Introductions

[benedict]

who is everyone? in a kind of welcome to the board kind of a way, introduce yourself.

i suppose i'll get the ball rolling.

Who are you?: Benedict

Distinguishing features: long hair & a badly managed beard-like thing at the moment.

Where from: Nottinghamshire

How old: old enough for Tainted Love to be at no. 1 when i was born, i think.

What I'm doing here: maths, it's nasty.

likely to be found: if not at RockSoc i'll usually be stuck in my room or in England.

What I listen to: Industrial, Black Metal, Synth Pop, Post Punk, occaisionally Grunge & Alternative Metal, though mainly anything which employs a keyboard well.

Best gigs: Skinny Puppy at The Forum, NIN at Brixton, KMFDM & Panic DHH in Nottingham.

also saw Cradle of Filth filming their live DVD from the Midian tour. it wasn't too great though. it was quite amusing watching Cradle playing to the cameras rather than the crowd.

now everyone follow suit. make a name for yourself, afterall, anonymity is overrated.

[pea]

Ooh I love this kind of thing!

Who are you?: Rhona

Distinguishing features: long hair that varies in colour (greeny blue at the mo)

Where from: Livingston (just outside Edinburgh)

How old: 18

What I'm doing here: 2nd year Geography

likely to be found: Stuck in my house in the Badlands or the Irvine Building

What I listen to: Everything, am very open minded and willing to try anything once...

Best gigs: A Perfect Circle at the Carling Academy, Rammstein at the SECC, Jane's Addiction, also at the Academy, Chilis at Murrayfield and Fear Factory at the QMU

I should also perhaps point out that I'm not actually a member of RockSoc but am considering coming along this Thursday...

[hr]I'm a little pea... I love the sky and the trees.

[davearnie]

Who are you?: Dave

Distinguishing features: Short hair, blue eyes, arnie tattoo, muscles!!!

Where from: Falkirk (Between Edinburgh and Glasgow)

How old: 21

What I'm doing here: Maths

likely to be found: Studying in my house, in the gym pumping iron, at the cinema or in the union!!!

What I listen to: Nightwish, mettalica, acdc, iron maiden, iced earth, yngwie malmsteen, led zeplin, and lots lots more!

Best gigs: Alice Cooper (playhouse Edinburgh) , Iron Maiden (SECC Glasgow)

So thats me, there is no fate but what we make for ourselves!!!

[Cloud]

Who are you?: Cloud/Rory

Distinguishing features: Scruffy hair, scruffy clothes, scruffy beard

Where from: Ayrshire

How old: 21 apparently

What I'm doing here: Social Anthropology in all it's ghey glory

likely to be found: The Uberhouse or some random pub

What I listen to: a vibrant selection of, er, alternative rock

Best gigs: System Of A Down, Belle & Sebastian, Mogwai, Idlewild

[hr][s]I want your skulls[/s]

[Kytheraen]

Who are you?: Jenna

Distinguishing features: Cat tattoo on shoulder, long blonde/ginger hair

Where from: The Borders

How old: 21

What I'm doing here: I don't really know any more

Likely to be found: on the dance machine in the union

What I listen to: everything. Rock, metal, punk, electro, industrial, ebm, country, jazz.. everything.

Best gigs: Goldfinger @ Barrowlands, Covenant @ The Venue, all Motormark gigs.

[Captain_Spanky]

Who are you?: Jez

Distinguishing features: I'm a midget with a crap goatee and sideburns and long hair that tends to be spiked in every direction. Did I mention how short I am?

Where from: Edinburgh

How old:19

What I'm doing here: Retaking first year on a new course, English this time.


Likely to be found: With my pants down. Or getting slapped for something I said.

What I listen to: Maiden, Metallica, Cradle Of Filth, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Primus, Pink Floyd and Slipknot (no laughing you bastards)

Best gigs: Unholy Allience in Glasgow a couple of weeks ago. God I fucking cramed my pants at that.

[hr]I'm not arrogant, I really am better than you.

[Wong]

Who are you?: David

Distinguishing features: Lack of hair, Chinese T-shirts

Where from: Bristol and Aberdeen

How old: 19

What I'm doing here: 3rd year computer science (which is better than joint with Chemistry, which is what I planned to do up until last year)

Likely to be found: By the DDR machine. On top of the high score board

What I listen to: Happy power metal - Iron Savior, Gamma Ray, Stratovarius, Kamelot, and so on.

Best gigs: Iron Maiden in Donington a year ago, and slightly later on in Glasgow as well - the only ones I've ever been to.

[hr]No tree has branches so foolish as to fight among themselves

[Greebo]

Who are you?: Paul

Distinguishing features: Floppy hair (apparently); scar on left leg; nose is slightly bent from when I broke it

Where from: Dunblane

How old: 21 (about to hit 22..oh gods I'm so OLD)

What I'm doing here: Arsing around for a year - finished university already.

Likely to be found: By the DDR machine too; Golf Hotel at night (where I work).

What I listen to: Iron Maiden; Kamelot; Thunder; Cheesey shite...lots of stuff

Best gigs: Iron Maiden in Donington & Glasgow; Rammstein in Glasgow; Alice Cooper in Glasgow; Marilyn Manson in Manchester.


[hr]http://www.greebo.org.uk - Loadsa drunken photos and suchlikes.

[David]

Who are you?: David (at the moment AKA skinny medic dave)

Distinguishing features: at first rock sock I was in the Fear of the dark shirt. crappy hair, tall, thin, blue eyes

Where from: Inverness (capital of the highlands dont you know)

How old: 19

What I'm doing here: medicine

likely to be found: playing my guitar, drinking, eating..... potentially all at the same time

What I listen to: Dream theater, Shred, classic rock/metal

Best gigs: T in the park *2 anything in my fav pub back home johnny foxes

[otsegolectric]

Who are you?: Craig

Distinguishing features: long dark hair, gingerish at the ends and normally tied back; normally wearing a band t-shirt, most often Iron Maiden.

