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