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