all of my favorite music (barring classical and jazz)...to mention just a few, Can, Magma, Ruins, Korekyojinn, Cardiacs, etc.
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Kotro
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Joined: August 16 2004
Location: Portugal
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 05:04 |
What music artist are you currently into?
Motorpsycho, GAC
What is your all time favourite album?
Hmmm...
What is your all time favourite band?
Queen
What was the first record you bought?
With my own money? Def Leppard - Slang
Which musician have you wanted to be?
Me. Never did make it, though.
What is your favourite album cover?
Roger Dean's Space Hymns cover for Ramases
What album is on your wishlist right now?
Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds
A band you love that you discovered here is....
Porcupine Tree, Camel
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Bigger on the inside.
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Billy Pilgrim
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Location: Austin
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 05:35 |
What music artist are you currently into?
Maudlin of the Well
What is your all time favourite album?
Aenima by Tool, or Marbles by Marillion
What is your all time favourite band?
Tool
What was the first record you bought?
System of a Downs Toxicity I believe
Which musician have you wanted to be?
I'll go with Les Claypool for his bass skills
What is your favourite album cover?
When it comes to down to it probably In the Court of the Crimson KIng
What album is on your wishlist right now?
Either and than there were three, or panopticon
A band you love that you discovered here is....
Phideaux
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irrelevant
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 07:14 |
What music artist are you currently into?
Mr. Bungle What is your all time favourite album?
Close to the Edge What is your all time favourite band?
Probably Gentle Giant What was the first record you bought?
Faithless - No Roots Which musician have you wanted to be?
Myself What is your favourite album cover?
Many, but I'll choose Univers Zero - Uzed What album is on your wishlist right now?
Hopefully a good one A band you love that you discovered here is....
Dün
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NecronCommander
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Joined: September 17 2009
Location: Madison, WI
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 12:38 |
What music artist are you currently into? Painted in Exile What is your all time favourite album? Bath What is your all time favourite band? maudlin of the Well What was the first record you bought? Moving Pictures Which musician have you wanted to be? Tosin Abasi What is your favourite album cover? There are really a ton, but Panopticon is the first one that comes to mind What album is on your wishlist right now? Whenever Ever Forthright come out with their debut LP A band you love that you discovered here is.... Magma
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Padraic
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 12:47 |
What music artist are you currently into?
Well, I'm listening to Animals as Leaders now, that's as good an answer as any. Also I've recently gotten into Toby Driver's various works in a big way. What is your all time favourite album?
Hard to choose. Henry Cow - Unrest perhaps? What is your all time favourite band?
Over all time I would say Rush and Yes have been constant staples. What was the first record you bought?
Absolutely no clue, probably something dreadful. Which musician have you wanted to be?
Probably Neil Peart when I was a young man and engaged in such silliness. What is your favourite album cover? Probably either Tales or Relayer. What album is on your wishlist right now? Kayo Dot - Stained Glass and the first Tartar Lamb, among others. A band you love that you discovered here is....
Too many to mention.
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Formentera Lady
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 13:24 |
What music artist are you currently into?
Echolyn
What is your all time favourite album?
King Crimson - Red
What is your all time favourite band?
King Crimson
What was the first record you bought?
probably Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear
Which musician have you wanted to be?
Bill Bruford
What is your favourite album cover?
Yes - Relayer
What album is on your wishlist right now? anything from Echolyn (except the official live bootleg, that I have already downloaded for free)
A band you love that you discovered here is....
Echolyn
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rushfan4
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 14:38 |
What music artist are you currently into?
Frogg Cafe
What is your all time favourite album?
Moving Pictures
What is your all time favourite band?
Rush
What was the first record you bought?
Judas Priest - British Steel
Which musician have you wanted to be?
None
What is your favourite album cover?
Permanent Waves
What album is on your wishlist right now?
Too many to list. Top of the list is probably Gazpacho's Missa Atropos and Magic Pie's The Suffering Joy
A band you love that you discovered here is....
Another long list. Echolyn sounds like a great answer though.
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NecronCommander
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 15:36 |
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Scott, you've never wanted to be any famous musician whatsoever?
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rushfan4
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 15:50 |
NecronCommander wrote:
Scott, you've never wanted to be any famous musician whatsoever? |
I probably wanted to be Eddie Van Halen back in the two or three months when I tried to teach myself the guitar when I was 16, but no, I've never really had an interest in being a famous musician. Maybe, Gene Simmons, but that's got nothing to do with the music.
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