Linus Chen - Guitars
Born:
18 October 1972 in Singapore
Home:
Perth, Western Australia
Tools of the trade:
Ibanez RG 2027X and RG 7620 7-string guitars, Takamine EG-124SC classical guitar, Digitech Artist 2120 pre-amp / effects, Korg DTR-1000 digital tuner, BBE 482 Sonic Maximizer, Mesa/Boogie 50/50 power amp, Mesa/Boogie Recto 4x12 speaker cabinet, Johnson J12 foot-controller, Morley Bad Horsie Wah, Samson Airline wireless system, Planet Wave cables.
Significant influences:
John Petrucci, Slash, Brian May, The Edge and Nuno Bettencourt.
Essential Listening :
Dream
Theater – Awake
Queensryche – Empire
Symphony X – V
Guns ‘N Roses – Appetite for Destruction
Queen – Greatest Hits I & II
Paradise Lost – Draconian Times
Opeth – Blackwater Park
Dido – No Angel
Last of the Mohicans Soundtrack
U2 – Joshua Tree
Extreme – Pornograffitti
Essential Viewing :
The
Matrix
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
The Last of the Mohicans
Two Hands (Australia)
The Castle (Australia)
Dirty Deeds (Australia)
A Better Tomorrow (Hong Kong)
The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
Shrek
Essential Reading:
The Bible; The Book of Enoch – RH Charles; Return to Sodom and Gommorah: Bible Stories from Archaeologists - Charles Pellegrino; The Power of One – Bryce Courtenay; all Asterix comics; and any Tom Clancy novels
Passion:
Food (Chinese, Indian, Malaysian and Thai), beer (Little Creatures’ Pale Ale, Fremantle, Western Australia), theology, human rights and environmental issues, football (Manchester United), rugby union (Wallabies!!!), hiking and mountain biking.
Philosophy:
“You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?” - God
