Pepijn [ bass, vocals ]
Member since: 2002

Full name: Pepijn van Houwelingen
Day of Birth: June 18, 1985

Equipment:
Dean Edge Q5
Hartke HA 4500 head
Harte 410 XL cabinet

Personal biography:
After I completed VWO at the “RGO Middelharnis”, I went to the Erasmus University Rotterdam to study Public Management. I’m also learning to speak Japanese, sugéé! Currently I’m planning to take over the world, so I can bring into practice what I’m taught at the University. This, of course, is classified so do not spread the word please. Because I’m aware of the uncertainties in the world domination business I will also try to get a normal job. But hey, what am I talking about… my experience is that things never happen to turn out the way you planned them, so I’ll just see what happens. Karma, neh?

Anyway, I met Richard because of the fact that some ex-girlfriend of mine happened to be family of his. I also regularly saw him in “de Vic”, some disco which pretty much made you tha bomb when visiting regularly (yeah, right). Remember, we were still young and ignorant back then. We started talking about music and found out we where pretty much on the same level. I had tried playing the guitar some years before this. Besides that, I knew nothing about making music. Nevertheless we started making some stuff together and Roland soon joined. The rest can be found at the band-bio… I’m not going to repeat it all… Since I’m a fast learner when I put my mind to it, I really started playing bass after Samuel’s departure (in the beginning I only did the grunts). I practiced a lot and I still do.

Well, since I’m a man of lots and lots of words (right guys?) I’ll try to spare you dear readers my lyrical havoc. Have a nice day.

Most influential bands:
My Dying Bride, Winter, Opeth, Anathema, Katatonia, Evoken, Dream Theater, Cannibal Corpse, Dying Fetus, Neurosis, and lots of other (non-metal) stuff…
Most influential musicians:
Vocals: Aaron Stainthorpe (MDB), John Alman (Winter) and more…
Bass: Alex Webster, Martin Mendez and again a lot more…

Current playlist (27-12-04):
Vile – Depopulate
My Dying Bride – The Angel and the Dark River
Worship – Last CD Before Doomsday
Mar de Grises – The Tatterdemalion Express
Opeth – Damnation
Ensemble Nipponia – Music from the Japanese Geisha
Winter – Eternal Frost
Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer

Star Ocean, till the end of time (PS2)
Final Fantasy X-2 (girlpower!) (PS2)

Favorite Movies:
Akira Kurosawa rules, I especially like Yojimbo, The Hidden Fortress and Rashomon. Star Wars is also cool though. Furthermore: Pulp Fiction, A Clockwork Orange, A Chinese Ghost Story 1,2 and 3, Gladiator and lots of others. I am very much into movies, I also like to collect dvd’s. As you probably have noticed by now I’m a big fan of Japanese/Hong Kong movies. But I practically like all sorts of movies.
Favorite Actor: Mifune Toshiro

Favorite IAAS song:
Eeeehm… I like Nocturnal Whisperings, though we’ve played it way too much hehe. The Same Me is nice too. R.S. (this is not a definite title, it refers to the first song on “The Fall of Time”) is also one of my favourites.
Least favorite IAAS song:
Well… there aren’t any songs I hate, otherwise I wouldn’t cooperate playing them hehe. Though, Abstracted is one song I don’t like that
much.

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