Michael Ivins circa 1993: Michael Ivins, with beard

BORN:

Omaha, Nebraska. March 17, 1965.

EDUCATED:

College drop-out.

OTHER OCCUPATIONS:

Smoking cigarettes.

FAVOURITE RECORDS:

Primal Scream: "Screamadelica", The Jesus And Mary Chain: "Darklands", Echo & The Bunnymen: "Ocean Rain", David Bowie: "The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust", Thelonius Monk: "Underground", Public Image: "First Issue", Siouxie & The Banshees: "A Kiss In The Dreamhouse", Led Zeppelin: "Physical Graffiti", The Beatles: "Revolver", Spacemen 3: "Recurring".

FAVOURITE BANDS:

Spiritilized, Spectrum, Thee Headcoatees, Stereolab, Lush, My Bloody Valentine, The Moles.

FAVOURITE FILMS/TV/BOOKS:

"Apocalypse Now", "Star Wars", "Once Upon A Time In America", "Blade Runner", "Reservoir Dogs", "The Prisoner", "Monty Python", "Seinfeld", "Anne Rice's Vampire Books", "Sexual Persona", "England's Dreaming", "On Photography".

LIKES:

Malboros, Lucky Strikes, Guinness on tap, listening to records all day, fresh crab in San Francisco.

DISLIKES:

Bell bottoms, getting too drunk, shitty weather.

BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER:

Joining This Band.

RESIDENCE:

Planet Earth.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR EPITAPH TO BE?:

"Never have so many been so wrong about so much".


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