Real name- Hal Bennett Selzer (hence the nickname "Benni")
Date of birth- 09/07
Place of birth- Weehawken, NJ, USA
Married- Single!!! C'mon girls, you're not trying hard enough!
Present home- New Jersey, USA
Height- 5'11"
Colour of hair- Dark Brown
Colour of eyes- Dark Brown
Three adjectives to describe yourself- hmmmmm...that's a tough one. Let's
see, how would I describe myself? How about---- 1) industrious; 2)
sarcastic; 3) tolerant
Worst job you have ever had- On the assembly line at a liquor bottling
plant, where I would place the boxes of empty bottles on the conveyor belt,
just before they were taken and filled with different alcoholic beverages.
At least farther down the line, they got to nick a bottle occasionally and
drink it! I was too early on the line for that!
Previous bands- Gary U.S. Bonds; The Bobby Bandiera Band; Adrian Dodz
(Epic Records/Rock Dream Records); Silent Witness (Escape Music Ltd./Avex
Japan); Tenfold (Rockland Music), Sticky Fingers, Ultravox (just kidding on
that one!)
Current band- LUXX, of course!
Favourite musician- Paul McCartney
Favourite Guitrest- Ian Hatton
Favourite record- "Allman Bros. Live At The Fillmore East"
Favourite Previous band,s song- "One Winged Angel" by Silent Witness
Favourite LUXX song- (tie) "f.f." and "Soul Of Me"
Worst record- Hey, who am I to dis somebody else's hard work???
Favourite band- The Doors
worst band- REM
Film- Apollo 13
Actor- Tommy Lee Jones
Actress- Christina Applegate on "Married With Children"
Play- "1776"
Television programe- Star Trek
Book- "Crazy From The Heat" by David Lee Roth
Magazine- Bass Player
Newspaper- The East Coast Rocker
Website- www.luxx.com
Clothing- Skechers
Favourite transport- Any airplane!
Favourite food- Pizza (especially COLD pizza!)
How good a cook are you- I'm not bad with TV dinners!
Proudest point in career- There's a few.... Going to Moscow to play;
Playing on stage at the Stone Pony with Bruce Springsteen; Playing at the
Asbury Park Convention Hall with Jon Bon Jovi; Joining a group as
accomplished and hardworking as LUXX!
lowest point in career- Playing an REM song with a cover band in a Jersey
bar!
Likes- Girls, Pizza, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Girls, Hockey, Girls,
American Football, Golf, Various girl's body parts, Girls, Airplanes, Bass
Guitars, Girls, and........ Girls!
Dislikes- Dentist appointments
Biggest phobia- Not too much scares me!
Biggest Regret- Not joining LUXX sooner!
Most beautiful place you have visited- My ex-girlfriend's bedroom
Most treasured possession- the love of my 95 year-old grandmother
Favourite quote- "All I Really want, is for you to want to die for me" -
Katrina Chester
Favourite style of music- Rock & Roll, Luxx style!
Musical influnces- The Doors, The Allman Bros., The Beatles, The Rolling
Stones
Other influences- Hugh Hefner, James Bond, Batman
Musical hero/heroine- B.B. King, Stanley Clarke
Other hero/heroine- Jim Morrison, Sid Vicious
Hobbies/intrest's- Sports, Politics, Girls!
Favourite pastime- Golf
Do you have any brother's or sister's- One brother (a computer genius);
one sister (a working Mom)
Most peculiar request from a fan- Giving an autograph in a particularly
interesting place on her body!
One thing about you that woud suprise a Ultravox fan- I don't want to
brag or anything, but I play in the same band Tony Fennell played in
(Opps! sorry Hal my mistake)
Hopes for the future- To tour and record albums forever with LUXX!
fears for the future- We'll have our first hit-record, and then Saddam
Hussein will unleash biological weapons on the world, and kill 98% of the
people in it!
Ambition- To be able to devote all my energy toward making LUXX as great a
band as it can be!