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