Screen Name?
Phryque

And what is your real name?
Freerk Kamma

Where are you from?
born in Amsterdam, living here as well!

Please tell us a little more about yourself (Job, hobbies, etc.):
I work in a repro company: all kinds of printing from small to VERY big. I’m in charge of the construction-drawings. The machine I’m working with is a BEAST, a GIANT. It cost 200.000 euro, and it helps me to always get the enormous orders ready in time from architect firms (which are always in a hurry). The machine can go all day long, without stopping. Together we make a lot of money :razz: And in my spare time I sometimes do Graphic Design at home. Some small stuff, but the most interesting things are A Sister’s Hope and the Lisbon Subway. ASH is a national organisation that collects money for breast cancer research (so that’s a lot of posters, Tshirts, flyers, banners, to design). The Subway thing is me helping an artist that is gonna decorate the walls of a new station over there. My main hobby is my bicycle (roadbike you call it). I just bought a new one, but didn’t ride it “with the boys” yet. So, until the weather gets better, I enjoy my other favourite sport: skiing. Or sit on my home trainer. Oh, and what also gives Unending Joy is … girls :biggrin:

How/when and why did you get into L.A. Guns?
MTV-RIPnTEAR. And then in ’97 being able to go online to look for info. In ’99 I joined the present board. But my post-count started in … ’03? Go figure …

What is your favourite song/album?
As for album I say Tales, because I didn’t hear that as much as the others. With the first three that’s my top-4. As for song I say “I’ll Be There”, the best non-Phil song. I wanna be different :whatever:

What is your favourite art work/cover out of  the entire L.A. Guns catalogue?
Uhm, just the first one. Simple, in your face, macho. And the logo is so well done.

Now share your favourite L.A. Guns story/memory, please:
GRRR! I have several of course, so, in a nutshell: in ’03 me sitting on a chair next to the stage, because I couldn’t stand for too long (ski accident). Meeting all the forum members, around 40 in total now. Going to the hotel afterwards in ’06. Just walking in at the sound check in ’08. Speaking to the guys on all occasions (although I wish I could have an ordinary, LONG, conversation, but there’s never time for that. Phryque isn’t the only one who wants attention). The fact that they all know who the board members are. Having made real FRIENDS through this board…… the Digital World turning into the Real World, awesome.

What other bands do you like?
Classical: Johann Sebastian Bach. Pop: all kinds. Rock: ACDC, Kiss, Yngwie, Iron Maiden, Britny Fox, Rammstein etc etc. And I’m discovering new stuff all the time. Basically music has to have RHYTHM and a nice MELODY. I especially like music that gives you a happy feeling. I like sun, I don’t like negative stuff.

Have you ever met any "celebrities"?
More than enough. In Amsterdam they walk around freely, without bodyguards. As for my own idols: a bit strange: you’re talking to this nice guy, but he looks so much like one of your idols :laugh: I always am wondering: how much, and when, do the idols themselves think they are indeed very cool? Is it a part of their personality, or is it a Role?

What is /are your favourite book(s)?
Life is about priorities. I “don’t have time” for that. I’m already way behind with the newspaper. I never throw away a newspaper that I didn’t look into yet. I have huge stacks :D

And which is/are your favourite movie(s)?
 I don’t like watching movies in general. I don’t have the patience for it, plus I get irritated when things don’t make sense. Like almost ALWAYS in Hollywood movies. I do like documentaries, or more “arty” movies, especially those French movies which are about people\their lives\a day out of …. Etc.

“Peacebringer”. Indeed I happen to have that tendency! Plus I was born on December 25. So I guess I’m the new Messiah. But don’t tell others … it would be a very stressful life for me :biggrin:

Miss Maritha:

Instantly 2 things come up: love and work. I wish I would have been my present inside person 20 years ago. Then I would have had MUCH more experience with women. And I wish I would have started studied Industrial Design after leaving high school. I now do some Graphic Design, but Industrial Design is much more useful, benefiting and permanent. Most Graphic Designs are for truly temporary goals. It’s not worth a lot I think.

