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