Lloyd, Peter
Biography
Born in small town Ontario I spent my formative years huddled in a dark basement watching monster movies on WROC Channel 10 Rochester NY. This led naturally to huddling in dark basements rolling dice and talking in weird voices to guys named Tulkis and Mysterio.
The search for higher learning etc., read heavy on the etc., took me to McMaster U. in glorious Hamilton, Ontario in 1983. There I encountered various freaks and geeks and turned my energies to cow-punk rock. Semi-luminous stints in Hammer bands such as Sinister Dude Ranch (1987, Monica joins in 1990), I Love My Shih-Tzu (1995, Chris joins in 1998) perfected the hacky guitar style experienced today in the hip new J-PoP/Retro-analog-ish band "Science Ninja BIG 10".
Gear-wise a number of amplifiers have drifted though the band room. "Vintage" is not always a good thing! Take a 1970 Traynor 25 watt Buzz-Crackler. How about a Flame-O-Matic 1978 HIWATT Maxwatt 100, it caught fire live on stage during a punk show. Used to have a 50 watt PEAVY 2X12 Chorus. It was pretty cool but weighed a ton. Right now it's a 1992, 50 watt Marshall 900 with 4X12 cab. Mmmm… Marshally goodness. It could use new tubes. I don't want to jinx myself but I've always had and used my first real guitar, a 1970/74/78 Telecaster-Franken-Disaster. Made from spare Fender parts, used, abused and three times rebuilt, it sounds great and stays in tune. I added a stock Gibson hum-bucker in the centre position which I use when the gain is too high for the single coil bridge pick-up, like in Tentacle Monsters.
Somehow through all of this bands thing I met Mary Anne, my partner for life, and developed a habit of writing science fiction.
(From: http://www.ghastlycomic.com/snb10/pete-bio.html)
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Published Work
2005. Avatars. Book 2, Ahriman. Hamilton, ON : InstaBook Canada. (Fiction)
2004. Avatars. Book 1, The fugue. Hamilton, ON : InstaBook Canada. (Fiction)
