FULL NAME:
Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda

EMAIL: Ltap45b@prodigy.com

DATE OF BIRTH: August 5th, 1955

HEIGHT: 5ft 10in

EYES: brown

HAIR: Black

WHAT KIND OF UPBRINGING DID YOU HAVE?: Regular working-class

WAS YOUR FAMILY MUSICALLY INCLINED? I have one uncle who plays guitar and keyboards and a couple cousins were also involved in music - they both played trumpet and one of them was actually an orchestra leader at the Roseland ballroom in New York, but I'm the only member of the family to take it seriosuly on a rock 'n' roll level.

WHAT WERE YOU GOOD AT IN SCHOOL?: Histroy, music and art

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE AS A KID?: A doctor, strange as it may seem.

PROFESSIONAL JOBS OTHER THAN AS A MUSICIAN: Selling baby pictures door-to-door, as well as working as a salesman in department stores and camera shops. I also worked as an orderly in a hospital.

MUSICAL TRAINING: I was originally self-taught, but after grauating highschool I studied music at college for two years.

EARLY INFLUENCES: Eric Clapton, jeff beck and Jimi Hendrix

FIRST CONCERT ATTENDED: Cream at Hunter College

FIRST RECORD BOUGHT: MEET THE BEATLES

INSTRUMENTS YOU PLAY: Apart from Guitar, I mess around with keyboards and percussion.

FAVORITE TWISTED SISITER SONG: You're Not Alone

MUSIC YOU ENJOY LISTENING TO: My favorite music is heavy rock, but I like different types of rock 'n' roll and classical music.

ANY TYPE YOU DISLKIE: Anything mechanical - music that sounds contrived.

IDEAL MEAL: A good Chinese dinner with a big Polynesian drink

FAVORITE DRINK: A merguerita

PARTICULAR LIKES: Nice cars, nice clothes, nice furniture, nice people...

PET HATES: Misbehaved children, loud obnoxious people at the movies and people stepping on my foot - particularly heavy people!

FAVORITE TV SHOW: Taxi and The Jeffersons

FAVORITE MOVIE: King Kong -vs- Godzilla

FAVORITE ACTOR: Errol Flynn

FAVORITE ACTRESS: Rita Hayworth

MOST INTERESTING PLACE YOU'VE VISITED: Puerto Rico and Japan

HAPPIEST EXPERIENCE: Getting signed to Atlantic Records and receiving my first gold and platinum albums.

MOST SHATTERING EXPERIENCE: The first time I got turned down by a record company

MOST TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE: Driving in a rented car with the Animal!

PERSON YOU ADMIRE MOST: I admirea lot of people and it's hard to single one out

PROUDEST MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE: I'm still waiting for that - it hasn't come yet.

MOST EMBARRASING MOMENT: Ripping my pants onstage at one of the first gigs I ever played!

MOST FOOLISH THING YOU'VE EVER DONE: I almost jumped off a ferryboat once, as a dare, but in the end I chickened out.