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| * BORN IN ANTWERPEN BELGIUM * LIVES IN ANTWERPEN BELGIUM * FIRST EXPERIENCE ON A STAGE At 7 playing the flute in a church on Christmas and then in 1999 with Thee Hangmen after playing bass for only 3 weeks. I liked the stage immediately and I still do. * PREVIOUS OR OTHER BANDS Also playing with Dutronic; no previous bands * FAVE OLD BAND: The Cramps, The Sonics, Warsaw and almost every band Billy Childish has played with (and certainly Thee Mighty Caesars) * FAVE CURRENT BAND: Sheetah & Les Weismuller, The Men From Spectre, The Launderettes * FAVE NEW BELGIAN BAND: The Evil Thingies, Eastbird Luis, The Ewings * BANDS I CAN'T STAND: Too many to mention, but certainly every band linked to Genesis and also "boys bands" * MOST ANNOYING BAND EVER I hate Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel so Genesis comes close to be first * FAVE ANIMAL Cat (you should hear my philisophy on cat people and dog people) and a parrot * FAVE TV SHOW The Addams Family (60s), Twin Peaks (90s) and Friday the 13th (80s) * TV SHOWS I HATE Every quiz show where the dumbest asshole can win a million * FAVE MOVIES: Cry-Baby, a John Waters movie with Traci Lords, Iggy Pop and even Johnny Depp, actually the only musical I really can stand; Hammer movies; Chinese ghost movies * MOVIES I HATE Musicals * ALL TIME HERO "no more heroes anymore" * 3 BEST LP's OF ALL TIME 1. "Songs The Lord Taught Us" by The Cramps (1980) 2. "Here are The Sonics" by The Sonics (1965) 3. "Psychocandy" by The Jesus & Mary Chain (1985) * 3 BEST 45's OF ALL TIME 1. "Mama oom mow mow" by The Rivingtons (1963) 2. "What goes on" by The Velvet Underground (1969) 3. "Cinderella" by The Sonics (1966) * ALL TIME FAVE SONG "Human fly" by The Cramps (1977); this song changed me into the man I am today * SONG THAT I WISHED TO HAVE WRITTEN MYSELF "I'm not like everybody else" by The Kinks; it's my life rule * FAVE COMPILATION OR COMPILATION SERIES "Back from the grave" (all 8), "Wavy gravy" (all 3) and "Born bad" (all 6) * FAVE DRINKS Pineapple Pina Colada and Japanese herbal teas * DRINKS I HATE coffee; and also beers mixed with other fluids * FAVE ACTORS: Christopher Lee * ACTOR THAT I CAN'T STAND Tom Cruise. * FAVE ACTRESSES: Too many! Juliette Lewis, Traci Lords, Molly Ringwald (a teenage crush...) * ACTRESS THAT I JUST CAN'T STAND: Julia Roberts * DIGS: Beautiful girls (Belgium has the best, sorry for the rest) - collecting records - Mono 45's and LP's - deejaying - doing my radio show * WHAT I DIG MOST OF ALL: Playing my records at my place with a nice girl or her records at her place * HATES: Girls saying "I liked you last time, but I didn't have the guts to say" - decibel meter at parties * WHAT I HATE THE MOST: eBay (it's getting fuckin' difficult to find something special in record shops!) * BEST CONCERT EVER ATTENDED: The Kids reunion gig in 1999 at Lintfabriek, Kontich * WORST CONCERT EVER ATTENDED: Turbonegro at Lintfabriek * I'D SPEND MY LAST DIME ON: a ticket for the Cramps' last gig ever * WITH MY FIRST MILLION I'D BUY: a Tiki club on a sandy beach * FAVE ADDICTION: spinning 45s * WORST ADDICTION: spending money in order to spin records * KIND OF FASHION I DIG MOST OF ALL: Exotic miniskirts and thongs (not for me!) * KIND OF FASHION I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE CAUGHT DEAD IN: Miniskirt and thong * I WOULDN'T SAY "NO" TO: supporting the Cramps on a world tour * I'D SURELY SAY "NO" TO: cigarettes and meat * THANKS TO: Laurent who got me into playing with a band * DO...: come out of your houses and go to parties & gigs and really try to have fun more than 5 minutes a day * DON'T...: buy records you only want to sell on eBay * I APOLOGIZE TO...: my friends from Brussels for giving them a hard time by speaking English instead of French |
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