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Marital
Status/Family: It’s
just the three of us: my wife, Mylo our dog, and me.
Favorite Memory (personal): I have a few of them including a trip to Disney
World with my wife, dinner at the Delavan Supper Club, finding out I was going
to be a big brother, spending the weekend in NYC with my wife, wine tasting in
Temecula Valley, family vacation to Denver, spending time with my Grandpa,
swimming in the ocean with my wife, camping trips in the Dells.
Favorite Memory (band-related): I have a couple of these, too.
First off would have to be playing Summerfest in 2007.
Next is Noise Pollution’s debut gig at Flashbacks in 2004
Best Days Ever: 1) October 24th, 1997--my wedding day.
2) July 6th 2007—the day Noise Pollution made our Summerfest
debut…it was a dream-come-true, like 20 years in the making.
Worst Day Ever: December 10th, 2005—the day my cousin Deanna
was killed in a car accident.
Favorite TV Shows: Friends, The Family Guy, The Simpsons, The Shield, Miami
Ink, Behind the Music, Metal Mania on VH1 Classic, Rock of Love, That 70s Show.
Least Favorite TV Shows: What Not to Wear, Yo! MTV Raps, sports other
than the Olympics and Battle of the Network Stars, Scrubs, daytime soap operas,
Martha Stewart Living.
Favorite Movies: Forrest Gump, Airplane, It’s a Wonderful Life, A League
of Their Own, Ray, Borat-Cultural Learings of America for Make Benefit Glorious
Nation of Kazakhstan, the Star Wars movies, Indiana Jones trilogy, Air Force
One, Mary Poppins, Rat Race
Favorite Bands: Van Halen, Anthrax, Racer X, Extreme, AC/DC, Mr. Big, Motley
Crue, Yngwie Malmsteen, The Beatles, and Problem Child.
Favorite Song: “Eagles Fly” by Sammy Hagar.
Least Favorite Bands: Staind, Fantasia Barrino, Barbra Streisand, pretty
much anything Hip-Hop or Rap. I don’t like Jimmy Buffett or reggae music.
Occupation: My official title is “Music Scheduling Consultant”.
I work for a company called A-Ware Software, makers of MusicMaster
Scheduling software. We work with
radio stations, webcasters, video channels, and satellite radio broadcasters
internationally. I’m a consultant
and I do tech support for MusicMaster.
Favorite/Least Favorite Song to Perform: My favorite song on the
setlist is “Lay It Down”. I
love the double-tapped kick drum that runs through it. I also like doing “Bang Your Head”, “Crazy Train”,
Bon Scott era AC/DC, and anything by Poison and Van Halen.
My least favorite, which we don’t play anymore, is “Never Say
Goodbye”.
Things You Like: I like 80s hair metal, guess it’s a good thing since
I’m the singer in this band! I
don’t listen to a lot of radio, but when I do, it’s usually Sirius Satellite
Radio. I listen to Hair Nation,
Buzzsaw, The Pulse, Big 80s, Octane, and Hard Attack…plus the Howard Stern
channels. I’ve grown to enjoy
country music—mainly the new pop-country…groups like Sugarland and Rascal
Flatts. My wife and I tend to
listen to New Country on Sirius. I
also like puppies, going out for dinner, spending a rainy day in bed, enjoying
time with friends, performing in front of an audience—I’m kind of a ham. I also love going to concerts and seeing bands play
live—good bands that is.
Things You Dislike: I dislike hospitals, funerals, commercials about
animal abuse and starving children. Things
I hate? Pink Floyd.
Mayonnaise and lettuce—separate or together, makes no difference.
I’m not a fan of current or nu-metal, rap, opera, Barbra Streisand,
Whitney Houston, Fantasia Barino, weird pizza toppings, fish, drunks who fall on
our gear at shows, and lame concerts.
First Car: 1983 Chrysler E-Class. That
car even talked! I remember being
out on my first date with my wife and the damn car wouldn’t start.
I’d crank the ignition, but it wouldn’t turn over.
Then the car would say “your engine oil pressure is low, prompt service
is required”. And for no reason
whatsoever, it would sometimes just beep and then say “thank you”.
We used to wonder what was going on under the hood, that car would thank
us all the time!
Favorite
Food/Beverage: I love food, that’s probably my biggest problem in life.
I love Pizza, Pasta, Hamburgers, Shrimp, Lobster, Crab, Steaks, Chicken,
Turkey. I went for years without
eating brats or sausages, but lately I find myself craving a good bratwurst or
Italian sausage. My beverage of
choice would be Crystal Light Iced Tea. Food
I won’t eat is anything that has mayonnaise in it.
I hate mayonnaise. It’s
the devil! I also hate raw onions,
lettuce, Brussels sprouts, and salads other than fruit or jell-o salads.
I’ve been known to chow down on an occasional PB&J, made with
sugar-free jelly.
Quote/Motto: My favorite quote
is “Salad, that’s what food eats”. It’s
not my personal motto, but I find this motto to be pretty damn funny, “Man
should live like dog. If you
can’t eat it or hump it, piss on it”. I
don’t really have a motto, but I think Bill and Ted said it best, “Be
excellent to each other”.
Funny Story: Have you got about a day and a half—I’ve got a whole
life’s worth of funny and embarrassing stories!
Some of my funny stories revolve around breaking things at my
grandparents’ home and blaming my cousin Shane for it.
There’s a story about Dad yelling at us to not step in the lake as we
were fishing from some rocks, and of course Dad’s the one who dunks his leg in
the drink. Or there’s the
fireworks in the backyard stories, or slipping around on the side of the pool
during swim lessons, or going to see the Muppet Movie when I was a kid and
thinking my hair had fused to the seat when in reality the guy behind me had put
his foot up on my chair, pinning my hair and my head to it.
I remember doing a live broadcast from an advertiser’s location, and my
last talk break of the broadcast was leading into a song by Elton John called
“Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”, but I misspoke and said “Don’t Let
YOUR SON Go Down on Me”…that was pretty funny!
Or the time I fell off my chair at Pizza Hut and wiped out a whole other
table and chairs in the process—I never saw my Grandpa laugh so hard!
Shall I go on?
Paul’s Blog: http://howitshangin.blogspot.com
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