Vitals

Name: Matthew Mello

Nickname(s): Matt, M@

Birthday: 03 January 1984

Hometown: Warren, RI but now I live in Willimantic, CT

Pets: none at my apartment, but my parents have a Shepard/Husky mix named Jewel

Favorites

Favorite color: Midnight Blue

Favorite TV shows: Doctor Who, Entourage, Firefly, Heroes, House, Lost, Monty Python, MST3k, Slings & Arrows, Studio 60, Torchwood, Twilight Zone, Weeds, West Wing, Whose Line

Favorite movies:Almost Famous, Boondock Saints, Clerks (and II), Dogma, Donnie Darko, Fight Club, Hitchhiker's Guide, Monty Python (all), Rent, Shaun of the Dead, Sin City, Superbad

Favorite books: Hitchhiker's Guide "trilogy" (D.Adams), Angels & Demons (D.Brown), Perks of Being a Wallflower (S.Chbosky), On the Road (J.Kerouac), 1984 (G.Orwell), Hamlet (W.Shakespeare)

Random

Likes: traveling, cities (especially London, Rome, NYC & L.A.), reading, driving around with no particular destination, the summer, intelligent conversation, the Yankees and Chelsea Football Club

Dislikes: Manchester United and the winter

Hobbies: acting & improv, photography, writing, poker

Little known fact:I own a pair of Monty Python boxers (and matching jimjams), and I like to use British slang (like "jimjams")

My Music

First album I ever got: My first cd was prolly the Spice Girls or TLC or something, but the first cd I got of good music was the black album by Metallica

Favorite bands/singers: Against Me!, Alkaline Trio, Bayside, Dave Matthews Band, Ani DiFranco, Dream Theater, Dresden Dolls, Jack's Mannequin, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, the Streets, Something Corporate, the Who

How long I've played:Nineteen years or so

How I got started: Just started hitting things around the house, so my parents bought me a kiddie set when I was five (I played with paintbrushes)

My musical influences:Carter Beauford (Dave Matthews Band), John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Keith Moon (the Who), Neil Peart (Rush), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)