Way back at the end of July I did a profile on each of the guys in the band, but somehow the file with Tommy's got lost in the disaster that is my hard drive (or in the disaster that is my brain, not sure which). Then somehow today, it magically appeared, out of nowhere... So, without further ado here are the nuts and bolts of the man known as Gunns.
Tommy Gunns
Vital Stats -
- Born - Thomas Smith Wesson Remington, 9 January 1944, Heston, Middlesex, England
- Height - 6' 2" (he was 6' 4" before his recent back surgery, and considering his age he should be about 6' in a couple years...)
- Weight- 195 (but when he's sucking in his gut he's...ok, he's still 195)
- Hair - by Diva
- Eyes - Hidden behind Barton Perriera bifocals, available at fine stores everywhere.
Education -
- Preschool at the prestigious Oxford Montessori, Forest Farm, Elsfield, Oxford
- Grades 1- 5 El Rodeo Elementary, Beverly Hills, CA
- Grades 6-8 only white kid at Jessie Owens Community Day School, Los Angeles, CA
- Grade 9 Ridgemont High, Ridgemont, CA
- Weaseled his way into University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Austria (he blackmailed the registrar after they did blow together at some Amsterdam sex club...)
Musical History -
- First gig in front of paying crowd - National Childrens Orchestra of Great Britain, playing triangle.
-First paying gig - playing triangle (offstage) during Hawkwind's Winter 1979 tour.
- Replaced vocalist Henry Valentine in London. Got fired after two months, played no gigs.
- Replaced bassist Nikki Sixx in London, when Sixx left to form Motley Crue. Got fired after two weeks, played no gigs, replaced by Blackie Lawless.
- Replaced bassist Blackie Lawless in London, when Lawless left to form W.A.S.P. Got fired after two days, played no gigs, replaced by some homeless guy.
- Started Broken Toyz with Johnny Emaxx, who was not a homeless guy.
Fun Facts -
-Owns one of the world's largest flute collections.
- His favorite book is "The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion" by Henry Darger. He carries a copy wherever he goes.
- Is third cousins, twice removed with Ronnie Lee Keel (a.k.a. Ron Keel)
- Once owned a 1967 Corvette (well a 1:18 scale model of one anyway).
- His childhood hero was Jerry Lee Lewis, which explains his first marriage.
28 August 2008
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