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Biography
To whomever it may concern, I'm Joseph Charles "Joe" Vitale, born on June 27, 1979 in the great city of
Youngstown, Ohio in the
United States, I grew up there until I was around 19, before moving to the not-so-great
Wichita, Kansas for a part-time job with my father, Vannozzo Vitale (what a name!), and in late 2009 I went on a short trip to
Stockport,
Cheshire, England, with a former friend of mine (who doesn't want to be named due to his profession). Not before long, I decided to stay there permanently (what a mistake!). I support the English football/soccer club
Stockport Town, after formerly supporting
Rochdale.
I joined Wikipedia (my only love!) on the 31st of January in 2014, after anonymously and frequently editing for many months. The main reason for becoming a Wikipedian had remained a mystery for many years, but in subsequent years I've realised that I joined to make albums, singles, footballers, and musicians mean more to me in digital words, mostly for myself, but if you find that helpful then I must be doing something (if anything) right! And the only advice that I can give to anyone is
L.A.B.A.T.Y.D (an acronym for "Life's a Bitch and Then You Die", harsh but true or not, I guess that it depends on the actor.
My Motto is:
- L.A.B.A.T.Y.D! You've Just Gotta Get Used to It and You'll Live a Happy Life (Or try to!)
Autograph collecting, and notable people that I've met
You may find that in the "Additional information" sections I have an autograph collection. My first ever autograph was
Roger Daltrey's which I received via backstage security whom most kindly forwarded it to him. He dedicated it to myself, and told me to "
Be Lucky" (as he does with most fans), but little did I know that he was going to record a song with this title as a single in 2014, with
Pete Townshend as
the Who (I also created a Wikipedia article for the song). Some of my other autographs were via fanmail (However, most of those I wrote to never got back to me. e.g.
Paul McCartney,
Don Henley,
Glenn Frey (now R.I.P.),
Sting, and Pete Townshend). The autographs that I acquired via fanmail were
Joe Walsh's, and
Phil Collins'. I got
Alexander O'Neal's autographs via a friend, he signed a photograph, and copies of his studio albums,
Alexander O'Neal (1985),
Hearsay (1987),
All True Man (1991), and
Love Makes No Sense (1993), and I later met him randomly one day outside of a hotel in
Manchester — he obviously didn't know who I was, and wasn't very nice.
I have personally met the current and former
Rochdale players
Stephen Dawson;
Peter Vincenti;
Ian Henderson;
Rhys Bennett;
Joe Bunney;
Michael Rose, and
Olly Lancashire, after seeing them play
Scunthorpe United in March 2015. I met
Pink Floyd's drummer
Nick Mason backstage in 2018, and
Dave Wakeling of
the Beat after a concert in 2022. I also randomly met
Morrissey of
the Smiths at the
Waitrose in
Wilmslow, who was very strange to me in 2022...
2023 was a little more eventful (and tiring). I met
Kate Bollinger,
Suzanne Vega (who put me on the guest list to one of her concerts for the second time),
Laura Evans (very rude for a nobody),
Jez Kerr of
A Certain Ratio (outside the venue before the first show that I saw by them),
Valor Kand and
Maitri of
Christian Death,
Nik Kershaw,
Wreckless Eric, and Lucia Fairfull of
Lucia & the Best Boys. I also tried to meet
John Lydon after his
Public Image Ltd concert in
Manchester but he practically ignored me, and was rude to all but one person. I stopped listening to him significantly after that...
In 2024, I randomly met
Will Mellor at the Queens pub in
Bredbury,
Stockport (where he was born, and raised), and also Tracy Tracy of
the Primitives after a concert in Manchester.
Additional information
Articles created
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- Albums
- Biographies
- Songs
- Discographies
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My free-files gallery
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- Here's a list of pictures I've personally took, and uploaded.
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Selective autograph collection
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- Autographs that I own include
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Roger Daltrey, singer for
the Who
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Pete Townshend, singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the Who
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John Entwistle (RIP), former bass guitarist for the Who
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Bryan Ferry, singer, and songwriter for
Roxy Music
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David Gilmour, guitarist, singer, songwriter and member of
Pink Floyd
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Nick Mason, drummer for Pink Floyd
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Joe Walsh, guitarist, singer, songwriter and member of the
Eagles
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Suggs, singer for
Madness
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Chas Smash, former singer for Madness
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Mike Barson, keyboardist for Madness
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Chris Foreman, guitarist for Madness
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Lee Thompson, saxophonist for Madness
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Dan Woodgate, drummer for Madness
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Steve Nieve, keyboardist; formerly a member of
the Attractions; Madness
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Samantha Fox, singer and former
glamour model
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Sara Dallin, singer for
Bananarama
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Keren Woodward, singer for Bananarama
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Noah Cyrus, singer and actress
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King Princess, singer and songwriter
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Peter Perrett, singer for
the Only Ones
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Alan Mair, bass guitarist; singer for the Only Ones
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John Perry, guitarist for the Only Ones
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Mike Kellie (RIP), former drummer for the Only Ones
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Rod Argent, keyboardist; singer for
the Zombies
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Colin Blunstone, singer for the Zombies
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Chris White, bass guitarist; singer formerly a member of the Zombies
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Henry Small, singer; formerly a member of
Prism
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Lindsay Mitchell, guitarist; formerly a member of Prism
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Joe Vitale, singer, drummer, keyboardist; formerly a member of
Barnstorm
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Alfie Agnew, singer, guitarist; formerly a member of Adolescents; D.I.
