The first song I remember hearing<\/p>\n
David Bowie \u2013 \u2018Life On Mars?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mum is a huge David Bowie <\/a>fan. He was playing in the car all the time when I was a kid. Pretty much the only time me and my mum have been to a gig together was to see Bowie in 2001 on his \u2018A Reality Tour\u2019. He was so far away but when he appeared on stage, this tiny little figure, she absolutely lost her mind. It was like she was a teenager again.\u201d<\/p>\n The first album I bought<\/p>\n Rocket From The Crypt \u2013 \u2018Scream, Dracula, Scream!\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m going to name two albums because I can\u2019t remember which I bought first, but one\u2019s a lot cooler than the other. I remember buying this Rocket From The Crypt album, which I still absolutely love, because I heard [the single] \u2018Young Livers\u2019 on the listening post at Virgin Megastore. But, thanks to the same listening post, I also bought a Robson & Jerome album. Clearly I didn\u2019t know who I was yet.\u201d<\/p>\n The first gig I went to<\/p>\n Korn \u2013 Wembley Arena, 2000<\/p>\n \u201cWe got there, like, four hours before doors opened just to hang out with the other metal fans. I remember a man set fire to his pubes in the queue, which was a lot to take in at the time. But the mosh pit for Korn<\/a> was absolutely epic and I was on an adrenaline high the whole time. Lots of us were into nu-metal at school, then everyone else sort of dropped off. But I\u2019m 40 now and still absolutely love it.\u201d<\/p>\n The song that reminds me of home<\/p>\n Guns N\u2019 Roses \u2013 \u2018Welcome To The Jungle\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think my mum was a particularly huge fan of Guns N\u2019 Roses<\/a>, but [their 1987 debut] \u2018Appetite For Destruction\u2019 was a massive album at the time, so she had it on cassette. I\u2019d listen to the whole album sometimes, but mainly I just wore out the tape playing \u2018Welcome To The Jungle\u2019 over and over again.\u201d<\/p>\n The song I do at karaoke<\/p>\n Meat Loaf \u2013 \u2018Bat Out Of Hell\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cI always do the full version of \u2018Bat Out Of Hell\u2019. People think it\u2019s ended after four minutes, but there\u2019s still another five minutes left. He still needs to crash the bike and ascend to heaven! Meat Loaf<\/a> was an incredible, operatic rock singer, but I feel like I can get through this song on sheer guts. Saying that, my friends always make me do it first to get it out the way.\u201d<\/p>\n The song I can no longer listen to<\/p>\n Slipknot\u00a0 \u2013 \u2018Before I Forget\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cI completely spoil any song I walk out on stage to. Because I hear it night after night on tour, it becomes a kind of chemical memory that makes my adrenaline shoot up. This is one of my favourite songs ever but whenever I hear the intro, it makes me feel like there should be flashing lights and an audience waiting. So I have to skip it now.\u201d<\/p>\n The song that makes me want to dance<\/p>\n Less Than Jake \u2013 \u2018All My Best Friends Are Metalheads\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cI very rarely want to dance, and I certainly don\u2019t go out to dance. But sometimes, when the sun\u2019s out, all I want to do is crack open a lager and dance to ska-punk in the kitchen. Normally I make my wife leave the room first.\u201d<\/p>\n The song that makes me cry<\/p>\n Ren \u2013 \u2018Hi Ren\u2019<\/p>\n