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  • Mark aka Gus

  • 41 / Male
  • Stockport, Northwest, UK
  • Last Login: 11/25/2009

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About me:

back to the uk... what to do in run up to christmas and 2010....

Who I'd like to meet:

everyone and anyone...

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Companies

  • Sisters of Mercy

    • UK
    • Guitar Tech
    Summer 2002

  • Manchester Light & Stage Company

    • UK
    • Production Manager
    1992 - present

  • Theatre of Tragedy

    • NO
    • Guitar Tech
    January / February 2001

  • Dimmu Borgir

    • NO
    • Guitar Tech
    March / April / May 2001

  • Therion

    • SE
    • Drum Tech
    November / December 2001

  • Iced Earth

    • US
    • Guitar Tech
    January / February 2002

  • Angra

    • BR
    • Guitar Tech
    March 2002

  • Theatre of Tragedy

    • NO
    • Guitar Tech
    April / May 2002

  • Sentenced

    • FI
    • Guitar Tech
    October / November 2002

  • Lacuna Coil

    • IT
    • Guitar Tech
    October / November 2002

  • Faster Pussycat

    • US
    • Tour Manager
    May 2003

  • Bob Catley (ex Magnum)

    • UK
    • Tour Manager
    May / June 2003

  • Machine Gun Fellatio

    • AU
    • Driver / Backline Tech
    September / October 2003

  • The Warlocks

    • US
    • Tour Manager
    February / April / June / July / Oct / Nov 2003

  • Lacuna Coil

    • IT
    • Tour Manager / Guitar Tech
    May / June / July / August 2004

  • Therion

    • SE
    • Stage Manager / Drum Tech
    October / November 2004

  • Stephen Fretwell

    • UK
    • Tour Manager
    February / March 2005

  • VNV Nation

    • UK
    • Stage Manager / Backline Tech
    January / April / May / June / Sep / Oct 2005

  • Dirty Pretty Things

    • UK
    • Tour Manager
    Summer 2007

  • Lacuna Coil

    • IT
    • Tour Manager
    March 2006 - present

Details

  • Status: Single
  • Body type: 5' 10" / Average
  • Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
  • Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
  • Children: I don't want kids
  • Smoke / Drink: No / Yes
  • Education: Grad / professional school
  • Occupation: Tour Manager

Interests

  • General

    cycling, my touring work, music, reading, walking my mams dogs, getting out and about, traveling, cooking, playing my drums, running my festival every year... until this year.... ..

  • Music

    pretty wide mix including but not limited to the following - sisters of mercy, red lorry yellow lorry, play dead, killing joke, james rays gangwar, joy division, interpol, tubeway army/gary numan, human league, orchestral manouvres in the dark, depeche mode, japan, house of love, the fall, u2, rem, kaiser chiefs, sentenced, acdc, saxon, rush, pink floyd, the beatles, scott walker / the walker brothers, the yardbirds, bee gees, hot chocolate, commodores, lacuna coil, rammstein, the julia dream, stolen babies, dive / klinik / monolith / sonar, ladytron, masive attack, bauhaus / dalis car / peter murphy, the police, the clash, ramones and lots of other stuff...... ..

  • Movies

    control, lives of others, shall we dance?, no country for old men...., high fidelity, lost in translation, brief encounter, bladerunner, apocalypse now, falling down, snatch, layer cake, lock stock and two smoking barrels, young frankenstein, the naked gun movies, the party, the original pink panthers, bowling for columbine, saving private ryan, spinal tap, v for vendetta, zoolander, dodgeball, sin city, nearly every clint eastwood movie (but pink cadillac was a little dodgy....) ..

  • Television

    dont really watch tv - the simpsons, scrubs, cycling (mainly road racing) and news programmes..... and of course anything to do with WWII... especially anything with panzers in it..... ..

  • Books

    Presently reading.......
    just pondering what to read at moment....
    .. Just finished the folllowing....
    Freakonomics - Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
    Michael Wittmann Volume One - Patrick Agte
    Bill Bryson - Notes From a Small Island
    Bill Bryson - Life and Times of The Thunderbolt Kid
    The War Of Wars - Robert Harvey
    Tigers in the Mud - Otto Carius
    Armour Battles Of The Waffen SS 1943 - 45 - Will Fey
    In God We Doubt - John Humphrys
    Further Along The Road Less Travelled - M Scott Peck.
    Mr Nice - Howard Marks
    In Search Of Robert Millar - Richard Moore
    John Peel, A Life In Music - Michael Heatley.
    Notes from A Big Country - Bill Bryson
    Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself - Alan Alda
    A Bike Ride - Anne Mustoe
    Iron Fist - Bryan Perrett
    The Road Less Travelled - M Scott Peck
    Waterloo, New Perspectives - David Hamilton Williams
    Down Under - Bill Bryson
    A War In Words - Svetlana Palmer & Sarah Wallis
    Mr Carry On - Morris Bright & Robert Ross
    Inside Hitlers Bunker - Joachim Fest
    Himalaya - Michael Palin
    To Cut A Long Story Short - Tony Hadley
    The Road Taken - Michael Buerk
    Margrave of the Marshes - John Peel
    The Escape Artist - Matt Seaton
    An Entertaining Life - Harry Seacombe
    Last Post - Max Arthur
    ..

  • Heroes

    ..

Comments

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  • Ah Cama-Sotz

    Nov 20 2009 7:06 AM

  • Beastie ButterflyClaudia Müller

    Oct 26 2009 9:34 PM

    Hey Mr. THE REAL GUS ;)
    How you doing ;) still around with the crazy italians ;)

    Greetz from Munich, we know us from Novarock

    Claudia
  • Eric Eric Eaton

    Oct 25 2009 1:52 AM

    lol..... but you never know Gus, it might be a 'veggie burger'!!!! :)
    Cheers!
  • Cynthia

    Oct 20 2009 6:34 AM

    Oh my.

    Total Eclipse of the Heart - The Literal Version



  • [Laura]Laura Kelly

    Oct 14 2009 10:35 PM

    So you're finally gonna be in Bristol! ;) About time! :P Hope you're having fun in Vegas or wherever it is you are! xx
  • LisaLisa Morales

    Sep 12 2009 4:29 PM

    Hey you,  What the heck have you been up too?  Trouble I'm sure....When are you leaving for the states?  Are we going to get together in Albuquerque?  Give me a heads up on your schedule so RIM and I can hang with you for a bit. 

    Safe travels, Lisa
  • dannydanny klupp

    Sep 11 2009 11:23 AM

    I swear that I..ve got nothing to do with it, except playing guitar and doing the technial, Internet stuff he,he. Everything is cool over here, I..ve got a regular job and enough time for some more SALIVA ha,ha :-))  Hope anything is cool to on that "little continet " called England ;-)

    Cheerz

    Danny
  • dannydanny klupp

    Sep 8 2009 9:21 AM

    Brandnew Song from my Band "Festering Saliva" is online now. Wish you a lot of fun during listening and don..t be scared: I was the producer ;-)

    Greets

    Danny
  • LisaLisa Morales

    Sep 7 2009 10:47 PM

    Okay that was a funny comment.  I'm not sure how to respond so I'll just say you should wear them when you want to impress the ladies...Hee...Hee...
  • LisaLisa Morales

    Sep 7 2009 9:10 PM

    How's it going Gus?