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Introduction

Taylor Locke - guitar, vocals

The following questions were answered by Taylor himself and are courtesy of the official site.

Position
guitars, backing vocals

Gear specs/weapon specialty
Gibson Les Paul specials and juniors. Those are my stage guitars, but I have a great M-class 60's Gibson 330 for recording and a couple of Fenders too. I also use a top hat King Royale, 30 watt, a 2x12 combo amplifier and various effects pedals. I don't wanna give away all my secrets here. It took me a long time to get my sound just right. I will say that I like Boss, Electro-harmonix, full-tone and tons of obscure vintage effects. Also, Dunlop chrome ring SL-classes - shorter than a full SL-classe so I can still play chords...

Musical influence (my instrument)
George Harrison, Elliot Easton (The cars), Joey Santiago (The Pixies), Graham Coxon (Blur), Brian May (Queen), Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead), Pete Ham (Badfinger), Neil Young, Mick Ronson (Davclass Bowie)

10 bands I like
The Beatles, Nirvana, The Pixies, Queen, Badfinger, Sloan, Wings, The Coral, Big Star, The Zombies.

10 movies I like
Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Airheads, Being John Malkovich

Sexual preference
hetero. once or twice a day, except on vacations it goes up to more times.

Favorite rock star
John Lennon.

Rock star I hate
there are so many! Chad Kroeger is really bad (Nickelback)!

Special interests
magic tricks, outdoor stuff (mountain walks), smoothies, water parks, roller-coasters.

Personal partying style
get down, then get back up again...get up, then get back down again. High and lows.

Best gig
Osaka, Japan.

Worst gig
Chino.

Amusement park ride variety preference
Coasters and water slides. One's that have a tremendous vertical drop but are not totally drop-centrical. The ride needs to be about 2-3 minutes with other great features after the principle drop.

10 TV shows I like
Mr. Show, Ben Stiller Show, Strangers With Candy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Beavis & Butthead, The Simpsons, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Kids in the Hall, Uranium (its killer to watch nu-metal videos), Sex & the City.

A book I read is
no logo, by Naomi Klein. A non-fiction piece on Advertising

Sexiest thing I've ever done is
walked around outside naked on Sunday morning.

Favorite fast food chain
depends on my state of mind. Del is killer (Mexican and fries!).

Favorite food
fruit and nuts. (just kidding about the nuts)

Worst musical fad
garage

Favorite road necessity
toothbrush