stealthchicken

Helloooo!

I'm Pete, aka Stealth Chicken aka Mr Happy : )

I'm from Warrington, England.

I am currently living in Auckland, New Zealand : )

I think every genre of music has it's beauty. I listen to whatever I am in the mood for. There's a lot of music I don't like simply if it's too fast or if the musicians are simply not talented but I guess I'm pretty tolerant depending on my situation.

Being overseas, I've missed out on a lot of new European albums so if you can recommend any that you think I'd like, I'll try to do the same for you.

I go to a LOT of gigs and try to meet as many artists as possible. I met a lot in Australia as the venues are a lot smaller :D

Feel free to listen to my station or simply listen to my favourite tunes of 2007 and 2008 that are free to listen to through last.fm : ).

Some of my favourite photos from back when I was in England over a year ago
are here

My English gig tickets

Guitar picks I've managed to nab in Australia
Amon Amarth
Lamb of God
Porcupine Tree
Stereophonics
and Muse!

June 2011: I recommend

Karl Sanders - Slow epic beats - Lead dude from Nile
Shpongle - Super cool
Seeed - German reggae
Chinese Man - Awesome
Ganga Giri
Femi Kuti
Ekova
Santana - The new Guitar Heaven album is AMAZING!
Spoonbill - Funky and experimental
Mal Webb - Funny
Mr Percival - Fun and funky
Morgul - DARK
Kool & The Gang - Old School!
Duke Special - Nice modern feel good indie rock-ish band
Thryfing - METAL
Flight Of The Concordes - Funny kiwi dudes
Phil Edwards Band - My mates band from Auckland - Easy listening soft rock : )
Katchafire - Awesome kiwi reggae
Salmonella Dub - Awesome kiwi dub
Peter Tosh - Bob Marleys mate
Opiou - Super cool Aussie tunes
Girl Talk - Very cool mashups
OkA - Aussie Didjeridoo DJ TUNES!
Noorda - Awesome
Loreena McKennitt - Beautiful voice!

Oct 2008: I recommend

Thomas Newman - The American Beauty Soundtrack - Instrumental chillout
OSI - Prog rock/metal
Ayreon - Symphonic prog rock/metal
Trentemoller - Miniimal electronic techno
Queen - Rock
Ganz De Ville - Free Remix mash-up download
Black Manalishi - Rock
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Funk
Hilltop Hoods - Classical hip hop - Buy The Hard Road Restrung : )
Juno Reactor - Trance

I tend to recommend music via email. Send me your email address if you would like to be added to my mailing list.

Feb 2008: I recommend

Indukti
Sonata Arctica
Riverside
Lacuna Coil
Moonsorrow
Dimmu Borgir
Puscifer
Dream Theater
Black Manalishi
Breed77
Ayreon
Aereogramme
Kamelot
Incubus


Headphones - I recommend a decent set!
Spend at least £50!
EDIT: Saying that I just bought myself a pair of Sennheiser HD202's for $40! from Bond and Bond in Auckland (Half price :D) The quality is fantastic!

Earphones
Buy some of these. I love these for listening to music on the train. They also make a great Christmas / Birthday present as they are much cheaper off ebay than in shops! ; ) I've been using them for years!!

In 2007 and 2008 I went to at least 120 gigs per year! :D I'm a gigaholic! :D
Here in Auckland there are heaps of free gigs :D I'm really getting into jazz and classical nowadays :D


Open your third eye and LISTEN to Tool.


My custom Porcupine Tree T Shirt : )


A Perfect Circle, I have loved this band for a LOOONG time!


Maynard. The guy's a legend. Tool, A Perfect Cirle AND Puscifer rock! :D


Rose Kemp and I :D


Dan Reed and I :D


Oceansize's Mike Vennart and I :D


Mariusz Duda (Riverside and Lunatic Soul), Me, John and Michał Łapaj from Riverside :D


Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt and I :D


Opeth's Martin "Axe" Axenrot and I :D


Opeth's Martin Mendez and I :D


My signed Opeth Manchester gig ticket :D


Anathema's Danny Cavanagh with Tara and I :D

"Dont you find music to be inspiring? To have the power to change your mood - To bring people together. Travelling the world with a rock band is my idea of heaven right now. I love those first few moments of a song, from a band that you have never heard of before, and they sound f*cking fantastic - that you want to listen to more and more of their songs. You want to tell everyone you know (who will appreciate quality music) about how great they sound. Being at a concert (whether its 400 or 40,000 people) where everyone is singing along enjoying themselves so much -------- cant help but make you smile and be glad to be ALIVE!"
Diceliving 2005



Download 07 was ace. As was Download 08 but my favourite festival yet was Bloodstock 08 :D I wish there were festivals like Bloodstock in Australia / New Zealand!! : (



In my younger days, before last.fm I listened to more of:

A Perfect Circle
Incubus
Snow Patrol
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Pearl Jam
Kasabian
Muse
Queens of the Stone Age
The Fratellis
Michael Jackson
Franz Ferdinand
The Subways
Angels and Airwaves
Richard Ashcroft
Sneaker Pimps
Nine Inch Nails
The Dissociatives
Moby
The Killers
Foo Fighters
Razorlight
Oasis
Linkin Park
Nickelback
Hoobastank
Massive Attack


My most listened to bands whilst registered on last.fm are




My METAL!









