TOX PICS

The Toxic Biog

If you can't take the p*** out of yourself it's a sad situation. So, here's a few scanned pics of Toxic over the last phew(!!) years. Hope they make you smile just as much as they do me!!

Click Below To Reveal The Sad Story So Far

Sorry about the quality of the pics (most have been scanned).
Like me, the originals were old and a bit battered!!


GENEOLOGY

FAMILY NAME:Brown
GIVEN NAMES:Peter John
DOB:12/12/1951
PLACE OF BIRTH:Harborne, Birmingham
NOW RESIDING:St.Peters, Worcester
SURVIVING FAMILY:Son, Daniel
DECEASED FAMILY:Mother, Kay, 12/3/1920 - 9/2/2007
Father, Bill, 3/5/1920 - 14/6/1998
Brother, Jim, 29/3/1939 - 21/10/1991
Sister, Pat, 9/4/46 - 20/5/1993
MARITAL STATUS:Divorced x 4 (honest!)
KIDS:Daniel
Jonathan (step son)
Katy (step daughter)
GRANDKIDS:Dylan, 2/4/2005
CURRENTLY ATTACHED TO:Christine (more than just a partner - I couldn't have got through what I have without her - special!)

ABOUT

NICKNAME(S):Toxic Pete
QUALS:Next to nothing but worldly wise and weather beaten!
AMBITIONS:To be happy and make others happy - To make a difference
OCCUPATION:Research & Development Engineer
FIELD OF OCCUPATION:Environmental air pollution control
RELIGION:Non-practicing C of E, fascinated by Islam
LIFESTYLE MOTTO:"You've got to be just what you are or you'll never understand." (approximation of lyric line from 'Sunrise' on Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come 1970 album 'Galactic Zoo Dossier') - I think!!
CRIMINAL RECORD:No
LIKES:Wedding cake obviously!!
Music
Sport
Creativity
Helping people
Meeting people
People watching
DISLIKES:Wives!!
FOOD:Curry
Anything hot & spicey
Most 'foreign' foods
DRINK:Decent bitter
cider
Guiness
Tea
SMOKER:Currently no
TATTOOS:None
PIERCINGS:Both ears
TALENTS/GIFTS:None (unless you know otherwise!)
HABITS:Yes, all bad:-
Biting right thumb nail
Flatulence
Getting married
Getting divorced

LIFESTYLE

MUSIC:Almost anything really. Music is THE drug!
HOBBIES:Music
Photography
Gardening
Getting married
Getting divorced
Website construction
INSTRUMENTS:Guitar (little but badly - getting better though)

FAVOURITES - MUSIC

BAND:Van Der Graaf Generator
The Doors
Muse
VOCALIST:Peter Hammill
Tim Buckley
Jeff Buckley
Bjork
Joni Mitchell
GUITARIST:Stevie Ray Vaughan (blues) & Rory Gallagher (blues)
Carlos Santana (pop/rock/melodic)
Frank Zappa (alt)
Jimi Hendrix (rock)
BASSIST:Jaco Pastorius
DRUMMER:Craig (Clune) McClune
KEYS:Keith Emerson
Hugh Banton
HORNS:Wayne Shorter
Dick Heckstall-Smith
David Jackson
SONGWRITER:Tom Waits
Bjork
Peter Hammill
Joni Mitchell
Bob Dylan
TRACKS:'Buzzin' Fly' and 'Dolphins' - Tim Buckley
'Shipbuilding' - Robert Wyatt
'Happy Ever After' - Julia Fordham
'Wooden Ships' - Jefferson Airplane
'Wooden Ships' - Crosby, Still & Nash
'On The Nickel' - Tom Waits
ALBUM:Impossible to say

FAVOURITES - MUSIC RELATED STUFF

MOST APPROPRIATE ALBUM TITLE:"Fully Qualified Survivor" - Michael Chapman (1970)
BEST ALBUM TITLE:"My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair, But Now They're Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows" - Tyrannosaurus Rex
MOST UNDERRATED ARTIST:Bjork
MOST UNDERRATED ALBUM:'Grace' - Jeff Buckley
'Blood On The Tracks' - Bob Dylan
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN:Jeff Buckley
Tim Buckley
Nick Drake
John Peel

FAVOURITES - FILM

FILM:Dancer In The Dark
ACTOR:Al Pacino
Robert De Niro

FAVOURITES - LITERATURE

BOOK:Lord Of The Rings - J R R Tolkien
Einstein's Universe - Nigel Calder
The Complete Prophecies Of Nostradamus - Henry C Roberts
Past Years an Autobiography - Sir Oliver Lodge
Raymond Or Life And Death - Sir Oliver Lodge
POET:Leonard Cohen

ART

ARTIST:Robert Lenkiewicz

GREATS

WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET:Bjork
Peter Hammill
Ernesto (Che) Guevara
Jeff Buckley
Robert Wyatt
Sir Oliver Lodge

Robert Lenkiewicz
HERO/ICON:Che Guevara
His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso
My dad
My brother
John Peel

PARANORMAL

BEEN HERE BEFORE:No, I don't think so
PREMONITIONS:Yes, scary when they come true aren't they
UNEXPLAINED HAPPENINGS:Several. All friendly and interesting
BEST UNEXPLAINED HAPPENING:It would take too long to tell and nobody believes me anyway. If you're interested ask me about it
LIFE AFTER DEATH:Don't know but it's a fascinating subject and some odd things do happen don't they? Perhaps I'll let you know!

SO WHAT NOW

AND SO:"Forward, then, into the unknown!" - Sir Oliver Lodge

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