Name:

Plen Moiar  (or Kenny)

Nick name:

Big Daddy Plen, Plenart, The Artcrack, Did, jizmac the gusher, the big squish, Snoopy, My brother calls me Skippy but he's a dork, and someone started calling me Captain Flip Flops

Birthday:

January 1, 1975

Home town:

Tamaqua, Pa

How long have you been playing the drums, and how long have you been playing in a band?

18 years, and 17 years in bands

Why you started playing?

I've always wanted to play since I saw my uncle and cousin play when is was like 3, but the thing that got me hooked was when I saw a Mötley Crüe video for the first time.

What song(s) have influenced or inspired you?

Oh Christ, well of course Mötley Crüe , Methods of Mayhem,Supernova, anything That has Tommy Lee involved in it. Also almost anything Old school punk (Sex Pistols, Social Distortion, DK, Black Flag), any 80's pop, and anything from Ozzy, The Beatles, or Nirvana, and also Tommy the cat from Primus.

Who are some people that have influenced you?

Tommy Lee, Chet Wychulis and Buddy Wychulis

What was the first album you ever bought?

Run DMC Raising Hell and The Monkeys Greatest Hits

Who are some Bands that you never get sick of hearing?

Lit, Nivana, Good Charlotte, Orgy, Nine Inch Nails, Korn, The Beatles, Black Sabbath/Ozzy, Emily's Toy Box, Tommy Lee/Mötley Crüe,Breaking Benjamin, Social Distortion, Green Day, Linkin' Park, Electric Candy Shop, Fuel, Billy Joel, KISS, depends on the day, I get bored easy

What are some albums you could listen to 24/7?

Nirvana (All them), Matrix sound track, Lit (Anything from them), Orgy: Candy ass, Blink 182: Enema of the State, Bryan Adams So far so Good, Emily's Toy Box: ETB Live, Any album from the Beatles, Billy Joel: Billy Joel's Greatest Hits 1,2, & 3, Breaking Benjamin: Saturate, Every album from MötleyCrüe (even there self titled without Vince and New Tattoo without Tommy), Actually I usually listen to comedy albums

What is your favorite song(s) that you never get sick of listening to?

Any song from Lit, Bionic, Your Girl Friends Ugly, and Back of the Bus from Emily's Toy Box, Revival from Orgy, Prison Sex from Tool, Anything From Nirvana, the Beatles, or Mötley Crüe, Stupid Girl from Cold, A.D.I.D.A.S. from Korn, Mandy from Barry Manilow, I Can't Get Enough of Your Love from Barry White, Belly of the Beast from Anthrax, Sunday Bloody Sunday from U2, Take a Picture from Filter, Yellow Brick Road from Elton John, Pathetic, Porno Queen, Hooked, Thrift Store Chair, DanceFloor Collision, Game Show, and Adore Me from The Poptart MonkeysThere's probably a ton of others but I cant think.

What is your favorite song(s) to play?

Tommy the Cat from Primus, Anything with a good groove and anything I ever worked on in a band

Where is your favorite place to play?

Any where there's a crowd

What is your favorite TV show(s)?

CSI, CSI Miami, CSI New York (They're F'n addicting),Buffy (I'm addicted to that stuff, Willow's a F'N Hottie), Angel, The Simpsons, Wrestling (any, even local),King of Queens, Two and a half men, How I met your mother, Even though they're gone I love Friends and That 70's Show (My girlfriend still cries about Friends being gone), The War at Home, Southpark, Law & Order Criminal Intent and Special Victims Unit, Hell almost anything on Comedy Central or Sci Fi, Reruns of M*A*S*H, All in the Family & Jackass, H. R. Puff and Stuff, Sigmund the Sea Monster, I don't know why but i f'n love Pimp my ride, I like almost anything thats not that dumb ass reality crap... I watch WAY to much TV. I cant wait till fall for the new shows

What is your favorite Movie(s)?

Any Comedy, Lord of the Rings (that sh*t rocks), The Crow, All 3 of The Matrix Movies (But the ending of the third movie was dumn), all the Star Wars Movies, all Peanuts movies (Snoopy is the man), Anything directed by Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mall Rats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks 2), The Day After Tomorrow & Deep Impact (because they doesn't have a happy end like life actually is), The Core (I've been getting into movies that have natural disasters in it lately), All 3 American Pie movies, Shawshank Redemption, Sabrina (the old and the new version), My Fair Lady, Sorry to say But I like chick flicks better to see two people in love then 20,000,000 people getting killed, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Transformers the Movie, G.I. Joe the Movie, I watch a crap load of movies all the time so this one could change any day.

Who is your favorite actor(s)/actress(es)?

Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, Julia Roberts, Christina Ricci, Julianne Moore,

What is your favorite cartoon(s)?

Peanuts, G Force, Smurfs, Underdog, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Sponge Bob is ok but it gets old fast I miss Ren and Stimpy

What's your Favorite Book?