I've pimped my last.fm page too much haven't I ! haha oh well! I love last.fm!


My top last.fm buddies of 2008

Bad_Fox - Georgina - Lovely lass. Has been to many of the same gigs as me.
Battlewolfe - Rob - Still one of my best mates.
BinarySlave - Ian - Still has great taste in prog music and as friendly as ever.
burningshadows - Louise - Lovely lass. We met at the Opeth gig.
Chobit_Gem - Gemma - Still one of my best mates.
cjd61 - Colin - Friendly guy with great taste in music.
Crushed-Dreams - Christine - Lovely lass. Shy but friendly : )
eatingalison - Alison - Lovely lass. Helped me out for my favourite Porcupine Tree gig yet! :D
Ganz De Ville - Sent me his amazing remixes. Very good indeed!
gazbeirne - Gaz - Has a very entertaining flickr gallery.
Gimbulate - Chris - Still one of my best mates.
Grimslath - Mike - A sound viking from Chester
Hollow_Man - Ian - Still has great taste in prog music and as friendly as ever.
jodabloka - Jody - He's an absolute nutter and has been my mate of the year.
jon1987 - John - Sound lad. We met at the Opeth gig, randomly talking to each other before we realised we were already mates on last.fm lol
Laird_Briggot - John - This is the legend who introduced me to Tool, Porcupine Tree, Riverside and Opeth! :D
Loewan - Anthony - Is one of the best fire artists I have ever seen, and has good taste in music too!
luine68 - Tara - Lovely lass. Great taste in music. Has become a good friend of mine thanks to last.fm :D
markraven83 - Mark - Still one of my best mates. He sings for Odin's Blood
mike1b - Mike - Has dissappeared off last.fm but I didnt like his music anyway lol. He'st just a really friendly and fun mate to talk to.
MistressLunar - Kelsey - Good taste in black metal.. Lovely lass. Has become a good friend of mine thanks to last.fm : )
Ms-Liquor - Charley - Still one of my best mates. Glad she's finally on last.fm along with Laird_Briggot
muse_fiona - Fiona - Dissappeared off last.fm unfortunately. Lovely lass though and fellow massive Black Manalishi fan
Mygrayn - Vyse - Was sound on Xbox Live. I think Radiohead is the only band we have in common though lol
nicxfish - Nicola - Lovely lass. Listens to too much NIN and really should get into Prog Metal :P Good taste in regular metal though : )
northernair - Heather - My sister's new last.fm account : )
pickseh - Rox - Lovely lass. A fellow great appreciator of the great Manchester music scene.
Raxor_B - Tom - We met through a friend, then realised we saw each other at a Porcupine Tree gig at the other end of the country lol
Sea-storm - Fiona - Lovely lass. She really helped me out for the Porcupine Tree gig in the millennium dome :D Great taste in prog music.
sheepe2004 - Shep - Is one of my best mates. He has been a great accomplice to gigs, clubs and festivals this year. The most easy going guy in the world.
starless_dark - Stef - Lovely lass. Has good taste in gigs, clubs and black and folk metal.
TazzyTazzle - Sharon - Lovely lass. Has dissappeared off last.fm though :/
twitter - Richard - Sound guy. A fellow Unreal 2004 player. Very friendly and creates his own music. He's dissappeared off last.fm though :/
zooyorkcity - Luke - Sound lad. A great MSN friend. Dissappeared off last.fm though : (
zenitET - Has great taste in music.



My top last.fm buddies of 2007

Rob from Widnes - A great friend of mine and a huge fan of viking metal!

Dan aka BinarySlave from last.fm lol - A fellow massive Porcupine Tree and prog rock fan :D

Pete aka ChirpyAphid - Not only does he have great taste in music (Metal and Reggae), he also likes Project Gotham 4 as much as I do. Shame he uses a program that doesn't support last fm though

Chris - FlamingBishop.com from Manchester - One of my best friends, it's a shame he doesn't have the internet or last.fm though lol! If you want to hire a fire spinner give him a call!

Chobit Gem in Preston - Gimbulate's lass. A great friend with amazing taste in music! (Similar to mine :P)

Chris aka Gimbulate in Preston - One of the coolest guys I know. He loves much heavier metal than I do though!

Mike B from Liverpool - One of the coolest and funniest guys I met on the xbox!. Not really the same taste in music as me though! (Rap)

Simon from Ireland - I met him at a Porcupine Tree gig in Oxford! Cool guy! He likes all sorts of Prog metal.

Heather - My sister : ) She has varying taste in music but mostly good (i.e. similar to mine lol)

Florian aka Vasilly from Manchester / Belgium / Last.fm lol - Nice guy! Met him at an Oceansize gig. He's into his prog rock and prog metal like me : )

Josh aka Weeshio from somewhere in Wales - Met him at a Porcupine Tree gig in Oxford. Sound lad with AMAZING taste in music ;) Also got as addicted to Rainbow Six as I did!

Luke from daan saaf. Cool lad with good taste in music and has an amazing hi fi / headphone set up!