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J-Dubya 777 · March 30th, 2008, 11:50 AM

Hello! Some of you know me, and the majority probably don't.

My name is John Willcoxon, I live in a little unicorporated town called Pell Lake in the US state of Wisconsin. Been a music fan since I raided my sister's record collection and discovered The Beatles in the early 1970's, while I was still in single digits.
Exploring different music kept me away from being influenced by what was "hot" on the radio, and that exploration has never stopped. By the time I hit double digits (I was born in 1964, so I'm officially one of the old geezers) I was getting into Deep Purple, Sabbath, Hendrix, Cream, Zep, etc. I really found a home with the NWOBHM, and really liked finding out about bands that almost nobody here in the states had ever heard of. God bless Kerrang magazine during that time! Now, at 43, I'm STILL a fan of hard rock & metal (why else would I be here?

). I work as a Data Center Coordinator for a Financial/Payment services company, and have been in the IT field since the mid 80's. Online,I moderate the Symphony X forums, as well as their mailing lists, and also have been a moderator at the Freak Kitchen forum as well. My only vacation every year is the Prog Power USA festival, so even though I'm old, and still have responsibilities, music plays a HUGE part in my life. I've been a guitar player for longer than I care to admit, and what once was a passion, is unfortunately more of a hobby now. Along with my metal, I have a great liking for music that can't be classified by any genre label. Huge fan of bands/musicians like Frank Zappa, Mike Keneally, and Freak Kitchen. I listen to some classical, as well as a lot of Jazz fusion, and blues as well. I am a SWM, although I've come close to walking the aisle on 2 occasions.

I'm all over some of the UM forums, and am QUITE happy to have been harassed by Henri to stop by and check this place out. That's all for now, I'm a pretty open, honest person, so if there's anything else you want to know, never be afraid to ask!

I have a bunch of pics up at my myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/jdubya777 and here's one to stick to this post:

March 30th, 2008, 11:50 AM	#26 (permalink)
J-Dubya 777 Mean ol' J-Dubya Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cheeseland USA Posts: 4,993	Hello! Some of you know me, and the majority probably don't. My name is John Willcoxon, I live in a little unicorporated town called Pell Lake in the US state of Wisconsin. Been a music fan since I raided my sister's record collection and discovered The Beatles in the early 1970's, while I was still in single digits. Exploring different music kept me away from being influenced by what was "hot" on the radio, and that exploration has never stopped. By the time I hit double digits (I was born in 1964, so I'm officially one of the old geezers) I was getting into Deep Purple, Sabbath, Hendrix, Cream, Zep, etc. I really found a home with the NWOBHM, and really liked finding out about bands that almost nobody here in the states had ever heard of. God bless Kerrang magazine during that time! Now, at 43, I'm STILL a fan of hard rock & metal (why else would I be here? ). I work as a Data Center Coordinator for a Financial/Payment services company, and have been in the IT field since the mid 80's. Online,I moderate the Symphony X forums, as well as their mailing lists, and also have been a moderator at the Freak Kitchen forum as well. My only vacation every year is the Prog Power USA festival, so even though I'm old, and still have responsibilities, music plays a HUGE part in my life. I've been a guitar player for longer than I care to admit, and what once was a passion, is unfortunately more of a hobby now. Along with my metal, I have a great liking for music that can't be classified by any genre label. Huge fan of bands/musicians like Frank Zappa, Mike Keneally, and Freak Kitchen. I listen to some classical, as well as a lot of Jazz fusion, and blues as well. I am a SWM, although I've come close to walking the aisle on 2 occasions. I'm all over some of the UM forums, and am QUITE happy to have been harassed by Henri to stop by and check this place out. That's all for now, I'm a pretty open, honest person, so if there's anything else you want to know, never be afraid to ask! I have a bunch of pics up at my myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/jdubya777 and here's one to stick to this post: