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