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