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Name:Shane Kinney

Age: 29

Height:5'11

Weight:165

Hair:Brown

Eyes:Blue

Astrological sign: Virgo, cusp Libra

Favorite food:Filet Mignon or Ribs

Favorite Alcoholic beverage:Tanqueray and Tonics,Cosmopolitans, or Apple Martinis

Favorite Beer:Corona

Favorite Non-Alcoholic Beverage:Chocolate Milk, Orange Juice

Coffee:Black

Guilty Pleasure:Ben and Jerry's Phish food Frozen Yogurt

Favorite take out food:Pad Thai, 2 stars

Favorite Movie:Forrest Gump,This is Spinal Tap

Favorite TV show ever:Seinfeld

Favorite current TV show:Fraiser

Favorite Actor:Tom Hanks

Favorite Actress:Angelina Jolie

Favorite Comic:Doug Stanhope,Nick Dipaolo

Favorite Boston Comic:Paul Nardizzi, Ken Rogerson

Favorite Comedy Club:The Comedy Connection, Portland, Me

Favorite One nighter: The Spectacular Event center, Bangor, Me

Guilty Pleasure:Northern Maine Tours (with the right people)

Best Comedy gig ever played:That's a tough one, there's too many!

Favorite Comics to work with:George Hamm,Tim McIntire, Rob Steen,

Robbie Printz, Paul Nardizzi,Kelly MacFarland, Mike Donovan,John

David,Jim Lauletta, Joe Carroll, Greg Boggis

Best Chicken Sandwich on the road: Concord Holiday Inn (BBQ!)

Best Road Breakfast:Bagel and Coffee from Dunkin Donuts

Best Road hangover cure:Drive for hours, drink coffee and water, and

crash at the hotel for a few hours, do the gig, and BAM! All better.

Best all around food:Patrick's Pub, Gilford, NH

Favorite Hotel Chain:Sheraton Starwood

Favorite Club Staff:Portland Connection/The Comedy Palace, Andover, Mass/Rascal's in Jersey

Favorite Club Barternder:Bobby Babiak at the Connection in

Portland/Bob at Rascal's in Jersey

Favorite non-club bartender:Leslie at J's Oyster in Portland

Favorite non club bar:J's Oyster, Portland

Favorite One Nighter Staff:Very, very rare

Favorite green room:Jester's, Kittery, ME

Favorite Party town:Portland, Me or Springfield, Mass

Favorite Comic to drink with:George Hamm

Favorite Comic to trade insults with:Robbie Printz

Favorite Comic to watch and learn from:Bob Marley,Paul D'Angelo

Favorite comic to talk music with:Sam Walters

Favorite Comic to talk comedy with:Kevin Knox, Tony V

Funniest Comic off stage:George Hamm, Paul Nardizzi, Greg Boggis

Best Comedy Car:Pat Napoli's Caddy

Best road story:I'm not saying a thing!

Favorite Drummer:Nicko McBrain/Gregg Bissonette

Current drumkit: Yamaha Maple Custom 30th Anniversary in Blue Sparkle fade lacquer; 8,10,12,14,16,18x22,5.5x14, Pearl Masters Custom MSX in Red Onyx, 20x16,10x8,12x9,14x14.

Current snare drums: Dunnett Stainless Steel 6.5x14 in the #4 finish (favorite!) 1986 Tama Superstar solidply Rosewood 6.5x14 (sold it), Tama Birch superstar (1986) 8x14, 1971 Ludwig acrolite, Ludwig Maple 6.5x14 (1990)

Favorite current drums:Yamaha, Pearl

Favorite Vintage snares:Gretsch, Sonor

Favorite Snare Drums:Pearl, (tons) Yamaha Anton Fig signature

Maple or Birch:Both

Favorite Hardware:Yamaha

Favorite Cymbals:Paiste (Signature series and 2002) I also acquired a full set of Zildjian A customs from Johnny D at Zildjian. Thanks John, they sound great.

Favorite heads to record with:Evans coated G1's

Best looking drums:Sonor

Favorite Studio drums:Yamaha, Sonor, Pearl

Favorite Engineer to work with:Jonathan Wyman

Favorite Studio to work at:Big Sound, Westbrook, Me

Favorite Drum room:Big Sound, Westbrook, Me

Favorite Drummer to watch:Jason Stewart

Best music gig ever played:That's a tough one, there's too many!

Favorite Stage:State Theatre, Portland ME

Favorite musical hotspot: Gothenburg, Sweden

Favorite all time band:Iron Maiden

Favorite Live band:Iron Maiden, Monster Magnet

Favorite newer bands:In Flames, Arch Enemy,The Mars Volta

Favorite song ever: "Sweet Soul Sister" by The Cult

Desert Island albums: "Live after Death" Iron Maiden, Goodbye Yellow Brick road" Elton John, "Sonic Temple" The Cult, "Drugs, God, and the New Republic" Warrior Soul, "The Age of Mastery" Jag Panzer, "Colony" In Flames

Favorite Recorded Drum Sound: "The Extremist" Joe Satriani with Gregg Bissonette on drums

Favorite recorded Cymbal Sound: "Brave New World" Iron Maiden with Nicko McBrain on drums

Favorite Producer:Bob Rock (selected works, NOT Metallica!)

Favorite recordings for sonic quality: "Dopes to Infinity" and "God says no" Monster Magnet, "Sonic Temple" The Cult