arab strap, the red crayola, M83, ambulance ltd, LOW, chameleons uk, slowdive, mogwai, siouxsie, the sound, pink floyd,flying saucer attack, movie tone, american analog set, bowie, pale saints, explosions in the sky, gang of four, joy division, early killing joke, the fall, stereolab, can, movietone, windy and carl, gybe, eno, echo & bmen, bauhaus, spiritualized, spacemen3, curve, mbv, the cure, hair and skin trading, LOOP, slint, main, swell, slipstream, GvsB, luna, yo la tengo, saccharine trust, VU, the swirlies, luna, slipstream, love and rockets, th' faith healers...

also grew up listening to; pil, dictators, stooges, iggy, fear, mdc, jfa, social d, cramps, minor threat, SOA, black flag, ss decontrol, iggy, big boys, red lorry yellow lorry, zappa, yes, sabbath, captain beyond and on and on