MIC HOURIHAN PROFILE













Real Name:
Michael D J Hourihan. My friends call me Mike, I spell it Mic!

D.O.B.: 1751

Family:
I've been with my gorgeous wife to be Julie for a year and a half and will be moving in together this year with her five-year-old daughter Jodie Leigh

Where do you live? Cardiff, Wales, UK...

What do you like to eat?
I've been trying to stay off curry since I've started to smell of it; so now my fave is steak (medium rare) and Cadburys mini rolls….. Metal..


Favourite Band/s?
I didn't get into any particular style of music until I was eleven. I always liked the POLICE and Iron Maiden before I got into Metal. Since then, my all time faves would be apart from the above, Morbid Angel, Voivod, Celtic Frost, Jamiruquai, Whitesnake and Van Halen. (Only with Roth of course). Oh yeah, I quite like Phil Collins and also like The Goldie Lookin Chain - you knows it..!!!

 What are your favourite Tailz songs?
  Sick Sexx & Dirty Needles

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Favourite hobbies?
Metal, Metal and more Metal and being Metal……Metal as fuck and astronomy. The theory rather than staring at the sky

Favourite Drummer(s).?
Stewart Copeland (The POLICE), Gene Hoglan (Dark Angel Death. Pete Sandoval (Morbid Angel), Tommy Lee (Motley Crue), Trym (Emperor, Zyklon) is also awesome, but a twat as a person unfortunately...

What bands have you played live with.?
Played in many bands over the years, with Kim in StormCrow, but the main band is Desecration, who I joined in 1997. Long live Metal and death…
 What do you like to drink?
   A pint of sick with the lumps…. Yumeeee (photos to follow check out this site soon)

Worst Touring memory?
Driving our van through a Red light in Prague Central and a Taxi smashed into us.  The Taxi was a write-off and the Fire Brigade were called to clean up the mess - our van was till cool though..  Still managed 110mph all the way home.!!!  Pix on the Desecration site www.desecration.co.uk if you wanna see..

Best Touring memory?
Well, 3 actually, 1 - meeting unsung hero and metal god Dan Lilker at the Milwaukee Metal Fest. 2 – Getting a proper tour bus and living like proper rock stars on the Enslaved Tour. 3 – Having the whole of the underworld, Camden go mental for us, stage diving and making more noise than us. (Desecration)

What equipment do you use for studio & live gigs?
  Pearl Export 80 series drums (two metal base drums of course).  Zildjian, Sabian and Paiste cymbals. Cheap Stix, I also use an Alesis dm5 trigger module. Trigger perfect triggers, Pearl eliminator pedals


What do you think about playing with the Tailz.?
Metal, Metal, Metal, Metal………………….lets GO!!!!!!!!!


Life changing experience.?
Not so much life changing, but getting into Metal really. I've played piano since I was six; I have always loved listening to all types of music. I like interesting music. I listen for subtleties and harmonies and dissonance. I like powerful (and usually, but not exclusively), fast music. That where metal came in I suppose..


Do you have a final message for the Tailz fans.?
Stay Metal and leave scarssssss...!!!!!!



Mic Hourihan April 2004