Miss Maritha: If you could travel in time, where and when would you choose to live?

Cannot come up with an attractive idea, but as a kid I was very interested in the Middle Ages (ooooohhh, cold, basic and bloody …. njehhh) and the Wild West (njehhh, too lonesome). So, no: no knights or cowboys for me. France however is THE country for me. THEY know how to live a pleasant life, in their ultra-pleasant country.

soundfx: You've been to America once or twice, right?  So what would you say is the biggest difference between America as you've seen it and life in the Netherlands?

Wow, difficult to answer in short. I’ve been twice (technically 3x) in North America, and all the places were different: Toronto , New Orleans , Los Angeles , Lake Superior . Maybe it’s the waste. The temporary and superficial character of things sometimes. Less quality. To not write a book, I leave it at this. Sorry. I am very happy to have got to get to know American people through this board, so I know now that’s not the whole truth about the Americans.

soundfx: Who is your absolute least favourite music-maker - of any genre?

Impossible to single out. In general: any talentless bandwagon-jumper. Those DJ’s who think they are God with their stupid paste work of OTHER people's melodies, their cliché produced petty little works. Metal bands with their booooooring songs. KILL KILL KILL! Their success however is the fault of the brainless music listener. Music, to me, has to have some kind of originality, or beauty. Uhmmm, that’s personal, indeed.

Sure! But I am too YOUNG to have seem him play soccer :happy: I think I remember that he was the FIRST dutch player to be asked to be professionally payed by a foreign club.

Pandora: What is one of your favourite childhood memories or toys you had growing up?

I didn’t have a very happy childhood. My parents tried to kill each other, almost literally. Plus: I didn’t belong: too smart, not the right clothes or hobbies, very pale in the face (I got rid of that thank God, no clue why). I was so in love with a girl out of my class, that lasted for 5 years, into high school. When she FI-NAL-LY went with me to play some tennis, and gave me a sip of HER drink (with spit on it from HER lips) … yeah, it’s embarrassing, but that’s the 1st thing that comes up.

Zac: Describe what would be your perfect day. (What you would do, eat, listen, etc...)

Impossible, but theoretically: all the things I love to do in one day. In the morning deliver a Graphic Design that makes them go wild, then go with my friends for a roadbike-ride and be a hero, then have a nice skiing afternoon with nice conversations with other friends, then in the evening have dinner (too much nice food to mention … I love Italian, French, Greek, Mexican and spicy food) and see a great band (and be invited on stage and do OK) with a beautiful and nice girl, and in the late evening honour the concept of true love :whatever:

LadyJayne: How many lives you have gone to and which bands you have seen???

I’m no match for Teresa (over 500 bands?), but we had a discussion about that some year ago. My guess was around 200 performances. Memorable gigs that come to mind are: Led Zeppelin (minus Bonham of course) in ’97, Darryl Hall (better voice than on record even) way back, Stones in ’05 (energetic like a boy band), KISS in ’05 or so (band-crowd synergy), Juliette Lewis in ’07 (female Iggy Pop), B-52’s last year (historic), New Model Army in ‘07 and way, way more. L.A. Guns last year was also pretty memorable.

Peachy: Who is better in bed....Americans or Europeans?

My guess would be Europeans. More aware of what it’s about, less of trying to meet certain fashionable requirements.

Stephanie: Could you imagine ever living anywhere else but Amsterdam? If so, where?

On the mark! The only places would be Paris (I sooo love that city, feel immediately at home there) or Nice (really French as well, that mediterranean atmosphere, and a skiing area at 100 miles).

Lv2rokk: How does it feel to be chosen as Fan of the Month for the second time?

Any famous last words?
It makes me happy that apparently enough of you took the time to vote for me, to be FOTM for a SECOND time. So that’s :blush: + :happy: at the same time.