I am a 33 year old musician/event organiser of limited talent from Tauranga, New Zealand. Raw vegan, straight edge and mostly powered by almonds. I like music, Seinfeld, reading, planting Dahlia bulbs, pro wrestling and meeting like minded cynics like myself.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Currently on tour with my band in Japan then heading to Europe to kill the last of my remaining hearing as a driver/roadie for another act. Will struggle to see as many tourist destinations as I would want so would like to stay with as many locals as possible for inside knowledge when I am not on the road.

Haven’t hosted officially on Couch Surfing myself but have been having bands from around the world stay on my couch/spare room for the past decade as they tour throughout New Zealand.

Interests

• cats
• performing arts
• gardening
• drawing
• music
• wrestling

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters, Rushmore, Warriors, Truman Show, Clerks etc

Music: Meat Puppets, Daniel Johnston, Flipper, Pavement, the Replacements, Leonard Cohen, Beatles, Chuck Berry, Mississippi John Hurt, Charlie Poole, Husker Du, Fleetwood Mac, Bonecruncher heaps more.

Books: Steinbeck, Sinclair, Orwell, London, Vonnegut, Buckowski

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Organised my own music festival with 40+ acts, 4 stages and hundreds of unsatisfied attendees.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Wales