My playlist is pretty varied, there's little music i don't like which can be annoying cos i want everything! Music is memories for me mostly, every song has a story behind it usually, & i'm a sucker for a good guitar hook, or great bass line, or funking grooving drums....
Here's a live film of 'The Sex Pistols Experience' doin their thing..
Gotta be Johnny Cash -anytime day or night..!
Some Beer Buddie's of mine - love Em'.!! (been kicked out a couple of hotels with these boys.!) 'The Anti Nowhere League'.. check them out...
A bloke i'm happy to call a 'friend' .. It's Ed'..!!
A Great Band 'The Ruts'.. have a look at a classic 'New wave' song song - (R.I.P Paul Fox)
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Movies
Exorcist! Star Wars saga, Filth & Fury, Spiderman2, Godfather films, Spagetti Westerns (since visiting Tombstone on usa tour!)Grease-(yes Grease!) Raging Bull, music videos, funny stuff too.
'Who Killed Nancy??' it was me.!! look at 1.58sec & you'll see! 'Who killed Nancy? out Febuary 2009 at selected cinemas & Dvd on march 30th.
Television
am a telly addict.. can flick around all day if i get a chance! 'Ramseys kitchen nightmares' is great.! Biography & national Geo channel, i got Sky for MTV - but its all shite these days - R&B Rap hip-hop shit bollocks - fuck that! Chart music is generally all crap these days with the odd exception. 'Soaps' are banned from my box - life's too short to waste watching someone else's fake life! Big Brother wannabes should be shot.
Books
Autobiographies mostly, & travel books, & maps..love them maps.! gotta know where you are & where you going & where you've been.
Heroes
don't have any hero's - but 'inspirations' is a better word.. Gene Krupa, Jerry Nolan, Paul Hester, Taylor Hawkins, Keith Moon, John Martin (aka 'The big figure' Dr Feelgood), Ced Sharpley(Numan), Paul Cook, Clem Burke (Blondie) apart from drummers - Johnny Cash, Elvis, Evel Knevel, Micheal Palin, Chubby Brown & Bernard Manning(for being honest.!) George Forman & Lenny Mclean - now that would of been some boxing match!!? Gordon Ramsey, Bob Marley, Joe Strummer.
"Don't ever call me your fucking drummer - your MY fucking singer..!" -Charlie Watts to Mick Jagger - (love it!!)
Paul Crook - Drummer i cant be arsed with xmas shopping, buying shit that no one really wants & spending money i ain't got, i just wanna go the pub & get pissed til jan 2nd. Posted at 10:39 PM Dec 21, 2009 view more
"Come'on son - get your arse outta bed!!"
" Mother, i don't ever need get out of bed again - i'm going to be a musician!!"
Hello, i'm 'Paul Crook', or simply 'Dave' to those who know me.! I've been involved with a few good bands over the years, doing hundreds of gigs & having fun throughout my younger days, until the time came when i could finally take the big plunge, throw-in the 'day-job', & become a full time 'muso'. Currently bangin the tubs with the Sex Pistols Experience - but i'm always open to new offers & shows!??
Using knowlage i'd learned from years of studying at the 'hard knock school of music' i push my bands as hard & far as possible, i dont just drift along waiting for things to happen, i try to make things happen, & create opportunities, the World is out there - you just have to go get it..!
'Swords of 1000 Men' 2009 with 'Ed Tenpole Tudor'
I never used to be too fussed about the thought of playing in tribute/cover's bands - thinking as many people do, 'its a cop-out', but i was wrong. Coming from the musical desert that is East yorkshire (north east of England) there were/are never any opportunities to make it anywhere playing original music other than to a local bar or club, & when you tire of travelling around stuck in the back of a freezing knackerd old van, playing original music to next to no-one for years - being lucky to get paid -if at all, getting no breaks, & nothing much to look forward to (musically speaking), then a good tribute/covers band is a challenging & exciting way for a musician to earn a living & perofrm to big enthusiatic crowds - "Yes" i'd rather be doing something more original - but so long as i'm playing It - it beats working a 9 to 5 any day.!!
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The raise in popularity of tribute show's is growing ever bigger around the U.K, Europe & beyond. But i have high standards, & only want ot be involved in working with the best, there are a lot of crap one's out there, who are not fans of the chosen band, have no talent, & are just in it to make a 'quick-buck' - they give the rest of us a bad reputation! The 'Sex Pistols Experience' will never be topped by any other, many try & fail, they come & go every year. But this band won't last forever -so i will do as i've always done - just take each day as it come's, live for the moment, & look forward to the next show!!
Hot & sweaty at the end of the gig...
I'm also fortunate enough to be depping for another of the u.k's top Tribute's - streatching my drumming wings with 'CROWDED OUT' Who provide THE most authentic and accurate live tribute to Crowded House in Europe - probably the world - & i'm very happy to relive my memories of seeing C.House shows in Melbourne, Bradford, Sheffield etc through performing their music occasionally myself! Sitting in for Paul Hester was always an ambition, & this is as near as i'll get after missing out on the Crowded House auditions to new drummer Matt Sherrod - who does a great job i might add, filling the big boots of Paul Heater...
UK tribute 'CROWDED OUT' boast an impressive and experienced line-up of musicians drawn together by a passion for the brilliant music and incredible live spirit of Crowded House.
