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Personal File - Ian Salmon
January 2000


Name: Ian Salmon
Born: Certainly was…
Married: No
Kids: None
First album bought: Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
Last album bought: Kind Of Blue - Miles Davies
First gig: Santana - London
Influential & favourite artists: Deep Purple, Jaco Pastorious, Tony Levin
You can wake me up for: Toast
Favourite song ever made: Since It’s Monday Today, I like In My Time Of Dying, Led Zep
I hate: Christmas, Margaret Thatcher, Terry Wogan, Volvo Drivers, Bogner Regis, Pollen, Shellfish, Little Yapping Dogs, Losing socks, Nappy adverts, Agadoo, Weddings
Non-musical hobbies: Cycling, swimming, reading
Favourite books: The Gormenghast Trilogy Mervyn Peak
Favourite film of all time: Angelheart
Favourite drinks: Leffe (Belgian Beer), Clive’s Jack Daniels
Whose phone number would you most like to have: Margaret Thatcher (refer to hate question)
Favourite day off: July 7th to celebrate Hoshi Matsuri (Shinto Star festival)... a truly marvellous day.
What would you take to a desert island? Margaret Thatcher
Favourite three albums ever made: 
1. Physical Graffiti, Led Zep; 
2. Love Supreme, John Coltrane; 
3. Discipline, King Crimson
Jobs: Dispatch Rider, Security Guard.
Wish for the future: World Peace... what else?
Which song would you most like to cover: Agadoo, a classic
What do you do when you wake up? I climb down a ladder.
Anything else to say? Just wait till you here the material for the new album... it rocks!