Once a punk, always a punk. It's about being different from the crowd. After teaching children with special needs since 1993, I gave it up a few years back to indulge my hobby of restoring classic VWs. I also grew my mohican. I'm still the same person I was when I had a short back and sides, it's just blue and longer.

People want to have their picture taken with me. I'm always wearing my trusted black and red hooped jumper from Spank – Dennis the Menace is lurking inside me.

I'm also a band manager. My main band, Black Sun, are similar to Oasis lyrics-wise, but the sound is 70s psychedelia. I go to two or three gigs a week. I love the Cluny in Newcastle. It's attached to a pub that serves real ale and nice food, and lots of big bands do secret gigs. New York Dolls, Kate Nash and Pete Doherty have played there. They put a fake name on the bill, so you have to keep your ear to the ground.

VWs are a lifelong passion. They're for free spirits. I now run the Durham Dubbers – the biggest VW club in the north of England. We have monthly meets and a festival with bands all day and cooking in the campers. It's a laid-back get-together.

I don't have weekends these days. Being self-employed, every day merges into another. I don't mind, really – I just drift along.

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