Doktor Wilhelm

So it's time for my badly written, and poorly set out mini biography, I just hope that you still want to be my friend after reading all this drivel:

I was 'born and raised' in a shitty little 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 consider myself to be a musician I've not been doing much musician-type stuff of late, 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).

Though I play bass guitar, I can play a few other things and enjoy a bit of [[midi sequencing]] every so often. My music tastes are very 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 of bass. I'm constantly looking for people who want to put together a band, oddly enough.

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 the 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, and the many sub-cultures within Japan, specially the dystopian cyber-punk future stuff.

I've been collecting any Manga I could can get 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 continue to buy any where it's cheap, but it often costs more now than when it was rare, anime on the other hand 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 Juno Mizuno and I am avid fanatic of Geobreeders by Akihiro Ito.

Other comic book wise, I collect Roman Dirge, Jhonen Vasques, like a whore! I also have a habit of buying super hero stuff (mostly Marvel), I just fade in and out of reading/buying them, I mostly like horror and humorous comics now...

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 thing to do with Terry Pratchett's Discworld. Other authors who's work I avidly read are Charlie Brooker, Anton LaVey and Hunter S. Thompson.

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

Also, I'm a bit odd, I love the idea of living dolls, either ones that are real dolls come to life or ones made of flesh controlled by an outside force. I plan to one day build my own doll out of parts I've 'collected' from people who don't need them any more, it's amazing how these 'collections' can pile up once you start!

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 human beings who are only intent on kill/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, I'd much rather sit and listen to someone else talk about themselves! 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!

Below are some little lists of the things I like, they are by no means complete, I'll add to them as my memory allows, and as new things happen, I've mostly got them here for my own reference, but by all means have a look for yourself...