Music
I like all sorts of music - literally anything and everything. Generally, my favourite kind of music is made by what you'd call guitar bands I s'pose - My favourite bands are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Smiths and The Stone Roses, but I'm happy to listen to (and play) pretty much anything. I was brought up on The Beatles who I still really like, I was 16 and living in Manchester in 1990, so I have a soft spot for early indie music like the Stone Roses and the Happy Mondays, and because I'm a boy I like a bit of (english) 70s rock like Led Zep and The Who. Obviously, I tend to listen to stuff with good Bass playing but not exclusively. I can't stand Robbie fucking Williams or really really heavy techno, but more or less anything else goes. I quite like or own at least one album by (in absolutely no order whatsoever)...
Jimi Hendrix, Cedric Zydeco, Fleetwood Mac when Peter Green was still in them, George Gershwin, Hot 8 Brass band, Gwyneth Herbert, Stevie Wonder, Billy Bragg, The Unabombers, Massive Attack, Hot Club of Cowtown, The Cure, Mozart, Blind Melon, Adam & the Ants, U2, Estelle, Iron & Wine, Courtney Barnett, Damien Rice, Alabama Shakes, The Happy Mondays, Moore Marriott, Kelly Joe Phelps, Chilled Ibiza, Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Martyn Joseph, Cornelius, Dizzee Rascal, Dogs Die in Hot Cars, Cast, Air, Kraftwerk, Bob Dylan, Franz Ferdinand, Rival Sons, Pooka, Feeder, Gogo Penguin, John Martyn, Gillian Welch, Green On Red, Richard Thompson, Portishead, Charlie Parr, Belle & Sebastian, Primal Scream, The Coral, Afunken, The Wonder Stuff, Thin Lizzy, Bill Caddick, Etta James, The Who, The Byrds, Miles Davis, Cake, DeVotchKa, Smashing Pumpkins, Curtis Mayfield, Caitlin Rose, Green Day, Garbage, Disco, Spearhead, The Flaming Lips, Chic, GeEkgiRL, Aretha Franklin, Ojos de Brujo, Joan Osborne, Queens of the Stone Age, Madonna, Elbow, Otis Redding, The Erotic House of Wax, Cafe del Mar, Nizlopi, Buena Vista Social Club, David Holmes, Alanis Morissette, Blur, Back to the Blue, Deep Forest, Turin Brakes, Mussorgsky, The Only Ones, Dexys Midnight Runners, Father John Misty, Jah Wobble, The Beach Boys, I Am Kloot, Ozric Tentacles, Lemonjelly, Eminem, Groove Armada, Audioslave, Caravan Palace, Puressence, John Squire, Lou Reed, Bat for Lashes, Freakpower, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Fiona Apple, Deep Purple, Inspiral Carpets, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dodgy, Crash Test Dummies, Carole King, Arcade Fire, Ten Years Later, British Sea Power, Booker T & the MGs, Sneaker Pimps, Grandaddy, Gogol Bordello, Van Morrison, No Fat on a Turkey, Elvis Costello, Corona, Eva Cassidy, Arctic Monkeys, Skunk Anansie, Kula Shaker, The Gods of Good Living, South, Ben Kweller, Becca & the Broken Biscuits, DJ Shadow, The Sundays, Violent Femmes, George Formby, Ozomatli, Ben Folds (five), The Cinematic Orchestra, Alela Diane, Royksopp, Meatloaf, Rubberneck, Mansun, David Gray, Corduroy, Paul Simon, The The, The Future Sound of London, Israel Kamakawiwoole, Spin Doctors, The Police, Billy Preston, Kate Bush, Clara Rockmore, Roy Harper, CSS, Nirvana, Bruce Springsteen, Frankie goes to Hollywood, Eels, Aimee Mann, Fleet Foxes, ABBA, Manic Street Preachers, Galliano, Mother Earth, Jimmy Smith, Black Uhuru, Cypress Hill, Free, Dire Straits, Tower Of Power, The Fratellis, Kruder Dorfmeister, Doves, The Polyphonic Spree, Red Right Hand, AC/DC, Kings of Convenience, Buzzcocks, Django Reinhardt, The Darkness, Aqute Couch, Herbaliser, Stereophonics, Billy Cobham, Sigur Ros, Dub Pistols, Cherry Poppin Daddies, Stanley Clarke, Indigo Girls, Gorillaz, Cosmic Rough Riders, Finley Quaye, Depeche Mode, Spinal Tap, Guns & Roses, The Soundtrack of our Lives, Bad Manners, Blondie, Editors, Tackhead, Joe Satriani, Go Team, George Benson, Herb Alpert, The Cocteau Twins, Nick Drake, Billie Holiday, Desmond Dekker, Boards of Canada, The Presidents of the united states of america, Cousteau, Talking Heads, The Beta Band, Elvis Presley, JS Bach, A bit of Jazz, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Sheryl Crow, Chas & Dave, Starsailor, Coraline, Ann Peebles, The Stone Roses, Anything with Sousaphone on, Low, The Damned, Flight of the Conchords, King Crimson, The Ramones, Anything with Double Bass in, Weather Report, The Vines, Zero 7, Beth Orton, Elliot Smith, Interpol, Eliza Carthy, Motorhead, Jaco Pastorius, Edwyn Collins, Duffy, Policia, Badly Drawn Boy, The Specials, DJ Yoda, James Yorkston and The Athletes, Fila Brazillia, Def Leppard, Eddi Reader, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, New Model Army, Mr Hudson and the library, Nick Harper, Bloc Party, The Whiskey Cats, Barenaked Ladies, The Egg, Ian Dury, The Doors, Lamb, The Woodentops, The Hoax, Rage Against The Machine, Airhead, DJ Food, Reef, The Band, Brendan Benson, Coldplay, Adele, Easy Star All-Stars, Peter Gabriel, Florence & the Machine, Fats Waller, Beastie Boys, Gary Numan, Sixpence None the Richer, Morphine, Jamiroquai, The Smiths, Chuck Berry, Ash, KT Tunstall, The Avalanches, The Velvet Underground, Imelda May, Kate Rusby (a lot), Matthew Herbert Big Band, Neil Young, The Pipettes, Sarah Vaughan, Blink 182, Bill Withers, The Zutons, Charles Mingus, First Aid Kit, The Streets, Mo Wax, Goldfrapp, The Rolling Stones, Caro Emerald, Faith No More, Bob Marley, Hawkwind, Joni Mitchell, Motown, Bjork, The Jam, James, Herbie Hancock, The Commodores, The Bad Shepherds, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, The Beatles, The Webb Brothers, Yo La Tengo, Adam F, Morcheeba, Jeff Buckley, Tenacious D, Sunset Ibiza, Lambchop, Ocean Colour Scene, House Of Love, Mary Coughlan, Gotan Project, Steve Hillage, R.E.M (pre-Automatic for the people), Death In Vegas, Athlete, Bessie Smith, Extreme, Mano Negra, Queen, White Denim, Mull Historical Society, Amon Tobin, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Beck, Nina Simone, Half Man Half Biscuit, The Stranglers, Paul Weller, Amy Winehouse, Mew, Foo Fighters, The Clash, The Bees, Muse, Hot Chip, Pavement, Anything with James Jamerson on Bass, The Charlatans, Edie Brickell, Simon & Garfunkel, Led Zeppelin (a lot), Cat Stevens, David Bowie, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Pixies, Cream, The Bees Niece, Blues Brothers, The White Stripes, Alvin Lee & Ten years later, Gomez, Spice Girls, The Sugarcubes, Placebo, Aloe Blacc, and loads of stuff I've forgotten