Born in St Asaph, raised in Fflint. Left home at age 18 to go to university in Manchester and decided to stay. Earliest musical influences were his brother's Roxy Music albums and Eno's 'Here Come the Warm Jets'. Bowie, Floyd, Hawkwind followed, then a deep fascination with 72-74 era King Crimson and an equal revulsion for Genesis. Punk passed him by whilst trawling the back catalogues of Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report. In 1981/2 discovered that he liked some modern classical music and in the early 90's fell victim to Naked City and Ministry/RevCo. etc. Attempted to play a guitar from age 17, but competence eluded him, so gave up. Ardent admirer of David Lynch. Passionate loather of Musicals. Favourite elements are phosphorus, bromine and Crunchy Nut Cornflakes. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.