YOUR QUESTION

05/02/2020 CircusMoth

Hi Trevor,
I was wondering what books, albums and films you liked growing up and in high school? I know you've mentioned thrash metal before but what about things like Star Wars? Science fiction? D&D? What sort of things laid the foundation for who you eventually became?
Thanks!

MY ANSWER

I’ve pretty much named a lot of those in my bio on this site, but Cheap Trick’s Live at Budokan, Kiss’ first few records, Blondie, Elton John’s Madman Across the Water & Goodbye Yellow Brick Road were all big for me. In terms of books I really loved Zilpha Keatly Snyder’s Witches of Worm & The Headless Cupid. Difficult to remember my earliest film affinities but Marilyn Monroe caught my attention at a young age and I think those movies eventually led me to noir. I used to go to the drive-in with my parents and see spaghetti westerns, Bruce Lee, and Clint Eastwood movies.