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Tom Cox - Bass, Vocals
Name: Tom
Nicknames: Tom-X, BGB
Instrument(s)/equipment: a cheap, crappy old bass with a warped fretboard
Musical Influences: Turin Brakes, Jayhawks, Slayer. Damien Rice when I'm feeling like a soppy old poof or when I'm trying to get some.
Describe your musical style/philosophy: It's got to hit you in the heart, or it's nothing but fluff.
First Album Bought: Billy Joel "Glass Houses", Rush "2112"
Favorite Album: Bennett & Burch "The Palace at 4am" (Jay, please make the check out to Thomas J. Cox IV)
What's in your CD player right now? Smetana's "Ma Vlast", Coldplay, Stereophonics, and Turin Brakes "B-sides".
First band you were in: Feedback
Your ultimate rock moment: Seeing Ozzy Osbourne with Pantera in Prague. Surealrock!
Favorite WOR gig? The one where Bono showed up and sang a duet with me. Or did I dream that?
Favorite WOR song to play and why: The one where that guy says, "What did I say?" And then the other guy says, "I don't know."
Favorite Food to eat and/or cook: Al Pastor burrito with everything.
Favorite City: Ummm...Chicago.
Favorite Author: Chinua Achebe
Last Book You Read: Hunter S. Thompson "Kingdom of Fear"
Favorite Condiment: Trojan (or Lifestyles -- doesn't really matter)
Favorite Quote: "if you are doing the right thing it does not matter how bright the lights are or how many lights, but if you are doing the wrong thing, it only takes a flashlight." - Tyrone Willingham, Former Head Coach University of Notre Dame Football Team
Non-musical Pastimes: Scandinavian cooking.
Last Movie You Saw: Ishtar
Favorite TV show: Father Ted / The Office / Curb Your Enthusiasm
Where did you grow up: Chicago. Southside homies be da.....CRAZIEST!!!
What music did you listen to growing up: Mamas and the Papas, Jim Croce, Three Dog Night, and Babs with Kris Kristofferson -- topped with a concoction of model airplane glue.
What's your worst or most peculiar habit: Fiddling with pistachios
Favorite place to visit/spend time: The Oracle of Delphi.
Alcohol of choice: Old Style -- with a lime
Current and former jobs: Male stripper / Mime (in Paris).
People say I look like: Nicholas Cage on crack.
Would four out of five dentists recommend you over sugarless gum? You know it, baby!
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