I don’t even need to say anything about this man. Amazing mother fucker, taught me how to be a real man.
This is the humble village I grew up in. I could go anywhere and do anything without my parents worrying. I didn’t know what about anything bad for so long while being here. I loved it and if I ever have children will raise them in the same sort of setting.
This is a photo family friends and others decided I had a huge similarity too. I personally don’t think it’s there myself but many others are convinced enough. So I thought how I’d share that I apparently look like one photo of Mick Jagger wearing a hood. Personally I think it might be the stupid eyes and weird lips. But yeah, there you go.
Eddie Izzard was someone I discovered before many people I know. My auntie brought round a video of his called “Glorious” in about 1999. I didn’t really get stand up as a creative medium but I really liked it, just thought it was a cool branch of theater and nothing more. Eddie Izzard taught me many things about being funny. A big contribution to my sense of humour and how I view things in life.
This guy made me understand what guitar playing is and actually means. True legend and influence on endless era’s of music.
In 1998 a friend bought me a skate video called “A Sight Unseen” It was a Transworld video and I’d never had one before. It’s one of the most excited I’ve ever been, I didn’t know who or what was inside of this tape. It had a section from a guy called John Cardiel. His style was fast and delicate but had no mercy for anything, not even gnarly terrain. He practically made me skate and imagined feeling bad if I didn’t try to. Dedication and blood.
Discovering Marilyn Manson had a huge impact on my life. I was about 6 years old picking up the “Smells Like Children” record. I loved it, the artwork and the image. Ever since I’ve been a dedicated Manson fan, knowing every lyric and listening to him religiously while growing up. I’ve learned a lot from him and his music, it’s a shame so many people can’t get over his silly look. A very intelligent bloke.
A Derbyshire abstract landscape artist I was lucky enough to be able to talk to when I went along to his exhibitions in Ashbourne. I would ask how he did specific things and have quite long conversations, filling my head with new ways to paint. I used to love going to the exhibitions and being in the professional art environment. I found it unusual he’d take time out to speak to a 7 year old but he did, a very fortunate time in my life. - Lewis Noble.
I was introduced to Francis Bacon when I was about 12 years old. My mum pointed him out to me because as a child I painted like Bacon, or in a similar way. Ever since I have been obsessed with him as a person and as an artist, as well as his paintings. His work ethic and art have allowed me to understand myself and my art too.
