Sean Madrid has spent most of his life in Tucson, and attended Tucson High School and the University of Arizona. He hammers trinkets into jewelry, a skill he honed while working at A Bead Holiday. He is also an imaging technician at the Center for Creative Photography and the No. 1 prop master/designer for Powhaus Productions. See some of his jewelry designs at www.3bleeps.com.
What was the first concert you ever saw?
Kittie at KFMA Day, 2000.
What are you listening to these days?
Zola Jesus.
What was the first album you owned?
Space Jam: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture.
What artist, genre or musical trend does everyone seem to love, but you just don't get?
Cockabilly.
What musical act, current or defunct, would you most like to see perform live?
Chavela Vargas.
Musically speaking, what is your favorite guilty pleasure?
Reggaeton.
What song would you like to have played at your funeral?
Lee Oskar, "Before the Rain."
What band or artist changed your life, and how?
Divine, because "I Is for Me, Divine!" (From Divine's song, "Alphabet Rap.")
Figurative gun to your head, what is your favorite album of all time?
It's too soon to say.
