Name: Brian "Dorian" Wardwell

DOB: May 16th. 1979

POB: Fargo, ND

Maritual Status: Single

Hair: Varies

Eyes:  Hazel

Tattoos: Two Chinese ("strength" and "song") symbols in between my shoulder blades, tribal heart on right forearm, Depeche Mode's Violator rose added to the tribal heart.

Piercings: Just one in my left ear

Bands: Karma (1995), SOS (1996-1998) Battle Cry (1999-??), LaconicAura (2003-??)

Instrument: Guitar, Keyboards, Voice, Bass 

Biggest Musical Influence: Depeche Mode and Kurt Cobain probably, but many others have helped me explore.

First Introduction To Music: My dad playing Beethoven's 9th Symphony when I was like 6. I loved it!!!!

First Album: Sadly, Bon Jovi's "Slippery When Wet" lol

First Metal Album: First "heavy" album I owned was Ministry's "Psalm 69"

Instrument That You Still Want To Conquer: Synthesizers and samplers. Not a conventional "instrument" of course, but you can get a hell of a lot more creative depending on what you want to do. Drums would be fun too.

Annoying Habits: Either not talking at all, or blabbing for hours.

Good Habits: Giving a shit about people, not judging on first impressions

Favorite Food: Chinese/Mexican, light Italian

Favorite Drinks: Ice cold water, Mountain Dew

Favorite Alcoholic Drinks: Screwdrivers, Colorado Bulldogs, Electric Lemonade. Love Vodka!! ABSOLUT BABY!!

Favorite Color: Black

First Concert: White Zombie in 1995. Lost my shoe, but was AMAZING!!!

Best Concert Performance: Too many now to say.

Last Concert: Ministry and Hanzel Und Gretyl at Playmaker's in Fargo,ND

Total Concerts to Date: 31

Favorite Venue: Definately the Quest Club in Minneapolis. It looks like the club in The Crow only a bit smaller. Everything is stone so it looks like this big castle. The stairs are all stone. . Just really fuckin cool. The acoustics of the place are just amazing as well.  

Favorite Quote: I have many, but always have loved "Better to be hated for what you are, than loved for what you are not"

A few bands I like: Depeche Mode, KMFDM, Machine Head, Tool, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, New Order, Flaw, Lacuna Coil, Melvins, Front 242, Candlebox, Tool, Delerium, Leonard Cohen, Earshot, Mr. Bungle, Gravity Kills, Chemlab, Stone Sour, Sevendust, Ozzy, Skold, Pissing Razors, Pitchshifter, Rage Against The Machine, Sons Of Poseidon, They Might Be Giants, Rollins Band, Slipknot, Noise Therapy, Adema, Onesidezero, Pearl Jam, ill Nino, Drain STH, Grip INC., The Cure, Megadeth, Stabbing Westward, Slayer, Sentenced, Evanescence, Front Line Assembly, Nitzer Ebb, Rammstein, Pig, REcoil, Pantera, Fear Factory, Moonspell, Soulfly, Skinny Puppy, Poe, Helmet, Midnight Oil, Superjoint Ritual, Testament, Portishead, Sepultura, Nailbomb, Type O Negative, Paradise Lost, Nothingface, Peach, Godhead, Duran Duran, Godsmack, Recoil, Electronic, Joy Division, Stone Temple Pilots, Cause & Effect, Undone, Nirvana, Joy Division, Soundgarden, No One, Down, White Zombie, Tomahawk, Deftones, Prong, Biohazard, Coal Chamber, Pigface, Alice In Chains, Black Sabbath, Erasure, Filter, Hatebreed, The Cult, Cold, Butthole Surfers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stereomud, Amporphis, Corrosion Of Conformity, Skinlab, Staind, Full Devil Jacket, The Smiths/Morrissey, Spineshank, Nonpoint, G**Z*R, Hatebreed, Dope, Static X, Taproot, Ultraspank, Fudge Tunnel, Nevermore, Hooverphonic, Samael, Pet Shop Boys, Engine, Faith No More, and many others.

Favorite Quote From A Song: Nailbomb's "Exploitation" which is a cover of (I think) a Doom song. "Feels good to be a punk loser."

Most Respected Musicians: Max Cavelara (Sepultura/Soulfly), Trent Reznor, Alan Wilder (Depeche Mode/Recoil), Alex Newport (Fudge Tunnel/Theory of Ruin/Nailbomb/Son of Crackpipe), Mike Patton (Faith No More/Tomahawk/Mr. Bungle/Fantasmo). . . any of your typical "crackheads". Robb Fuckin' Flynn too!!

Important Things in Life: Love, Friends, Family (sometimes lol) and being true to yourself and others, not compromising and going for your goals. Dreaming and not being afraid to possibly fuck some shit up if it's truely in your heart.

Largest Regret: None. . still.

Current Hobbies: Music, journal writing, writing in general, photography,, photographic editing,

Advice to aspiring musicians: practice, practice, practice, practice, eat, sleep, practice, practice, practice, practice. . . . .

Pet Pieves: Ignorant, naive "know it all" fuckheads.

Favorite Curse Word: haha!! motherfucker.

Least Favorite Phrase: "That's so gay".

Current Goals: To get through today

Favorite music to play at work: Slayer, Sepultura, Nailbomb, Testament, etc. Anything really, really heavy although I don't get the "devil music" comments anymore. A bit disappointed actually. . . reminded me how ignorant people are.

If you had a kid, you'd teach them: To go against the grain and for who they are. Society is just a bunch of shit, don't judge yourself by a whole. Going for what they feel is right and educating themselves when they are unsure. If it's a son. . To treat women decently and as the most beautiful creatures put on this earth. If it's a daughter. . . GUYS SUCK!!! She'd learn to watch her ass.