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 Contact Ryan
I’m a true Canuck born on the West Coast of Canada in 1968, my family moved to
the Montreal area in 1975 where I’ve lived ever since. American Dog bassist
Michael Hannon recently gave me the tag “Rock Pig of The North”, which suits me
just fine. The gates to my musical universe were opened rather dramatically at
the tender age of 8 when I saw Kiss perform on T.V. for Paul Lynde’s Halloween
Special in 1976. I quickly found other uses for my tennis racket as mock Kiss
concerts were soon acted out on a regular basis with my childhood buddies. The
dream of seeing the band live was fulfilled in 1979 when my mother took me to
see a date on the Dynasty tour, one of the last tours with the original band. My
musical tastes are all over the map but my true love is classic, progressive and
heavy rock. My first writing assignment was for the now defunct metal site
Electric Basement, after which I moved to Classic Rock Revisited where I’ve been
a regular contributor since late 2003. I love dreaming of all things music
related and spending time with my wife and 2 beautiful young children.
The Nuts and Bolts
Name: Ryan Sparks
Birth date: 4/28/68
Birthplace: Vancouver Island B.C. Canada
Currently Residing: Montreal Canada
Married : Y
Children: Y (2 children, a boy and a girl)
Personal Motto: Family first, everything else after that
How did you come to write for Classic Rock Revisited?
I had been visiting the site for a few months and decided to e-mail
Jeb to tell him how much I enjoyed the site. I asked him if he was looking for
someone else to contribute, despite the fact I basically had no experience. ( I
had done 2 interviews for another website) He wrote back much to my surprise and
asked me to send him a sample of my writing, 2 days later he was hooking up a
phone interview for me with Steve Hackett!
First album you bought:
Kiss Alive
Approximate number of concerts you’ve attended:
Well over a hundred
First Concert:
Kiss, Montreal Forum, 8/6/79
Favorite Concert:
Gov’t Mule w/ Big Sugar, Cabaret Club, Montreal 3/9/1998
Worst Concert:
Kiss, Montreal Forum, 10/19/1990
Favorite Rock n’ Roll Movie:
Spinal Tap
Favorite Band:
Led Zeppelin
Least Favorite Band:
Poison
The most embarrassing CD in my collection is:
Sade’s Greatest Hits
Biggest Piece of Rock Nerd Memorabilia I own:
A cigarette pack autographed by Brian Greenway from April Wine
Favorite Rock T-shirt I ever owned or still own is: Motorhead - Rock n’
Roll
Craziest thing I ever did for Rock ‘n Roll:
Sold my Mom into the slave trade for Kiss tickets in 1996 and haven’t seen
her since. It was all in the name of rock n’ roll.
Top 10 Desert Island Discs
1. Genesis – Selling England by the Pound
2. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
3. Yes – Yessongs
4. Frank Zappa – Hot Rats
5. Johnny Winter – Still Alive & Well
6. King Crimson – Larks Tongues in Aspic
7. Van Halen – Van Halen
8. AC/DC – Highway to Hell
9. Led Zeppelin - IV
10. Deep Purple – In Rock
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