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MEMBER: Jeffrey Levy
INSTRUMENTS: Rhythm Guitar(Some Lead), Vocals,
INPUT: Well, other than noting Daniel Ash using an Ebow and playing a 1972 Fender Telecaster, I'd have to say I have more inspirations than influences. In no particular order, they are: Bauhaus(and all of its offshoots, with the exception of Dali's Car), Sisters of Mercy, Siouxsie and the Banshees, David Bowie (pre-1980s), Iggy Pop, Elvis up through the 1968 comeback special, Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss, Louis Armstrong, Adam and the Ants (yeah, I know, but I looked great in the make-up!), Echo and the Bunnymen, Psychedelic Furs, Killing Joke, Executive Slacks, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Metallica, John Mellencamp(seriously the best American songwriter ever), Wire, tons of late 70s and early 80s British punk singles, Buzzcocks, The Cars, PIL, later Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Jesus and Marychain, Velvet Underground(Nico), NIN, M-Fakter, Loco Lizard (hot chick bassist, oh wait...), Rolling Stones, Beatles, Doors, ZZTop, Falco, Spit, any well-written classic rock or pop song, including disco.(A good song is a good song). I really dislike rap,  Prince, Courtney Love, Red Hot Chili Peppers, all nu-metal, r&b, Madonna and Axl Rose. Also a long list of other crap must die but I digress......
READ: Anything by Sinclair Lewis, John Steinback, Spalding Gray, Kurt Vonnegut, John Irving, George Bernard Shaw, William Shakespeare
MOVING PICTURES: The Road Warrior, The Crow, Fight Club, High Fidelity, Boogie Nights, Tank Girl, Planet of the Apes, Apocalypse Now, This is Spinal Tap, American Pie, Dangerous Liasons, Dumb and Dumber, anything John Hughes directed before 1990, Jaws, almost anything with Isabelle Adjani, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kim Basinger, Deborah Foreman, Lauren Bacall, Hedy Lamar, Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Tom Hanks, David Morse, Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Peter Sellers, Gregory Peck or Waler Matthau. Law & Order, anything from Steven Bochco (escept Cop Rock!), ER before George Clooney left, St. Elsewhere, Black Adder, The Young Ones, Monty Python, Discovery Channel, History Channel, 60 Minutes. Now I'm addicted to Blind Date, Love Connection, any dating show like that. I know, I'm going to Hell! Other than that, I despse reality TV specifically and TV in general.
NAME YOUR POISON: Chicken Teriyaki, Sesame Chicken, Campbell's soup (chicken noodle and tomato), Spaghetti Bolognese, Peppermint Patties, Fresca
WHERE IN THE WORLD: Depends on my taste in women at the time; Northern Europe at the moment. And it goes without saying, but anywhere prostitution is legal!
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