EQUIPMENT: Mesa Boogie 400+ Amplifier, Ampeg 8 x 10 cabinet. Fender precision 57 vintage, Gibson Thunderbird bass

EATS: Indian food

DRINKS: Yes please!

WATCHES: Horror and ultra-violent HongKong action

READS: Music biographies

FAVOURITE ALBUMS: All the Sabbath albums with Ozzy and Dio, Pentagram (Everything), Anvil (M.O.M, F.I.F), Angelwitch – st,

Venom – Welcome to hell and Black Metal, Uriah Heep the Byron years

IN THE STEREO NOW: New Porcupine Tree, Machine Head, Anvil, Mark Lanegan with Isobel Campbell.

BEST CANDLEMASS SONG EVER: Under the oak

BEST ON K.O.T.G.I.: Emperor of the Void, Clearsight, Embracing the Styx

IF I’D WIN THE LOTTO I WOULD: Buy an exotic island somewhere and be a tax refugee for the rest of my life.