NAME: Brian A. Young

AGE: Old enough to know better.

SKILL: Hitting things

HOME: Everett, WA

INFLUENCES: Trains, washing machines on spin cycle, pebbles rattling in hubcaps.  See also the Top Ten Album list, below.

TOP TEN ALBUMS:
My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
The Police – Synchronicity
The Deftones – Around the Fur
Peter Gabriel – Security
Nirvana – Bleach
Audioslave – (self-titled)
Cocteau Twins – Blue Bell Knoll
Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire
Tool - Undertow
Henryk Górecki – Symphony #3

(I dare you to listen to all of these, back-to-back.  Brain go “Boing!”)

LIKES: Interesting noises, food, coffee, humor.  Lush things.  Opportunities for commentary.   

DISLIKES: Thoughtlessness, heartlessness, and other words with too many S’s.  Monkey poop.

OTHER BANDS I'VE BEEN IN: The Talamasca, The Bluest Day, Suction, Stagnusio, Sofa Glue, Drizzle…oh, man…

FAVORITE MOVIES: As Good As It Gets, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Amelie, Big Fish

FOOD: …and how…

DRINK: Why, don’t mind if I do, thanks…

WHEN NOT BRINGING THE ROCK!: I’m thinking about “the rock”.  I’m considering the possibilities of “the rock”.  I am exploring the profundities of “the rock”.  And I occasionally find myself banging rocks together, partly for the noise they make, but also in the hopes of making a “tool” which will be my ticket to “civilization” and “technology” and ultimately, rumor has it, “fruit leather” and “cheez whiz”.  I can but dream…

WORDS OF WISDOM: “Never forget step #1.”

E-mail: brian@acesoverkings.com