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Chino Moreno

 

Name: Camillo (Chino) Wong Moreno (vocals)

Birthdate: June, 20 1973

Marital Status: Married, divorced, re-married (two kids Kristian and Jakobi)

Educational Skills: High School

Previous Day Job: Tower records shipping department

Favorite Group: Depeche Mode, Faith No More, The Smiths, Weezer

Chino's inspiration while growing up: Sports; Mark Gonzalez (pro-skateboarder). Music; HR from Bad Brains.

First record he bought: "Funky Town" by Lipps Inc.

Adrenaline's favorite track: "Birthmark" and "Fist" 

Favorite movie: "Star Wars...I've been watching a lot of boxing documentaries. There was this English dude called The Guvnor - that guy was a hardcore motherfucker. I've been watching Ali G's video too. That shit is funny."

Favorite food: "In Europe, McDonalds. We don't go to many fast food places in America, because food is good and cheap too. It's the opposite in Europe. People don't realize how bad the food can be at times 'cos they're used to it, I guess."

Favorite drink: "Gatorade and Vodka. Quenches your thirst and gets you drunk"

Favorite trousers: "Rustler jeans. They're like Levi's. Same fucking thing, but they cost less."

Favorite cereal: Grape Nuts or Shredded Wheat.

Favorite writer: "As the minute, Charles Bukowski. I'm reading "Women" - it's good to know I'm not the only one that gets driven crazy by a girl."

Favorite Guitar Solo: "'Dirty Movies', off Van Halen's 'Fair Warning' album? That's the shit. I was just listening to that today."

Chino's most important object: His belt.

Wildest thing he have ever done on stage: Diving into the drum set, he says.

Most memorable stage experience: When a girl in the front row got too close, she decided that she was going to bite him in a place that he was going to feel for the next week.

 

 

 

Chi Cheng

 

Name: Chi Ling Dai Cheng (bass)

Birthdate: July, 15 1970

Marital Status: Married (wife: Adrienee, son: Gabriel Kahlil [09/1998])

Educational Skills: College English Major

Previous Day Job: Flower shop

Chi's Favorite Albums are:'Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come' - " In my humble opinion, the greatest reaggae album of all time"
'Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser' - "I'm not sure anyone pushed the envelope - musically, mentally or spiritually - with as much class and inviduality as Monk. On of the heaviest albums ever written."

Chi was most influenced by: 'Charles Bukowski' - "He's about the beauty of being honest and raw. It's not always glamorous, but it's real. We should get a dose of reality occasionally - It's part of the whole."

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stephan Carpenter

 

Name: Stephan (Stef) Carpenter (guitar)

Birthdate: August, 3 1970

Marital Status: Married (August 2001)

Educational Skills: Junior High Diploma

Previous Day Job: Sacramento fast-food restaurants

Stef's favorite albums are: 'Meshugga - Chaosphere' - "The most brutal record i've heard, from second one to second last. It left me wondering where the hell i'd been the whole time."
'Depeche Mode - Ultra' - "They've settled into their groove. Every song makes you go, "Damn." It drop you to your knees."
'Faith No More -The Real Thing' - "It opened my mind to the blending of atmospheres. It was always heavy, but it had a dynamic. You never knew what was coming next."
'Van Halen - Fair Warning' - "Riff heaven from beginning to end. I just hear testosterone, an attitude of confidence."

 

 

 

 

 

Abe Cunningham

 

Name: Abran (Abe) Cunningham (drums)

Birthdate: July, 27 1973

Marital Status: Married (wife: Annalynn, son: Sidney)

Educational Skills: High School & Junior College

Previous Day Job: Taqueria

Likes to listen to: Elvis Costello and Willie Nelson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frank Delgado

 

Name: Frank Delgado (turntables)

Birthdate: November, 29 1970

Marital Status: Married

Educational Skills: High School

Previous Day Job: Unemployed

Likes to listen to: Quicksand