Name: Fran Blackwood
Birthplace: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Instrument: Guitar
Age Started: 12
Why: I was such a loser (still am) and it looked cool in the mirror
Early Influences: Deep Purple, Kiss, Scorpions, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Hendrix/Vaughn
Current Influences: Miles Davis, Tom Waits, Primus, Iron Maiden, Return To Forever, SOAD, Opeth
Book: Anything by Kurt Vonnegut
Songs: To Tame A Land, Pigs (three different kinds), In My Time Of Need, Romantic Warrior
Sport: Football
Tuna Fish: Starkist
Toothpaste: Cheapest
Sound: The sound that top 40 makes when it hits the bottom of a dumpster
Favorite thing about Flying Ball Of Aluminum: The People, and the laughter
Equipment: Fender Telecaster, Marshall 100 watt amp with 4/12 cab, Digitech wammy/wha, A.R.T. Mach II, Boss Chorus (Tony's)