Screenname: Stephanie

Who you are:
Good question! ;-) My full name is Stephanie Meusel, I'm 35 and into black clothes, colourful make-up, paganism, literature, well-read and eloquent people, big cars, interesting discussions and lots more. I've been an L.A. Guns fan ever since 1988 - saw the "One More Reason" video and I was hooked. The rest is history, as they say.

Where you're from:
I'm from Rheinberg. That's a little town in the west of Germany, pretty close to the Dutch border. Nearest bigger cities some of you might have heard about are Cologne and Düsseldorf. Rheinberg is famous - well, sort of - for being the hometown of Claudia Schiffer and "Underberg", a kind of herbal liquor (Schnapps)...tastes awful!!!!!

About you: (jobs, hobbies, etc.):
I work for a small shipping company, nothing fancy, mind you. *LOL* What we do is, we ship bulk cargo (like scrap, stones, sand, coal, etc.) to and from basically all European countries on all accessible inland waterways. My job is...everything, really: I charter the barges for our customers' cargoes, I deal with insurance claims and with complaining customers/shippers. I am responsible for all the correspondence, issue all travelling documents, customs stuff, do the invoicing. It's far less interesting than it may sound, but I guess it's not as bad as I sometimes make it sound. ;-) Hobbies...well, I go jogging at least 3 times a week (if someone had told me that about 3 years ago, I probably would have died laughing), I love our pets (5 guinea pigs, 2 rabbits, 2 budgies and currently 4 dwarf hamsters), I try to spend as much time reading as I can...I love books!!! I love movies, too - and music, obviously. I wouldn't know what to do without music - and dancing! Going to concerts isn't all bad, either.

Fav LAG album:
You know how much I hate questions like that, don't you??!! It's almost impossible for me to answer that, but I'll try my best: it's a tie between "Vicious Circle" and "Waking the Dead", although it does depend on my mood...

Fav LAG song:
AARRGGH...see above!!! It so depends on my mood, but...o.k...."Electric Gypsy", I love that one live! And "Long Time Dead" I know that's more than one...can't help it, sorry! ;-)

Fav LAG personal story:
Hmmm, again I find it hard to pick ONE. Silke and I have been to quite a few shows over the last couple of years and always had a good time. Whenever we were lucky enough to meet the band and their crew, everyone was very friendly and sweet. Not to mention that we've met so many cool people from the message board. I guess the one thing that does stand out a bit is Silke's and my trip to New York last year, because it was our first ever trip to the States....and what we did was stay for 3 days to see 3 L.A. Guns' shows - some people may think that's pretty crazy, but despite all the chaos surrounding that trip, it was so much fun (thanks again to Cherie and Flynn for "babysitting" us *LOL*) and I hope I can do it all again very soon!

Top three fav bands other than LAG:
Here we go again! How on earth am I supposed to limit myself to just 3?????  I guess what I'll do is name those bands/musicians that have been most important for me and have influenced me...starting with the one that has been the most important one for many years now: New Model Army! Others are The Cure, The Alarm and Andy Prieboy (with and without Wall of Voodoo); this guy has to be one of the most incredible songwriters ever and one thing I really feel I HAVE to do is see his musical "White Thrash Wins Lotto". I hope I'll get this chance!  I know, that's FOUR, but I really can't leave out any of these, I swear!

Any last words:
That would probably be a good opportunity to name all the favourite albums, songs and bands I didn't get to mention earlier! ;-) But, unless you want this to become some sort of "Gone with the Wind - Volume 3", I'd better stop and just thank you for picking me as Fan of the Month - that's really cool! And, as you all know...the message board and all you guys on there rock...please keep it that way! ;-)