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Gitane Demone, singer; formerly a member of Christian Death
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Andy Pratt, singer; keyboardist
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Alexander O'Neal, singer; formerly a member of
The Time
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Kym Mazelle, singer; formerly a member of
Soul II Soul
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Miriam Stockley, singer; a member of
Aomusic
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Terry Edwards, singer; multi-instrumentalist
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Ruby Turner, singer; actress
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Mim Grey, singer; guitarist
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Billy Nicholls, singer
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Steve Ellis, singer
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Bob Henrit, drummer; formerly a member of
Argent;
The Kinks
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Josh Mancell, multi-instrumentalist; formerly a member of
The Moon Upstairs
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Shawn Lee, multi-instrumentalist
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Ralph Carney (RIP), saxophonist, clarinettist; a member of
Tin Huey
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John Turnbull, guitarist for
the Blockheads
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Mohammed Nazam, guitarist; formerly a member of the
Jazz Warriors
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Paul Roessler, keyboardist
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Chad Cromwell, drummer
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Rick Shlosser, drummer
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Dave Swift, bass guitarist
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Louis Herthum, actor
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David Spero, DJ; manager; producer
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Concerts that I've attended
2017
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- April
- September
- November
- (Total 5)
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2019
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- November
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Geowulf at the Deaf Institute, Manchester. I took a photograph at this show
here
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2022
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- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
- (Total 36)
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2023
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- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
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The Only Ones at the Trades Club,
Hebden Bridge. I took photographs at this show
here,
here, and
here
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Mega Bog at Yes Basement, Manchester
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Sarah Jarosz at Band on the Wall, Manchester
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Cable Ties at the Castle Hotel, Manchester
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Boygenius (with
Ethel Cain as the opening act) at the Piece Hall, Halifax, West Yorkshire
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John Cale at Albert Hall, Manchester
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Tenille Townes at The Stoller Hall, Manchester. I took a photograph at this show
here
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Delta Goodrem at the Ritz, Manchester
- September
- October
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Nik Kershaw at the New Century Hall, Manchester
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PJ Harvey (with
Johnny Marr of
the Smiths guesting on a couple of tracks) at Albert Hall, Manchester
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Paul Carrack at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
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Judy Collins at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
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Lloyd Cole at Albert Hall, Manchester
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Gary Numan at
Manchester Cathedral
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Haircut One Hundred at the Ritz, Manchester
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Larkin Poe (with
the Sheepdogs as the opening act) at Albert Hall, Manchester
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The Pretenders at the Ritz, Manchester
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The Mission (with
Theatre of Hate as the opening act, and members of
the Chameleons joining the Mission with members of Theatre of Hate during the encore) at the Ritz, Manchester
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The Rezillos (with
the Professionals as the opening act) at Rebellion Manchester
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Slowdive at the Ritz, Manchester
- November
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Wreckless Eric at Gullivers NQ, Manchester
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Heaven 17 (with
Rusty Egan DJing as the opening act) at the Ritz, Manchester
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Baby Queen at the Manchester Academy
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Lucia & the Best Boys at the Pink Room at Yes in Manchester
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Suzi Quatro at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (though I was 20 minutes late to this concert, missing roughly five songs, due to a
hangover, leaving too late, and train delays. Also I thought that 'time starting' was doors opening as usually that is what is printed on a ticket)
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The Sisters of Mercy (with
the Virginmarys as the opening act) at the Manchester Academy
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CMAT at the Ritz, Manchester
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Black Grape (with
Tom Hingley and the Kar-Pets as the opening act) at Albert Hall, Manchester. I took a photograph at this show
here
- December
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2024
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- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- (Total 12)
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External links
| My top ten favourite singles are
No Money Down by
Lou Reed,
Sweetest Girl by
Madness,
Perfect Way by
Scritti Politti,
I Pronounce You by
the Madness,
All You Pretty Girls by
XTC,
This Is England by
the Clash,
Taking the Town by
Icehouse,
Paranoimia by
Art of Noise,
Hey, Matthew by
Karel Fialka, and
Locomotion by
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. |