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 F. Vyan Walton
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Birthday
Birth Place
Los Angeles, CA (Queen of Angels Hospital)
Places I've Lived
South Central Los Angeles, CA: Gardena, CA: La Habra, CA;Tarzana, CA; Glendale, CA; Oakland, CA; Sacramento, CA
Sex
Yes, Please...(With one female - my wife - only).
Musical Instruments
Trumpet, Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards
Instrument Make/Models
Selmer Trumpet, Charvel & Jackson Guitars, Shure Mics, Korg Keyboards
Favorite Color
Cerulean Blue!! (..is like a cool breeze)
Favorite Sexual Position
Anywhere except on my knees - begging or apologizing.
Favorite Food
Sushi from "Cho Cho San Sushi" in Tarzana, CA (Their Rock n' Rolls Rule), Italian Food from the Olive Garden, Chinese Food - chow mein and chicken friend rice.
Favorite Beverage
Previous Bands
Los Angeles All City Marching Band (1981 1st Trumpet and Guide for Rank #30 in the Rose Parade, woohooo),
Obsidian (w/ Brandon Curry), Amalgam (w/Chris Coshea), Band with no name (w/ Brandon & Oscar Jordan) & Soul Machine.
Favorite Bands of All Time
Subject to Change, Prince & 0-:->, Civil Rite, Total Eclipse, King's X, Winger, Parliament-Funkedelic, The Gap Band, Cameo, Rufus & Chaka Khan, Bad Co., Nicklebag, Dokken, Lynch Mob, Stevie Wonder, Labelle, Marvin Gaye, Sheila E., The Time, Jessie Johnson, Sly and the Family Stone, Curtis Mayfield, The Isley Bros, INXS, Duran Duran, Power Station, Stevie Salas Colorcode, Dan Reed Network, Lock Up, Atomic Opera, Galactic Cowboys
Favorite New Bands
Sevendust, Rage Against the Machine, Nicklebag, Skunk Anansie, NIN, Stuck Mojo, Simon Says, Sedona, 7th Standard, Plate, Godsmack, Creed
Greatest Musical Influences
Cree Summer (Subject to Change) for Vocals. Plus Prince, Bronx Style Bob(Super 8), Paul Rodgers, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Curtis Mayfield, Eric Martin, Patty Labelle, Chaka Khan, Annie Lennox, Sheena Easton, Pat Benatar, Jim Kerr (Simple Minds), Don Dokken, Jeff Pilson, Sammy Hagar (with VH), Kip Winger, Oni Logan, Marq Torien(BulletBoys), Mark Free(King Kobra) & the enimitable Doug Pinnock. For Guitar: Nuno Bettencourt, Jimi Hazel & Steve Vai. For Trumpet: Chuck Mangione & Herb Alpert
Best Live Show ever seen
Prince - Purple Rain Tour w/ Sheila E. (Accept no substitutes) - Winger w/ Mr Big - Living Colour w/ The Rolling Stones and Gun's N' Roses - King's X (Anywhere, Anytime)
Worst Live show ever seen
Slayer, Venom & Exodus at The Hollywood Palladium- 1985 (It was freaking awful)
Favorite CD's of all times
"Womb Amnesia" by Subject to Change, "Gretchen goes to Nebraska" by King's X, "Strength in Numbers" by 24/7 Spyz, "Something Bitchen this way comes" by Lock Up, "Dysfunctional" by Dokken, "Songs in the Key of Life" by Stevie Wonder, "Mr. Big" by Mr Big
Favorite New CD's
(They've been making new ones? uh ok..) No particular order...
"Smoke This" by Lynch Mob, "Erase the Slate" by Dokken, "Home" by Sevendust as soon as I get a copy.
Ultimate Live Festival Line Up
See favorite bands of all time (above), pick 6 to 10 of them and add Planet X
Favorite Actor (Male: Silver Screen)
(TV Guide Database)
Johnny Depp (Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands), John Cusack (everything), Christopher Walken, Tom Hanks, Woody Harrelson (Natural Born Killers), Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Laurence Fishburne, Samuel L. Jackson (Long Kiss Goodnight), Morgan Freeman, Vincent D'Onofrio (Full Metal Jacket, Strange Days, Feeling Minnesota, Men in Black), Liam Neesan(Michael Collins), Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting), David Duchovny (Playing God), Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People, Falcon & The Snowman), Sean Penn (Colors), Ice T (New Jack City), Mario Van Peebles (Posse), Wesley Snipes, Denzel Washington, Warren Beatty (Bulworth), Don Cheadle (Bulworth, Boogie Nights, The Rat Pack, Rosewood), Lou Diamond Phillips, Bokeem Woodbine, Tupac Shukur (Gang Related), Tim Roth (Gridlock'd), Jackie Chan (everything), Bruce Lee, Brandon Lee (Rapid Fire & The Crow), Danny Aiello, James Spader (everything), Eric Stoltz, Tommy Chong (Panther), Malcolm Jamal Warner (Tuskegee Airmen), Crispin Glover, Corey Glover (Platoon), Brad Pitt (Kalifornia, 12 Monkeys & The Devil's Own), Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman (Sid and Nancy, Dracula, The Professional, 5th Element, Romeo is Bleeding), Casey Siemaszko (Three O'Clock High), Tom Sizemore (everything), Frank Whaley (The Doors), Val Kilmer, Kyle MacLachlan, Kevin Dillon,
Tom Cruise (Taps, Risky Business, Color of Money), Stephan Rae (Still Crazy, Crying Game), Steve Buscemi (Fargo)
Favorite Actor (Female: Silver Screen)