Hands down the Tommy Lee Auto Biography TOMMYLAND by Tommy Lee with Anthony Bozza

What is your favorite food(s)?

Beef w/Cream of mushroom soup over pasta, you can tell by my belly

What is your drink of choice?

Depends if I'm out and I'm drinking booze either Apple Martinis, Shmirnoff green apple twist, Triple Black if they don't have any of these or if I'm not drinkin' I just drink soda and the only shot I do (usually) is a Red headed slut, at home Sunkist, Orange Drink, or Ice tea

What is your favorite color(s)?

red (Hell my bedroom is 100% red)

What is your favorite outfit(s) on stage?

camoflauge cutoffs, a wife beater, my lucky boxers, and converse all stars

What is your favorite time of year/holiday(s)?

Fall its not to hot not too cold and the trees are pretty/thanksgiving(i get to eat a whole crapload)

What is your favorite thing(s) about being a musician?

I get to be the worlds biggest little kid while i'm doing something i'm good at and love, and best of all, all the worries of the world just go away

What is your favorite quote(s)?

"Every man dies but not every man really lives." ~Braveheart Also: "We don't stop playing cause we grow up, We grow up cause we stop playing." ~Tommy Lee   oh and ah "if the front door is painted red then go around back."

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I start college in the fall to be a teacher.

What was the first concert you attended?

KISS hot in the shade tour 1990 with Slaughter and Little Caesar, the first show I saw though was my uncle's band Spectrum, the first band I saw though was Kings and Queens at my aunts wedding when I was like 7 but I dont really remember to much

Do you have any pets?

I have pets. a palmeranian named Peanut, and 3 cats named Beeker(After the Muppet), Lucy(After the Peanuts character) and 7(we got her from a friend and that was the name they gave her. I never call them there right names though I have nick names for all them, and they answer to them.

What are your hobbies?

Collect Snoopy stuff, watch wrestling, draw and paint, play video games, Play with cats & dog, plan and design tattoos that I don't have money to get, and I need to start workin out so I stop lookin' like my Dad

Who was the best Batman?

Val Kilmer

What is your favorite ice cream(s)?

Chocolate Marsh mellow

What was your first band?

69 with my brother Kevin and James from the Poptart Monkeys

What was the first time you played live?

I played "Every Rose" from Poison with my cousin Buddy's band ROCK STEADY at a Party in Tamaqua

What was your favorite show you ever played?

Good God! all of them were special to me just cause I was playing, but the two that will stand out in my mind forever The Night The O~Zone Babies opened for the Poptart Monkeys at Flagstaff. It Was a dream of mine when I first started playing that one day I'd play there. And the Second Was the First time I saw the Poptarts Play at Cousin's in Hazleton. I got to play there song Voices with them and be on stage with my buddy James.

What is the funniest thing(s) you've ever heard?

I forgot, but Kuntz probably said it. The man is a funny mother.

Experience:

was a roadie for the bands: Topper, Nighttrain, Misdemenor, Rock Steady, Spectrum. Sound Technition for the American Cancer Society telethon for four years. Played for Tamaqua Area Junior High School chorus classes of '92 and '93 played in the "pit band" for TAHS senior class play of grease. Ran lights for the band Misdemenor. Managed the bands Loverboy Al and Innocence (before i was the drummer). Was a temporary replacement for the band Nighttrain. Was in the bands: 69, OneWay, Skin Tight, Sleep-walker, Freek Show, Demon Alcohol, Tattooed, Vishion, Insania, Axis, Code Blue, Geek Magot Bingo, 10-4 and the Electrons, Stickman Morely, Vortex, Toast, Urethane, O~Zone Babies, Cornerstone/Famous By Design, I retired in late 2003 only to come back in June of 2004 thanks to my boy James ,from the PTM, he's good at getting me motivatied, But after 2 years of nothing real getting started and getting screwed over a few times I decided in July of 2006 that its time to move on and get a career that actually pays and keeps me moving. So in the Fall of 2006 I'll be starting college for the first time for teaching. My solo project which is called Mrs. Flippewinggall will someday get off the ground I hope, and Mark my words the world needs a Wierd Al tribute band

Equipment:

I just recently changed my setup to the 1,000,000th time Currently i'm using a red Tama Rockstar set consisting of a 8"x8" tom, 9" x 10" tom, 10"x 12" tom, 12" x 14" tom, 16"x20" bass, 16" x 22" bass, and a Grover 4½" x 10" snare drum. Tama tom and cymbol holders. DW high hat stand. A Gibralter thrown. A LP Classic Ridge Rider Cowbell, A LP High Jam Block, A set of 14" AA rock hats, 16" AA rock crash, 17" AAXsplosion crash, 18"AAX china, 18" metal crash and a 20" B8 Pro power rock ride and my special little mix of a 16" crash and 18" crash set like hats, all Sabian
**This is what I use at home for fun.