women, drums, percussion, hockey (san jose sharks,atlanta thrashers, pittsburgh penguins), Saints football, original transformers, marvel comics, a GOOD cigar, New York City, the Phillippines, fishing and fishkeeping, old kung fu movies, punk, ska, metal, world history, the bible, old school muscle cars, too much to list.........
and more useless info by demand:
my drums consist of pearl mmx master's series maple, diamondburst finish with black hardware sizes 10x8, 12x9, 14x11, and 22x18::
snares: 14x5 Tama starclassic G brass, 14x6.5 Pearl eric singer signature model maple::
misc: Pearl primero pro congas (carbon vapor finish),pearl 13" primero timbale, LP mini timbales, LP jam block red, LP mambo cowbell (more cowbell dammit!) DW 5000 turbo double pedal, vic firth 3A nylon tip sticks, pork pie throne::
cymbals: Zildjian 14" A New Beat/A custom mastersound combo hats, 18" A custom crash, 18" Z custom crash, 20" Z custom ride, 10" A custom splash, Paiste alpha 12" splash
Music
THE SLACKERS, Metallica, Pennywise, Strung Out, Rancid, NOFX, Goldfinger, RX Bandits, Fishbone, AFI, Bad Religion, Rise Against, Bayside, Tiger Army, The Aggrolites, Iron Maiden, Millencolin, 311, Pantera, Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, All Jimi Hendrix, The Mad Caddies, Steel Pulse, Streetlight Manifesto, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Big D and the kids table, Mighty mighty Bosstones, old Less than Jake, Rufio, Led Zeppelin, Rage against the Machine,the Aggrolites, Classic Beastie Boys, Allman Brothers Band, Bob Marley and the Wailers, H20, red hot chili peppers, Steel Pulse, Ben Harper, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Midtown, No Use for a Name, Thrice, Old Offspring, Van Halen (w/David Lee Roth), The Clash, The Ramones, Reel Big Fish, The Roots, Motorhead, Shadows Fall, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Alice In Chains, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, Black Label Society, Mastodon, Trivium, The Police, The Specials, Protest the Hero, the Human Abstract, Coheed & Cambria, the list goes on and on... quite a mix so far..
Movies
TRANSFORMERS!, OLD SAMURAI CINEMA,The Godfather trilogy, Scarface, Serpico, Scent of a woman (yeah i'm a Pacino fan), spiderman 1 and 2, full metal jacket, SLC punk, dazed and confused, taxi driver, goodfellas, some kind of monster-metallica documentary, jaws 1, the matrix, bruce lee movies, ong-bak thai warrior, crouching tiger hidden dragon, jet li's fearless, Be Cool, lord of the rings trilogy, batman begins, old kung-fu flicks, Silence of the Lambs, star wars, the crow, x-men, the longest yard, most all the good adam sandler movies, that's all i can think of for now..
Television
DEXTER, Family Guy, the Henry Rollins show, adult swim, myth busters, Californication, classic wwf and wwe, the science channel, south park, chappelle's show, CSI: Las Vegas, the history channel, UFC, and others...
Books
Somebody's Gotta Say It by Neal Boortz.
Heroes
my parents, influences: lars ulrich-metallica, vinnie paul-pantera, mitch mitchell-jimi hendrix experience, john bonham-led zeppelin, chad sexton-311, Dangerous Darrin Pfeiffer-goldfinger, stewart copeland-the police, carter beauford-DMB
About me: i am steve. i am 27 years old. i am half-filipino, i have a brother. i play drums for stereohype. i love ska, reggae, punk, blues, jazz, funk,classic rock, metal, and pretty much everything that isn't on major radio. i've worked at the home depot for 6 years now. a lot of time to spend at the depot for those of ya that know. hurricanes suck. period. south MS is pure crap now, not that it was much better before. i work too much, i'm always jamming or gigging, or i'm sleeping so that usually leaves me with little or no social life. well, that's a lie. i like to go out and get away from my usual routine, so give me a shout.
Who I'd like to meet: or would've like to met -bob marley, buddy rich, gene krupa, jimi hendrix, john bonham, bruce lee, thomas edison, carl sagan, ben franklin. also stan lee, carter beauford (DMB), peter griffin, conan obrien, NATALIE PORTMAN, IZABEL GOULART, jessica alba, kelly monaco, scarlet johansson, salma hayek, Tony Jaa, Sonny Chiba
man i was going anyway tally and nic was a last minute thing i would have told ya but figured you had other plans by then my B dude nice chest hair by the way
New Downloads! Check out 2009 NYC boat show on www.whatevski.org! 25 songs for 5 US$! (or 4 euros or 3 pounds!) Thats damn cheap.
New Music Coming! We are hoping to finish a new release of rarities, redos, and remixes called, "Lost & Found."
Gigs! Sept 25 - NYC - Slackfest @ Bowery Ballroom www.bowerypresents.com Sept 27 - Boston - Slackfest @ the Middle East www.mideastclub.com
Oct 8 - Buffalo - Mohawk Place Oct 9/10 - Toronto - 2 nights at Lee's palace! Oct 11 - Montreal - Club Soda
Oct 15 - Berlin, De - So36 Oct 16 - Jena, De - Kassa Blanca Oct 17 - Stuttgart, De - Universum Oct 18 - TBA Oct 19 - Barcelona - Razzmatazz Oct 20 - Valencia - Black Note Oct 21 - Madrid - Sala Caracol Oct 22 - Rome - Forte Prenestino Oct 23 - Athens - An Club Oct 24 - Istanbul - Jolly Joker Balans Oct 25 - Milano - Magnolia Club Oct 26 - Ljubjana - Gala Hala Oct 27 - Zagreb - Kset Oct 28 - Graz - PPC Oct 29 - Vienna - Arena Oct 30 - Prague - 007 Oct 31 - Regensburg - Alte Malzerei
Dec 3 - San Antonio - White Rabbit Dec 4/5 - Austin - Flamingo Cantina Dec 6 - Houston - Meridian Dec 8 - New Orleans - One Eyed Jacks Dec 9 - Tallahassee - Engine Room Dec 10 - Tampa - Crowbar Dec 11 - Miami - Churchills Dec 12 - Orlando - The Social
Dec 20 - Philadelphia - TLA More new music coming in 2010! www.theslackers.com