Where from: Glenrothes

How old: 19

What I'm doing here: 2nd year Physics. Woop.

likely to be found: in the Union somewhere around the pool tables or on the Vampire Night game / dancing like a fool after a few too many drinks at Rocksoc / stumbling into Physics dept with a hangover

What I listen to: Anything i like, admittedly mostly metallic stuff.

Best gigs: Dragonforce @ Glasgow Cathouse, Static-X @ Carling Academy, Iron Maiden @ SECC

[Rectalprobe]

Who are you?:Graeme

Distinguishing features: Shitty hair cut(blame the hairdresser) baggy pants and glasses

Where from: Glenrothes

How old: 20 earth years, but 280 klingon years

What I'm doing here: £3rd years maths
likely to be found: In bed or in a state

What I listen to: Music - anything fdrom bowling for soup to static-x, metallica to papa roach
Best gigs: papa roach at secc, reel big fish at the barrowlands, static x at the carling academy

[Haunted]

Who are you?:Chippy

Distinguishing features: Greasy hair, severe scarring across legs, deformed tibialis anterior that distorts on command

Where from: Aberdeen

How old: 7366 days

What I'm doing here: Living out my youth having fun while I still can (i.e chemically abusing body and acting irresponsibly with total disregard for humanlife)

Where to be found: Union, bed and all the places in between

What I listen to: Lots and lots, mostly from socal punk but extending inot industrial and heavy metal

Best gigs: Rammstein@SECC, Goldfinger@Barrowlands, AFI@Leeds2003

[Mohawk]

Who are you?: Mohawk A.K.A Union Boy, A.K.A Grahame

Distinguishing features: Longish mohican, glasses sometimes,

Where from: Edinburgh

How old: 19

What I'm doing here: Living off Beatons food and union alcohol.

likely to be found: Main bar or Venue 1

What I listen to: Punk, 60's, 70's 80's, heavy metal, classic rock, rock,

Best gigs: Iron Maiden @SECC, Tenacious D @ edinburgh Corn Exchange

[underworlddreams]

Who are you?: Adam F, aka Fenn (aka President of Vice)

Distinguishing features: Nothing really - apart from my happy out-going demeanour! (Yeah, right.)

Where from: Cardiff, Wales

How old: 21 in theory. About 45 in cynic years.

What I'm doing here: Damn good question. Answers on a postcard, please.

Likely to be found: Also likely to be lost.

What I listen to: Bah. How much time have you got? I tell you what, listen to my sets at RockSoc and that'll show you about 10% of what I listen to.

[hr]I am not your saviour, I am just as fucked as you.

[Dave]

Who are you?: Dave

Distinguishing features: Bald, thin strip of a goatee

Where from: Lahnd'n

How old: 33

What I'm doing here: Psychology Post-Doc

likely to be found: Psychology dept, the Union (but only on a Sunday night when I like to pretend to be a Vampire)

What I listen to: Happy Hardcore, Handbag Trance, Ambient, plus the occasional 70's/80's Rock.

Best gigs: Gigs are for sweaty obsessives.

[mrkev]

Who are you?: Kev (Mr)

Distinguishing features: Long Hair beard etc

Where from: Dundee

How old: 32 (not as old as dave he he)

What I'm doing here: I work here

likely to be found: Central / Cellar (Thursday night)

What I listen to: Lots of stuff a lot of glam (80's) big hair metal and prog

Best gigs: Screwed blue and Tatooed, rush,
ACDC, Motorhead,Kiss,The Cult,NMA,Ozzy,Alice,Rocket from the crypt,TMBG, Offspring

[marihatescomputers]

Who are you?: the one nobody knows

Distinguishing features: septum ring, 'bout 10 hrs of tattoo work...except youre only likely to see the skull and Xbones on my wrist unless i take up nekkidness

Where from: scotlandshire

How old: very nearly 23

What I'm doing here: 1st yr psych

likely to be found: sitting on my arse in either the union or on a checkout in tesco

What I listen to: common rider,sinead o'connor,dropkick murphys,operation ivy,neds atomic dustbin,half man half biscuit,minor threat...the list continues

Best gigs: ehh probably rem at stirling castle

[dd47]

is this for everyone???

if not ignore this but:

Who are you?: Danielle

Distinguishing features: er teeny weeny nose stud and nowt else distinguishing. not too talkative when sober.

Where from: The Glen!! (Glenrothes)

How old: 18

What I'm doing here: 1st yr; Spanish, Italian and Russian

likely to be found: in my bed at the pub (pick one!!) or on th beach

What I listen to: The Casuals, The Rasmus, HIM, Cheezy shit and general rubbish

Best gigs: er th casuals on Monday it was a v informal cozy instore number @ MVC glenrothes

[The_Farwall]

Who are you?: A very bored person not even in St Andrews. Though 'Chris' will do fine.

Distinguishing features: Complete absense, exists only on this messageboard, left elbow.

Where from: Manchester-ish

How old: Add the first two digits of the year to the last two. ie in 2004 I turn 20 + 04 = 24. Just in case anyone digs this up in a couple of hundred years time.

What I'm doing here: Well, I work here. However, here is currently London.

Likely to be found: No, I am very unlikely to be found.

What I listen to: Alt-Rock, Stoner, Alt-Folk, Post-Rock, Indy, Old Punk.

Best gigs: In no particular order - Mogwai@Leeds'01, Idlewild@Leeds'99, REM@Manchester MEN, Muse@Manchester MEN, Godspeed You Black Emperor@Manchester Uni.

[hr]
[s]Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.[/s]