Up Close And Intimate With The Band

 

 

NAME: Chris Parkes

NICKNAME(s): Parkesey, Parkes, Pacey…..(don’t ask)

 BIRTH DATE: 3rd April 1981

JOB (IF ANY):  Chef at maccas, uni student (Primary School Teaching)

FAVORITE SPORT(s): Surfing, Football (NRL), soccer, tennis (women’s only)

FAVORITE TV SHOW(s): the old episodes of Home and Away, Dawson’s Creek, rage

FAVORITE MOVIE: Billy Madison, Dumb+Dumber, and Wayne’s World

FAVORITE MOVIE STAR: Adam Sandler

IF YOU COULD MARRY A SUPERSTAR WHO WOULD IT BE: Denise Richards

FAVORITE COLOR: Blue or Red (bright though)

FAVORITE FOOD: Caesar salad

IF YOU WERE A FLOWER WHICH ONE WOULD YOU BE: White Rose

DO YOU SPEAK SPANISH: I am job

DO YOU SPEAK FRENCH:  only the French my mother doesn’t like

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CARTOON: The Simpsons

IF YOU HAD YOUR ARM CUT OFF HOW WOULD YOU FEEL: with my other arm

SHAVE YOUR HEAD FOR $1,000 DOLLARS:  I’d shave my mother’s head for a thousand

WOULD YOU GO UP AND RANDOMLY KISS SOME ONE FOR 50 BUCKS: I’ll do it for free!

WOULD YOU EVER KILL SOMEONE: Not unless they stole my lunch 

WHAT IS THE WORST MOVIE YOU HAVE EVER SEEN: Sense and Sensibility

WHAT IS THE WORST TV SHOW YOU'VE EVER SEEN:  those learn to speak English shows on SBS

HOW MANY FINGERS DO YOU HAVE: 12, I’m from Tamworth (not really) 

DO YOU SHAVE: Quarterly

BOXERS OR UNDIES: Boxers for sure

DO YOU WEAR SOCKS UP OR DOWN: depends on the dress code

CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA: chocolate

DO/DID YOU LIKE SCHOOL: I loved it. Especially those days Dave had his “extreme depression”

A FREE VACATION WHERE WOULD YOU GO: Cessnock

DO YOU LIKE ROLLARCOASTERS: yeah, but they cant really hold a conversation

HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT:  Depends on how many Denise wants

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL: None…I was one of those kids that set everyone else up to get into trouble then faded into the background to watch.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN WATER-SKIING: Many a time  

WOULD YOU GET IN A SHARK TANK: Are the sharks in there?

DO YOU WEAR A WATCH:  Sure do

WHICH HAND DO WOULD YOU WEAR IT ON: Left

DO YOU HAVE A CAR:  yeah.

DO YOU LIKE CATS:  only the purebred…. none of this crossbred scum

HAVE YOU EVER CAUGHT A FISH: That’s why they call me Rex Hunt

DO YOU LIKE PIZZA:  Who doesn’t?

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE: does my bass count?

DO YOU LOVE SOMEONE RIGHT NOW: Objection!!

DO YOU SHOWER OR TAKE BATHS: I get hosed down outside

HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU WASH YOUR HAIR A DAY: whenever we wash the car

DO YOU PREFER PEPSI OR COKE: Coke, I’m NOT Generation X

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS:  I believe in God.

RIGHT OR LEFT HANDED: Fluent with both.

DO YOU LIKE KNOWING MORE ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS: yeah, especially Dave. I can never get enough Goss on him

DO YOU HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR: my sense of humour helped me spend most of my lunchtimes in detention at school

WHAT IS ONE THING YOU CAN’T DO: complement myself 

ARE YOU AFRAID OF DYING: no, cause I know where I’m going…unless I die by chocking on my own vomit or something gross like that

WHAT IS ONE WORD THAT YOU THINK IS OVER-USED: Love

DO YOU LIKE WHERE YOU LIVE: yeah. Although I’d like somewhere that I don’t have to mow lawns

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PET PEEVE: people who think they are tough and pick others more disadvantaged 

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE BANDS: MxPx for sure! RATM, Blink, All on Fat Wreck Chords, 311, Unwritten Law, Melincolin, the seekers.

