Meet the peta2 UK Staff: Martin

Hometown: Reigate, Surrey, England

Fave bands: AFI, American Nightmare, Bane, Blacklisted, The Bronx, Buck Owens, Converge, Dwight Yoakam, Gallows, Good Clean Fun, Ignite, Johnny Cash, Malkovich, Maroon, Minor Threat, Naj One, Pine Hill Haints, Pine Box Boys, To Kill, Verse, and Walls of Jericho.

About me: I watch B movies. I am always tired. I can’t put on weight. I am always hypa. I eat almost all the time. I play the banjo (badly). I am addicted to chocolate. I can’t do a fake smile. I throw up when I am nervous. I know the words to some of the worst songs ever made. I used to fight MMA and Thai boxing. I am tone deaf when I sing.

I like: Dogs, chocolate, hardcore, bluegrass, bad musicals, B movies, singing, sleeping, eating, being alive, chocolate soy milk, and walking.

I hate: Hate is a strong word. There are a lot of things I dislike, but do not hate. I think it’s too final to hate something. You should always see some good in everything. Everyone has the ability to change.

Why you went veg: My dad used to own a vegetarian/vegan shop in Wimbledon, and when I was 9, my parents gave me the choice whether I wanted to go vegetarian. I chose to be vegetarian, mainly because it was what I was surrounded by at the time. As I started to grow older, I started to look more into the industry (and how it drives people to do some pretty inhumane things) and decided to become vegan. Man’s exploitation of animals is for nothing more than profit.

Favorite hair metal band: Manowar? No. Bon Jovi? No, wait—Van Halen. No … damn, how can I choose?

Daddy or chips? Chips