TRIVIA
Full Name: Dave Baird
Year Of Birth: 1966
City + Country: English but living in Brussels, Belgium
Occupation: Program Manager
Instrument: Bass and guitar, sometimes in bands but never very good!
DPRP STUFF
Active For DPRP Since: October 2005
DPRP Responsibilities: CD Reviewer, Interviews Editor
ODDS ‘N ENDS
Favourite Prog Bands: Anglagard, Bozzio Levin Stevens, Discipline, Dream Theater, ELP, The Flower Kings, Gentle Giant, In The Labyrinth, IQ, King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Marillion, Mike Oldfield, Neal Morse, Opeth, Pain Of Salvation, Peter Hammill, Porcupine Tree, Queensrÿche (pre HITNF), Rick Wakeman, Riverside, Royal Hunt, Rush, Spocks Beard, The Tangent, Threshold, Transatlantic, U.K., Van Der Graaf Generator, Yes
Favourite Non-Prog Bands: Allan Holdsworth, Asia, Be-Bop Deluxe, Bill Bruford, Bill Nelson, The Bonzo Dog Band, Coldplay, David Bowie, Devin Townswend, Dire Straits, Extreme, The Flaming Lips, Francis Cabrel, Henry Rollins, Leonard Cohen, Manic Street Preachers, Morrisey, Muse, Pantera, Philip Glass, Primus, Radiohead, Simon & Garfunkel, Soundgarden, Stan Ridgway, Steve Vai, Tangerine Dream, The Tea Party, TNT, Todd Rundgren, Tom Waits, Tomita, Tori Amos, Yngwie Malmsteen
Rock Island Top 10: Tales From Topographic Oceans – Yes, Unfold The Future – The Flower Kings, Red – King Crimson, U.K. – U.K., Scenes From A Memory – Dream Theater, Remedy Lane – Pain Of Salvation, Visions Of The Emerald Beyond – The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Moving Pictures – Rush, Blackwater Park – Opeth, Still Life – Van Der Graaf Generator