DJ Wanker was born a long, long time ago. He was raised by wolves. He started out DJ-ing at Dynamite Boogaloo many moons ago - and was the warm-up boy there for eight years. And you're right, he does look much younger. His favourite Boogaloo records were The Velvelettes' Needle in a Haystack and Black Sabbath's Paranoid. He played his first Electroclash set there in early 2002. Afterwards someone came up to the DJ box and asked him; "Could you not play something a bit more up-to-date?" This rapturous reception was the spur that got him thinking about starting Fuck The Pain Away. But being hopelessly inert, it took him a fucking age to actually set the ball in motion. He finally started Fuck The Pain Away - Brighton's most favourite Homo Electro Punk Disco - with his chum, DJ A-Dam, in August 2003. The night now takes place at Candy Bar every first Saturday, and has established itself as the seaside city's big, queer alternative - and rather fun - night out. Since September 2005, they have also been regularly taking FTPA over to Warsaw. He's also run other far less successful club nights; Booty ("Brighton's First Drum And Bass Night For Homosexualists"), Art Wank Fish Tank ("The world's first Small Beat club" - this was a joke on Brighton's then Fat Boy Slim-mania), and the self-explanatory Rock & Roll Queer Bar. The latter two were co-productions with Dynamite Sal. Last summer, he co-ran the "controversial" Queer Bash at Concorde2 during Brighton Pride weekend. He's also DJ-ed at All Time Top 100, Anti-Social, Chaos Rocks, Club Wotever, The Cock Brighton, Coco Latte Breakfast Club, The Cowley Club, Flaming Queers, Fun-Raiser, The Infamous Mudclub, Intermission, Ministry of Sound Radio, Popjustice, Punch & Judy, QPC Rituals, Queer Mutiny, Queeruption, Radio 4A, Straight Pride Dog Show, The Vice Bar/The Old Blue Last, and The Popstarz Tent at Brighton Pride. DJ Wanker's day job involves "writing stuff about stuff". He spends his free time watching "documentaries" about Czech farmhands, listening to Abba and The Fall, hanging round in seedy gay bars, reading Noam Chomsky and tutting. His friends call him "Richard". DJ Wanker's Electro Top 11: (In alphabetical order) Hand To Phone - Adult I Feel Love - Donna Summer I Wanna Be Your Dog - Dakar & Grinser I Was Made For Loving You - Queen of Japan Le Rock 01 - Vitalic Male Stripper - Man 2 Man Passion - The Flirts Radioactivity (album) - Kraftwerk Rippin Kittin - Golden Boy with Miss Kittin Set It Off - Peaches Shut Up (And Sleep With Me) - Sin With Sebastian