User:Vetis

"He Was a Quiet Man, he mostly kept to himself..."

I was 'born and raised' in a town on the outskirts of Manchester, nothing much happened until several years ago when I moved up to the North East to live with my Fiancé.

Though I like to consider myself to be a musician; I've not been doing much musician-type stuff of late (Guitar Hero doesn't count), but my main passion is Bass Guitar! Other than music, my hobbies include but arn't limited to: Horror Movies, Animé & Manga, Comic Books, Video Games and Collecting things (Action Figures/Toys, Pokémon Cards, Video Games/Consoles, DVDs, Etc).

Besides playing bass guitar, I can play (very badly) a few other things and enjoy a bit of midi sequencing every so often. My music tastes are rather varied, there is almost too much to list, as I like a bit of everything: Industrial, Techno, Metal, Rock, Rock and Roll, Glam Rock, Musique Concrete, EBM, 80's Electronica, Horror Punk, Dance, Digital Hardcore and much more... If I like something then I'll listen to it, and if I don't then I'll not... I enjoy playing Industrial and Horror Punk styles on bass (E and G notes get a lot of use).

With movies I like a lot of random crap, specially series of films (even the '.... In Space' stuff that horror resorts to), Horror Movies are quite an influence on me, the cheaper the better, specially old black and white ones with zombies and flying saucers on string, I also enjoy reading a lot of horror themed books and comics. I'm also a fan of Hong Kong Action flicks (John Woo, at his best) and have rather enjoyed Horror films from South Korea... For some reason I also have a large (and growing) collection of 'Films based on Video Games'... I've also been a long time fan of Japanesse Films (it's not just the Anime, but I am completely addicted to Anime and Manga), I also like dystopian cyber-punk future stuff.

I've been collecting any Manga I could can get (for cheap) for a while now, I remember the days back when there was one tiny shelf in a shops basement that would have a few random translated book/comics, now shops have huge walls of it and it's even stocked in high street shops, the same goes for anime, it used to only be on Channel 4 at 3am, now it's on the cartoon network and sold in every supermarket. I'll continue to buy any where it's cheap, but it often costs more now than when it was rare, thankfully anime and manga can be easily found on the internet! I have a big problem with the current manga trend for Tokyo Pop's style, What is the point in translating it into English, if they are just going to print it backwards, they might as well just leave it written in Japanese as well... I love the style and stories of Junko Mizuno and I am avid fanatic of Geobreeders by Akihiro Ito.

Other comic book wise, I collect Roman Dirge and Jhonen Vasques! I also have a habit of buying super hero stuff, I also like horror and humorous comics... My favourite comic book heroes are Spider-Man and Batman; and my favorite supervillains are the Joker and Harley Quinn!

I enjoy reading, as mentioned before, I read a lot of horror, my favourite authors are Clive Barker, Stephen Laws and Anne Rice, I also read and collect things to do with Terry Pratchett's Discworld. Other authors who's work I enjoy reading are Charlie Brooker, Anton LaVey and Hunter S. Thompson.

When I'm not listening to or playing music, reading or watching Horror/Japanese stuff, or watching/reading horror themed things, I can be found playing computer games, in fact some days I play Video Games more than anything else. lol!

I spend a lot of time thinking about Zombies, there are going to come sometime, I mean it's just a fact that one day someone somewhere is going to make and release a zombie-type virus, even if it's just a man made evolution of the Ebola &/or rabies viruses, we're going to have to fight against hordes of other (ex-)human beings who are only intent on killing/eating/spreading their virus!

I'm not sure what else to say, I'm always awful at actually talking about myself, with out questions to prompt my mind! If you want any more information on myself other than what is on here, you'll have to wait until my Biography is out, or if you can't wait anything that anyone could ever want to know about me is available via asking me questions!