Greetings, all.
 

I actually discovered this forum a year or two ago whilst just scouring the internet, I browsed it and thought it seemed pretty cool, but just left it at that, really. But recently after missing being an active member of an internet forum, and just generally missing being part of that type of community, I decided I wanted to start posting on one again, and then I remembered this place so I thought I'd sign up.

Well. uhm. Where do I start? Talking about myself always seems to be a seemingly difficult task. I'm Brandon, I'm 16 and live in Manchester in the UK. I'm going to college later this year where I intend to study Sociology, Music, Media/Film Studies, and Photography. History interests me, also.

My hobbies include listening to, composing, and performing music, photography, and collecting vinyl.

I'm not really sure what else to say so I suppose I'll just list some of my favourite artists. (Some of these are quite obscure, I suppose. But that helps me find people with similar music taste to me.)

Sigur Rós, Bjork, Rodrigo Y Gabrilea, Placebo, Deftones, Meshuggah, Tool. Touché Amoré, Pixies, Boris, Alcest, Mono, Baroness, The Calm Blue Sea, Radiohead, Katatonia, Queens of the Stone Age, Dead Kennedys, Dance Gavin Dance, Neutral Milk Hotel, Godspeed You!, Black Emperor, The Smiths, David Bowie, Opeth, Eminem, La Dispute, Long Distance Calling, Mogwai, The xx, Dir en grey

I suppose that's enough for now, can't think of any more off the top of my head, currently. But you'll see me posting around the forum I'm sure.

That's quite a diverse list of hobbies and bands, I hope you stick around.

On a semi-related note, is anybody else surprised the username "Mr. Grieves" was available?

I certainly was. But I'm glad you got the reference. (Not that that's a particularly obscure one.)

Thank you, though. Always nice to receive compliments regarding my music taste.

On an unrelated note, but I'll ask here anyway: how come my postcount has remained at 2 even though it's a few higher than that? Does it just take a while for it to register? Not that post count is an important thing, but you know. Just wondering.

Welcome! Posts don't count in the Lounge (except for the Current Events section).

Do you play an instrument?

Ah, I see.

Yes, I play drums. Have done for five years now, although I'm not brilliant as I've not been doing so consistently.

I can do vocals to an extent, too.

Well, there is another member named "Mr Grieves" (no period).

I thought that might be the case.