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Russ Thompson Instrument: Lead Guitar & Background Vocals Gear: Epiphone Les Paul Standard Marshall JVM205H Tube Head B52 LG-412V Slant Cabinet Boss TU-2 Chromatic Pedal Tuner GHS Boomers Electric Guitar Strings Dunlop Standard Tortex Picks Monster Instrument Cables Favorite Artists: +44, Acceptance, The All-American Rejects, All Time Low, Alkaline Trio, The Academy Is…, Anberlin, Angels & Airwaves, The Audition, Blink-182, Boys Like Girls, Brand New, Cartel, Cobra Starship, Cute Is What We Aim For, Dashboard Confessional, Death Cab For Cutie, Fall Out Boy, Forever The Sickest Kids, The Friday Night Boys, Goldfinger, Good Charlotte, Green Day, Hawthorne Heights, Hellogoodbye, Hey Monday, Hit The Lights, Houston Calls, Jack’s Mannequin, Jimmy Eat World, Katy Perry, Less Than Jake, The Maine, Mat Kearney, Mayday Parade, MEST, My Chemical Romance, New Found Glory, Panic! At The Disco, Paramore, Punchline, Owl City, Relient K, The Rocket Summer, Rookie of the Year, Reel Big Fish, Runner Runner, Ryan Cabrera, Saosin, Saves The Day, Secondhand Serenade, Sherwood, Simple Plan, Sing It Loud, The Spill Canvas, The Starting Line, Story of the Year, Sum 41, Taking Back Sunday, Third Eye Blind, The Used, VersaEmerge, Valencia, Yellowcard, You Me At Six, We The Kings Favorite Band Memory: Writing the song “Life of the Party” after living the song “Life of the Party” - we played a show at Bogie’s in Albany, NY. It was a really cool do-it-yourself show (5 bands for $5 bucks…or something like that). A ton of people showed up, including a few of my closest friends. I wound up sitting at the venue’s bar with my friends up until the time we played.
When we got on stage, I was in the zone: locked and loaded. We rocked the joint. It was probably the most fun I’ve had playing a show to date. Off stage, the festivities continued back at the bar. The next morning I woke up and couldn’t exactly remember all the details from the night before. According to my friends, I was the life of the party. Overwhelmed with inspiration, I picked up my guitar and wrote what is now my favorite Boyish Good Looks song: “Life of the Party.” Activities & Interests: Cooking, golf, disc golf, P90X, shopping, soccer, song writing, surfing the Internet Favorite Movies: Blow, Casino, The Godfather, Goodfellas, The Departed, Donnie Brasco, Fight Club, Shawshank Redemption, Shutter Island, Superbad, Thank You for Smoking Favorite TV shows: 24, Arrested Development, Californication, Hung, Cops, The OC, Entourage, Lost, Monday Night Football, Party Down, Prison Break, Sports Center, The Walking Dead, Weeds Favorite Books: All Employees Are Marketers by Richard Parkes Cordock, The Indie Band Survival Guide by Randy Chertkow & Jason Feehan, Positively Outrageous Service by T. Scott Gross, Why We Buy by Paco Underhill Fun Fact: I’ve met Ryan Cabrera on two occasions, once at Lobsterfest in Albany, NY and once at Rockin’ on the River in Troy, NY. Both occasions I told him “I won’t forget the way you loved me…” |
Recent iTunes Album Downloads
After Midnight Project - You Belong After Midnight Project - Let's Building Something To Break Veara - The Walls Have Ears Veara - What We Left Behind Sum 41 - Screaming Bloody Murder Yellowcard - When You're Through Thinking, Yes Say Panic! At The Disco - Vices & Virtues Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby Runner Runner - Runner Runner Dave Days - Dinner and a Movie Forever the Sickest Kids - Forever the Sickest Kids Hey Monday - Candles EP The Maine – In Darkness & In Light Ivoryline – Vessels Say "Hello!" russ@boyishgoodlooks.com |
