Full Name: Zachary Walker
Age: 27
Birthday: Juli 27, 19-you-do-the-fucking-math
Appearance: The first thing you'll notice about this man is his height, and his
glorious fucking beard. He is very proud of it too, and makes sure it is well trimmed and looks nice. If you decide to grow a beard, you make a commitment. His hair is a little over shoulder length, thick and blonde. Zack usually has it tied up behind his head. He stands at 6'6 and has long arms, a long upper body and a relatively average length lower body. The length of his arms makes this look less awkward, though.
Zack likes to take care of himself, too. Don't get me wrong, he likes beer and alcohol in general. Steaks too. He follows a workout schedule and therefore has to eat a lot to have something to build muscle from. As a result he is rather muscular and fit. He is
not a fitness fanatic though, thank the fucking lord, but is content with following his schedule as a routine. His usual attire consists of a pair of black jeans and a hoodie. He wears a pair of Converse that look a little like clown shoes because his feet are so large. On stage he wears black jeans and a shirt. Sometimes a vest. You should dress up for these things! Look respectable, anyway.
Role: iCakez' side character. Teeth-grinding bassist of Sturm.
Musical Style: Zack plays like he's studied his instrument intensely for years. That isn't so strange, really, since he's studied his fucking instrument intensely. For years. In contrast to what you might expect, though, his playing is rather simply. Down-tuned and with a very full and powerful sound image. He likes it when the bass follows the drums. "Every bassist should team up with the drummer. If you can't then..." But Zack always loved a strong powerful bass that backed the guitar and vocals. He studied jazz for a while and learned many techniques and theory through that. He hated it, but is very happy that he did it. He's always had an ear for matching his playing with every other instrument in a song, which makes him a very creative and reliable bassist to play with. This is kind of where his musical ability ends. He can strum a few chords on a guitar and as a result of his affair with jazz and musical theory, play piano.
Instruments: Zack has a few basses he is very proud of. He loves the
Iceman bass he has because of the shape and playability. He also has a
Dean and a
Sandberg, both 5-stringed. he switches between these, as he picks a bass for each song so it fits the music the best. His to-go amp is an
Aguilar Tone Hammer 500. He desperately tries to save money for an Orange AD200 MKIII head, though.
Personality: A calming presence and pretty great to be around. His emotional range fits a quite normal spectrum; he can get mad and angry and sad. Zack is mostly happy and easy-going, though. He's calm to talk to, but also up for fun. He likes hanging out and socializing and drinking a beer after rehearsals. And food. Holy fuckballs he loves food. He's a classic musician, though. Classic bassist for a couple of years too. You know, lived on girlfriend's couch and didn't pay rent and couldn't find a job or a band. Yeah, not so proud of that. Now, however, he's in a band, he's got money, he doesn't have to work a fucking job like everyone else and he can pretty much get out of bed when he wants to. If there's one flaw that makes it difficult to live in this world, that Zack has, it's the fact that he generally hates society. It's also a conflict within him, though. He hates school, jobs, rules in general. And when other people tell him what to do. Society, in his opinion is... Well it's shit. Don't get him started. This is one of the few subjects about which he can really go on a rant. So, unless you've got time, beware.
He's the type of person who wants to be in the know about everything, when it's something he cares about. So he'll ask you how you are, how you've been, if you wanna jam or have drinks after. That sort of stuff. Out there, in the great big world he couldn't give a shit about anyone else. Society, isn't worth the trouble.
Biography: He couldn't be happier in life, than he is right now. He has no other gift in this world than music. Sure he has a lot of knowledge about history and science, but he's not very smart if you asked a college professor. In short, he was a shit student. So naturally his first years in school were shit. Most years were, they just got more tolerable with time. Or maybe he just eventually stopped letting it bother him. Zack grew up in Maine and attended school there. As stated, he was a shit student and didn't care very much for that. So imagine what a fucking epiphany he had when he discovered the world of music. Especially heavy metal. he started out with the same stuff as any other youngster did. Metallica, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, all that. It soon turned heavier and darker. Zack liked the energy and outlet of emotion he found characteristic of heavy music.
So from the age of thirteen he locked himself in his room and played the bass. When he got a little older, all that could lure him out of said room was drinks with his buddies. Even though they were under age. Parents weren't fond of that, but hey... His upbringing was pretty great. His parents were reasonable and cared very much about the raising of their kids. They always taught him to consider things, to be curious, to ask and to be open minded. He did, and asked so many things and learned so many things about the world that he decided that he didn't like it. So he decided that music was the way to go. As soon as he could he travelled around the country and played in different bands, making enough to live. He was kind of bumming it around for some years there, until he found Sturm. God it sounds so simple when you say it like that... But no major life-changing things (aside from the discovery and importance of music) happened in his life. He's been happy ever since he made the decision to play music in stead of having a job, though, and he feels that is most important. To stay happy.