 

NAME: David Bunting

NICKNAME(s): Twangers, Bum Twang, Dave

 BIRTH DATE: August 15 1980

JOB (IF ANY): ex-sandwich artist

FAVORITE SPORT(s): surfing

FAVORITE TV SHOW(s): Sienfield

FAVORITE MOVIE: Starwars

FAVORITE MOVIE STAR: Sharon Stone

IF YOU COULD MARRY A SUPERSTAR WHO WOULD IT BE: Sharon stone

FAVORITE COLOR: Fiery Red

FAVORITE FOOD: Lasagne

IF YOU WERE A FLOWER WHICH ONE WOULD YOU BE: Daisy

DO YOU SPEAK SPANISH: No

DO YOU SPEAK FRENCH:  Wee

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CARTOON: The Simpsons

IF YOU HAD YOUR ARM CUT OFF HOW WOULD YOU FEEL: Sore

SHAVE YOUR HEAD FOR $1,000 DOLLARS:  Yep

WOULD YOU GO UP AND RANDOMLY KISS SOME ONE FOR 50 BUCKS: Yep

WOULD YOU EVER KILL SOMEONE:  Nope

WHAT IS THE WORST MOVIE YOU HAVE EVER SEEN: Mad Max

WHAT IS THE WORST TV SHOW YOU'VE EVER SEEN:  Roseanne

HOW MANY FINGERS DO YOU HAVE:  8

DO YOU SHAVE: Yep

BOXERS OR UNDIES: Both

DO YOU WEAR SOCKS UP OR DOWN: In the middle

CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA: Vanilla

DO/DID YOU LIKE SCHOOL: Loved it

A FREE VACATION WHERE WOULD YOU GO: America

DO YOU LIKE ROLLARCOASTERS: Yep

HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT:  2

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL: Just the once

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN WATER-SKIING: No  

WOULD YOU GET IN A SHARK TANK: NO WAY

DO YOU WEAR A WATCH: Yes

WHICH HAND DO WOULD YOU WEAR IT ON: Left 

DO YOU HAVE A CAR:  No

DO YOU LIKE CATS:  Yes, Only my Purebred Burmese

HAVE YOU EVER CAUGHT A FISH: Yes

DO YOU LIKE PIZZA:  It’s alright

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE: Yes, with my mum

 DO YOU LOVE SOMEONE RIGHT NOW: Yes, My Mum

DO YOU SHOWER OR TAKE BATHS: Both

HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU WASH YOUR HAIR A DAY: 0

DO YOU PREFER PEPSI OR COKE: Coke

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS:  Nah

RIGHT OR LEFT HANDED: Right

DO YOU LIKE KNOWING MORE ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS: Yeah

DO YOU HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR: Yeah

WHAT IS ONE THING YOU CAN’T DO: Skate without breaking bones

ARE YOU AFRAID OF DYING: No

WHAT IS ONE WORD THAT YOU THINK IS OVER-USED: Rawkus

DO YOU LIKE WHERE YOU LIVE: Nope

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PET PEEVE: When there’s a rancid cat turd left on my bed  

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE BANDS: Strife, NOFX, Propagandhi, F.M.D, Conation, Wisenheimer, Arms Reach, Sick Of It All, Good Riddance, Case For Jefferson

 

NAME : David Billings         

NICKNAME(s): Billings, Big Bill, Billy Goat

 BIRTH DATE: 23/5/81

JOB (IF ANY): Student (nursing), Bar attendent at Stadium Australia

FAVORITE SPORT(s): Bodyboarding, Rugby League, Cricket, Skating

FAVORITE TV SHOW(s): Home and Away, E.R. and sports

FAVORITE MOVIE: Platoon and American Pie

FAVORITE MOVIE STAR: Tom Hanks

IF YOU COULD MARRY A SUPERSTAR WHO WOULD IT BE: Drew Barrymore

FAVORITE COLOR: Blue

FAVORITE FOOD: Big fat King Prawns!!!!!!!

