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Get to know a little bit about Eric in this not-quite-so-definitive interview...
What is your full name, or as much as you'd like to share?
eric marshall chapman
Any alias'?
Lord Horns, the hung rogue, el supremo, bemmie, rookstar,
and some people just call me “daddy"...
How old are you?
30 something
What can you tell us about yourself in general?
I’ve been married to this really hot singer (who also happens to be my best friend)
for 19 years. Our son is a really great musician/vocalist.
I’ve been playing in bands since I was 12. I’m a photographer.
I have a degree in Botany and Physical Geography from Miami University.
I’m a leftist, liberal pinko. I despise the Bush Administration.
I love cold weather and northern climates.
I’m a closet voyeur (well maybe not-so-much the closet part).
I smoke a pipe and drink Scotch and Irish Whiskey.
I have a huge Lord of the Rings collection. I have a huge DVD collection.
I have a huge book collection. I have a huge…
What is your musical background?
I started playing piano at age 6, guitar at 7, trombone at 11, and mandolin at 19.
Stopped playing piano in favor of guitar when I was 12 because it was easier to haul around,
and girls thought it was cool.
Went to the College-Conservatory of Music for a year as a Music Education Major,
and hated the structure so I quit.
Started “…ever after” with Bree in 1987 and played/recorded with them until we split up in 1995.
Played guitar on and helped produce the debut CD from Tangled Roots.
Started “Rogues Cross” with Bree in 1995, and played/recorded with them until 2003. Released 1 CD.
Played guitar for “Wishing Chair” for two years. Recorded “The Ghost of Will Harbut” CD with them.
Top ten favorite albums of all time?
(These are not in any particular order)
Breakfast in America – Supertramp
Houses of the Holy – Led Zeppelin
III – Led Zeppelin
Ambrosia – Ambrosia
in absentia – Porcupine Tree
Scarlet and Other Stories – All About Eve
Misplaced Childhood – Marillion
Dulcinea – Toad the Wet Sprocket
Spilt Milk – Jellyfish
Abbey Road – The Beatles
Houses of the Holy – Led Zeppelin
III – Led Zeppelin
Ambrosia – Ambrosia
in absentia – Porcupine Tree
Scarlet and Other Stories – All About Eve
Misplaced Childhood – Marillion
Dulcinea – Toad the Wet Sprocket
Spilt Milk – Jellyfish
Abbey Road – The Beatles
Favorite bands/performers of all time?
Porcupine Tree, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Jethro Tull, All About Eve, Marillion,
Queensryche, Queen, The Beatles, Toad the Wet Sprocket, ELO,
Supertramp, Marilyn Manson, Steely Dan, Toto, Sarah MacLachlan, Ambrosia, Dream Theater,
Fates Warning, Heart, Icehouse, A Perfect Circle, Fleetwood Mac, King Crimson,
Peter Gabriel, Fairport Convention, Sting, Seal, Journey, Gary Moore, Black Sabbath,
Ozzy, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Styx, Kansas, Shooting Star, Shostakovich,
Rimsky-Korsakov, Mahler, Sibelius, Holst.
Favorite drinks?
Single-Malt Scotch, Tullamore Dew, Bushmills, Guinness, Mt. Dew,
really hot bloody marys, good vodka, margaritas, Old Speckled Hen, Newcastle,
Skullsplitter, Fraoch.
Favorite foods?
Anything really spicy, steak (rare/medium-rare), pizza, tater tots, Double-Stuf Oreo’s,
Chicken Diablo (my specialty), seafood, good cheeses.
Favorite position?
In the middle
Favorite books?
Everything by Tolkien, most of Tom Clancy’s stuff, A Pretext for War – J. Bamford,
The Odyssey – Homer, The Satyricon – Petronius, Imajica – Clive Barker,
most Arthurian renderings, anything about Boreal forests and glaciers,
all of Steve Berry's books, military history, ecology texts, etc…
Favorite movies?
All three of The Lord of the Rings movies, Ronin, Enemy at the Gates,
The Assignment, The Italian Job, Snatch, Spy Game, Love Actually, Almost Famous,
Bourne Identity/Supremacy, Brotherhood of the Wolf, King Arthur, A Fish called Wanda,
The Holy Grail, Gladiator, Ice Age, Oceans Twelve, The Recruit, The Score, Russian Ark,
The Shipping News, Suicide Kings, Snatch, Time Bandits, Waking Ned Devine,
Secret Paris, and Lock, Stock and two Smoking Barrels.
Favorite cartoon characters?
Wile E. Coyote, Roadrunner, Tom & Jerry, Marvin the Martian, Space Ghost,
Speed Racer, Spongebob, Patrick, Chef, Pepe LePue.
Favorite animals?
Cats, ravens, anything in the deer family (it’s my totem), wolves,
wolverines, raptors, yellow-bellied marmots.
What are you into besides music?
I’m a professional photographer, so obviously photography. Hiking, reading,
watching movies, writing, wearing kilts, playing toga twister,
shopping, hanging out with friends, smoking my pipe, political debate.
My fave pastime, however, is just hanging out with Bree…
If you could get your hands on a time machine,
what historical figures would you want to hang out with and talk to?
Alexander the Great, Nero, Attila, Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte,
Tecumseh, Simon Kenton, Albert Einstein, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin,
J.R.R. Tolkien, Jacques De Molay, Jesus, Mohammed, Betty Page.
Any tattoo's and/or piercings?
Three tattoos, one earring, one labret.
Ever been arrested?
Nope, just had the living hell beat out of me by a Cincinnati police
officer for having expired tags on my car…
Top ten places to own houses when you get rich and famous?
France, Tuscany, England, Scotland, Newfoundland, Cape Breton,
Alaska, Russia, Iceland.
What's you favorite Crooked Rook song?
Right now it’s a tie between “Out of Breath” and “Enough”
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