Nick Kelly – Vocalist
Date of Birth: 05/18
Instrument Played in Division: Throat, Endless bottles of water, Signs, Camera Phone
Other instruments that you play, but aren’t allowed to play in Division: bass, guitar, keys, tambourine and dammit, MORE COWBELL!
Previous (and Current) Bands: Suckerpunch (cover band), Just Wanna Play (cover band), Sexsist (defunct), Soul Shaker (defunct), Slick Wicked (sort of became Suckerpunch)
Current Gear:
SWR Workman Series 4004 bass cab, Samick and Ibanez basses, Fender, Jackson and custom guitars
Gear Endorsements: Bento Sushi
Band Influences: Savatage, The Police, Queen, Circle of Dust, NiN,Queensryche, Iron Maiden, Tourniquet, Bloodgood, WASP, Ozzy, Meatloaf,Elvis, Evergrey, Freak Kitchen, Corgy and the Juice Pigs
Favorite Players: Klayton (Celldweller: vox and instruments), Criss Oliva(guitar), Zak Stevens (Circle 2 Circle, vox), Ted Kirkpatrick (Tourniquet, drums), Troy Tipton (bass), Sting (bass)
Favorite Albums:
Edge of Thorns (Savatage)
Celldweller s/t
Haunted (Poe)
Rage for Order (Queensryche)
Pretty Hate Machine (NiN)
Wasted Angel (Sex Slaves)
Ka (Cirque du Soleil)
any Sisters of Mercy
and a whole lot more
Favorite Division Show: Black Label Society 2002, for the hundreds of screaming people chanting DIE while we covered Creeping Death
Favorite non-Division Concert: Sacred Warrior 1991, Queensryche’s Empire tour 1991, Freak Kitchen at ProgPower USA (2006)
Favorite Division Memory: E.J. is an ass model for Calvin Klein
Favorite Foods: Grilled chicken salad, Sashimi Tuna
Favorite Drinks: Basil Hayden bourbon, black coffee, Rev3 Energy Drink
Favorite City: Philly, my hometown, and Tampa Bay , my next hometown
Favorite Movie: The Crow, Blade Runner, The Professional (and any really really bad horror movie with no budget)
Favorite Actor: Gary Oldman for talent, Christopher Walken for the wtf factor
Other interests: hockey, low-budget horror flicks, drinking, songwriting, anything related to good music, long rides on my motorcycle
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll? Umm, mine or someone else’s?
Did Michael Jackson do it? No one puts a ferris wheel in their backyard just because….
Did O.J? Let’s just say the real killer can be found on a golf course.
Did the Jim Beam fire have anything to do with your visit there? No, contrary to my stated loyalty to JD, I wouldn’t burn down Jimmy B, just in case I needed reserves.
Who’s hotter Britney or Christina? Britney’s the stripper with the best gimmick in the US , Christina would be phreakier in bed.
Boxers or Briefs? Ask the crowd at the last gig.
Jelly or Glazed? I don’t toss salad.
Image by Mike Gong, Shadowflood Photography.