IF YOU WERE A FLOWER WHICH ONE WOULD YOU BE: Tullip

DO YOU SPEAK SPANISH: no

DO YOU SPEAK FRENCH:  no

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CARTOON: South Park

IF YOU HAD YOUR ARM CUT OFF HOW WOULD YOU FEEL: there goes my life….. no more surfing, drumming and depending on which arm….. well use your imagination

SHAVE YOUR HEAD FOR $1,000 DOLLARS: For Sure

WOULD YOU GO UP AND RANDOMLY KISS SOME ONE FOR 50 BUCKS: yes

WOULD YOU EVER KILL SOMEONE: If I was pushed enough I think my primal instincts would come through.

WHAT IS THE WORST MOVIE YOU HAVE EVER SEEN: Sleepless in Seattle

WHAT IS THE WORST TV SHOW YOU'VE EVER SEEN:  Those Sunday arfternoon shows on A.B.C.

HOW MANY FINGERS DO YOU HAVE: 10 

DO YOU SHAVE: yes every second day

BOXERS OR UNDIES: Boxers……. But I know some weirdo who wears both (Papa Bear)

DO YOU WEAR SOCKS UP OR DOWN: in between

CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA: Both

DO/DID YOU LIKE SCHOOL: sometime in between the episodes of extreme depression inflickted on me by the rest of  the school (Those scumbags know who they are and will one day get there own back) and the stress of having to achieve I enjoyed it!

A FREE VACATION WHERE WOULD YOU GO:  Reunion Islands or Surfing yacht charter in Indonesia

DO YOU LIKE ROLLARCOASTERS: Yes

HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT: 2

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL: none

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN WATER-SKIING?:  yes…… fell ass over tit

WOULD YOU GET IN A SHARK TANK?: yes…… I’ve dived in the ocean with real sharks in Fiji…… It was rad

DO YOU WEAR A WATCH?: Yes

WHICH HAND DO WOULD YOU WEAR IT ON?: Right

DO YOU HAVE A CAR:  Sort of. It’s my dads but I drive it more then him

DO YOU LIKE CATS: Only friendly ones like Twangers pure breed Burmese

HAVE YOU EVER CAUGHT A FISH: Yes Heaps

DO YOU LIKE PIZZA: Yes 

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE: I think so but at the moment I love God and my mum and Dad and that’s about it for me…….. I’M AVALIABLE IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED

DO YOU LOVE SOMEONE RIGHT NOW: God, Mum and Dad

DO YOU SHOWER OR TAKE BATHS: neither…… I surf

HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU WASH YOUR HAIR A DAY: never

DO YOU PREFER PEPSI OR COKE: Which evers cheapest……. My favorite is Home Brand

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS: Yes I do 

RIGHT OR LEFT HANDED: Right

DO YOU LIKE KNOWING MORE ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS: Yes especially Chris because he has far too much on me

DO YOU HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR?: Well hey I’m just a Funny guy

WHAT IS ONE THING YOU CAN'T  DO:  I can’t marry Drew

ARE YOU AFRAID OF DYING:  No way……Can’t wait

WHAT IS ONE WORD THAT YOU THINK IS OVER-USED?: The “F” word

DO YOU LIKE WHERE YOU LIVE : yeah

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PET PEEVE?: Chicks when they Gossip too much. I can’t rate that. 

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE BANDS: 311, NOFX, Lagwagon, most other fat bands, Limp Bizcut, Decendents, Blink, RATM, Miles Davis and Thelonius Monk, among others