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