Angela Basset (Strange Days, Malcolm X, Panther), Elizabeth McGovern (BIG), Mira Sorvino (Replacement Killers), Marisa Tomei, Gillian Anderson, Geena Davis (Long Kiss Goodnight), Halle Berry, Rose McGowan (Doom Generation, Jawbreaker), Mimi Rodgers, Lori Petty (Tank Girl, Point Break), Susan Sarandon, Juliette Lewis (everything), Katherine Zeta Jones (Zorro) , Jennifer Lopez (Money Train), Gena Olin (Romeo is Bleeding), Julianne Moore, Jennifer Connelly (Of Love and Shadows, Dark City), Salma Hayek (Desperado), Cortney Love (Larry Flint), Gina Gershon, Laura San Giacomo (Sex, Lies & Videotape), Lela Rachon and Janeane Garofalo
Favorite Movies of All Time
F#$king HEATHERS, Bladerunner (Director's Cut), Brainstorm, The Color Purple, A Clockwork Orange, Citizen Kane, Apocolypse Now, Shindlers List, The Sure Thing, Hollywood Shuffle, I'm Gonna Git you Sucka, The People vs. Larry Flint, Jawbreaker, Rosewood, Risky Business, Harlem Nights, Beverly Hills Cop, 48 Hrs, Trading Places, The Blues Brothers, Coming to America, Panther, Taps, Boogie Nights, Back to the Future I, II & III, The Legend of the Lone Ranger, The Big Hit, Posse, Gridlock'd, Sex,Lies and Videotape, Doom Generation, Pulp Fiction, Resevoir Dogs, The Last Boy Scout, Lethal Weapon (Directors Cut), Long Kiss Goodnight, True Lies, Time after Time, Pump up the Volume, Last Action Hero, Natural Born Killers (Directors Cut), Of Love and Shadows, To Die For, the Dead Zone, Rivers Edge, Good Fellas, Do the Right Thing, JFK (Directors Cut), Gone with the Wind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The China Syndrome, The Doors, Scream & Scream II, Nightmare on Elm Street, Born on the Fourth of July, The Tuskegee Airmen, Platoon, Fargo, Interview with the Vampire, Alien & Aliens, Terminator & Terminator 2 (Directors Cut - Baybee), Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, History of the World Part I, Blazing Saddles, Space Balls, Broken Arrow, Face-Off, Desperado, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, Higher Learning, Time Bandits, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Strange Days, Bulworth, Kuffs, Iron Eagle, Top Gun, The Crying Game, In the Name of the Father, Michael Collins, True Romance, The Postman, Die Hard, Glory, Malcolm X, Silverado, The Crossing Guard, Incident at Ogalala, Mask, Jack's Back, Miami Rhapsody, Rush, L.A. Confidential, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Playing God, Kalifornia, The Devil's Own, 12 Monkeys, Mask of Zorro, Contact, Brahm Stokers Dracula, Romeo is Bleeding, Dark City, Lost in Space, The 5th Element, Criminal Law
Favorite New Movies
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
Still Crazy
Worst Movies of All Time
Beverly Hills Cop III, Alien III, Batman & Robin, Showgirls
Favorite Screenwriters/Directors/Novelist
G#D Damn Shane Black, Oliver Stone, John Singleton, Isebella Allende, Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, Anne Rice, Frank Capra, Stanley Kubrick, John Woo, John Badham, Steven Speilberg, Robert Zemeckis, Ron Howard, Wes Craven, Laurence Kasdan, Tim Burton, Steve Martin, Ray Bradbury, Larry Niven, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Terry Gilliam and my homie Rideaux Baldwin
Favorite Comics
American Flagg (Howard Chaykin #1-12), Grendel, Grendel:War Child, Mage, Cerebus, Death of Captain Marvel, Warlock (Starlin), Jim Starlin's Metamorphosis Odyssey, Dreadstar (#1-30), The Crow, Daredevil (Frank Miller), The Dark Knight Returns, Ronin, Give me Liberty, Martha Washington Saves the World, Swamp Thing (Alan Moore), The Watchmen, Miracle Man, Flash (Current w/Wally West), Gen 13, The Savage Dragon, Wildstar, X-Men (Byrne), Avengers (Perez), Iron Man (Michelini & John Romita Jr.), New Teen Titans (Perez & Wolfman).
Hobbies
Besides Music, Movies and Comics? Arguing..uh, discussing politics and society on the Internet. My other hobby is called "Work".
Most Hated Thing
Hubris & Arrogance which leads to ignorance and bigotry - but worst of all, Apathy.
Most Annoying Thing
Getting my finger stuck in a car door...
Funniest Real Life Event you've ever heard of...
Favorite Quote or Quotes
"When I first met you, you were like - 'Oh, shoot - I burned the darn muffins'. Now you walk into a bar and sailors come running out. What up wit dat?" - Samuel L. Jackson in Long Kiss Goodnight.
"Oh, Did I break your concentration?" - Samuel L. Jackson as "Jules", Pulp Fiction
"What are you supposed to be - the Spice Boys or something?" - China Chow as Keiko in The Big Hit
"What are you doing?" - "I'm f@#king Everybody" - Tim Hutton in Playing God
"Wise men know that they don't know everything, fools think they know it all" - me
"F#ck Off, Ya f*cking F*@k" - who hasn't said this?
Worst Habit
I don't know when I've said too much and should shut the heck up... :)
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Live Shots
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The Boardwalk, May 8, 1999

The Boardwalk, June 4, 1999
Murder Burger, July 18, 1999

Rejobi, Feb 19th, 2000
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