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"When i was a kid i used to love stopping up late on a Saturday night Glued to the telly waiting for Starky & Hutch to come on, i wanted that car..! Who didn't? When i got into my late 30's & did my first USA Tour i found an old wreak of one that years before had had a side impact & been left in a field since 1981, Un-touched for 25yrs in the californian sun, it was deemed worth saving as it was one of only approx 1,200 factory produced S&H replicas, & one of the few remaining of only 50 made which had the huge 460 engine as opposed to the usual 351 winsor or similar slow tug-boat motor usually found in them. This car was salvagable - but it was going to be a hell of a lot of work...
With a donor Torino available to chop up, and shelves filled with 'new old stock' (NOS) parts specifically ordered, a complete strip down was begun at the 'Zebra3 workshop in San Diego, every nut & bold was removed, everything was taken off, & out, replaced where needed, or cleaned, re-painted, re-chromed, re-upholstered, re-built from the tires to the red light on top, from the front fender to the back exhaust tip, nothing went un-treated. Finishing up with a full new leather custom interior, kick-ass sound system, & a new 460 big-block beast of an engine. Then after almost a year of continuous work, the car rolled out into the sun, fired-up & is ripping up the streets once again.! I shipped it over to the uk & it can often be seen cruising the streets of Northern England.
Sadly, I rarely get a chance to use it now as i'm often away weekends doing gigs - so if you feel you could this car a good home, & have the money burnin' a hole - then give me a shout & i could be pursuaded to part with this fantastic motor.. at the right price..
Do you want to be the talk of the town? Then you could hire my Starsky & Hutch Ford Gran Torino for your wedding, party, 70's Club night, or Event.. call 'Stars Cars' for the best hire rates in the uk:- 02828 583500 or drop me a mail..
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Who I'd like to meet: Anyone who'd like to meet me & share a beer.!?
Thanks for adding me. I dig you guys but had a gig the night you guys played in Dallas. Hopefully I'll catch you next time, and you guys should drop me a line when you know you are coming, and perhaps we can set up an interview for my radio show.
Check it out sometime.
THE DIAMOND DAVE FURY ROCKSHOW on www.kbigradio.net (Wednesday nights)
Silverlake's getting more gentrified. I'm putting together a Garage/Punk band, join me! Ha! Been playing Sitar with a Tabla player just to keep things fresh! Hell, we just get better with age.
Thanks for being a friend! Do you know about the Electric Ball in London on Wednesday November 18? JEFFERSON STARSHIP + QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE + TOM CONSTANTEN (original Grateful Dead pianist) + more! Please try and make it. It’ll be a ball! Details and tickets from: http://www.rhythmgigs.com
oh I could be wrong but I thought you were down for the shed with the Mannix or something? nevermind sure you will have the misfortune to play Leicester in the future !
Hi Paul, all right? and oh, you went to Birmingham to break the record of highest number of drummers playing at the same time? hehehe A big hug! DENIS ... \ m /
Feeder, Ash, Gary Numan, Hundred Reasons, Kids In Glass Houses, Cancer Bats, We Are The Ocean, Attack! Attack!, Sonic Boom Six, In Case Of Fire & many more hit the Kent coast for a one-day alternative music festival this Summer!
Hevy Music Festival • Folkestone Seafront (CT20 1PU) Saturday 1st August 2009 • Gates 1pm • Tickets £48 www.hevy.co.uk
'Who Killed Nancy??' it was me.!! look at 1.58sec & you'll see! 'Who killed Nancy? out Febuary 2009 at selected cinemas & Dvd on march 30th.
"Don't ever call me your fucking drummer - your MY fucking singer..!" -Charlie Watts to Mick Jagger - (love it!!)
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"When i was a kid i used to love stopping up late on a Saturday night Glued to the telly waiting for Starky & Hutch to come on, i wanted that car..! Who didn't? When i got into my late 30's & did my first USA Tour i found an old wreak of one that years before had had a side impact & been left in a field since 1981, Un-touched for 25yrs in the californian sun, it was deemed worth saving as it was one of only approx 1,200 factory produced S&H replicas, & one of the few remaining of only 50 made which had the huge 460 engine as opposed to the usual 351 winsor or similar slow tug-boat motor usually found in them. This car was salvagable - but it was going to be a hell of a lot of work...
With a donor Torino available to chop up, and shelves filled with 'new old stock' (NOS) parts specifically ordered, a complete strip down was begun at the 'Zebra3 workshop in San Diego, every nut & bold was removed, everything was taken off, & out, replaced where needed, or cleaned, re-painted, re-chromed, re-upholstered, re-built from the tires to the red light on top, from the front fender to the back exhaust tip, nothing went un-treated. Finishing up with a full new leather custom interior, kick-ass sound system, & a new 460 big-block beast of an engine. Then after almost a year of continuous work, the car rolled out into the sun, fired-up & is ripping up the streets once again.! I shipped it over to the uk & it can often be seen cruising the streets of Northern England.
Sadly, I rarely get a chance to use it now as i'm often away weekends doing gigs - so if you feel you could this car a good home, & have the money burnin' a hole - then give me a shout & i could be pursuaded to part with this fantastic motor.. at the right price..
