Age: 17
Instrument: Drums of Doom
Equipment: Tama Starclassic (birch) 22" Kick; 10", 12", 14", 16" Toms; Mapex Black Panther 14"/5.5" snare, and soon a premier something or other Maple 14"/3.5" snare; Zildjzian Z custom 16" & 17" crashes; 22" Ridicoulos MegaBell ride (with an 8" bell!!); 14" Hi Hats; 18" Chinaboy High China.
On the first demo you hear my pathetic Yamaha DTXpress electronic drum kit. Take it from me if you are serious about your drumming do not get one of these. They are possibly the worst piece of drum equipment ever made.
Top 3 Metal Drummers: Dave Lombardo, Nick Barker, Hell hammer.
Top 3 non-metal drummers: Steve Gadd (aka The holy Father), David Garibaldi (of the best band in the world ever, Tower Of Power), Buddy Rich.
Favourite Bands: (alphabeticaly bands that have a lot of songs on my winamp playlist for fairness) At The Gates, Absu, Adequate Seven, Brody, Carnal Forge, Children Of Bodom, Darkane, Dimmu Borgir, DJ Shaddow, Dream Theatre, Frank Zappa, Hammerfall, Incubus, Jamiroquai, Justin Timberlake, Killswitch Engage, Khanate, Lost Horizen, MANOWAR!!!!, Maserplan, Mayhem (but not their early stuff. Yes that's right I am a black metal sell out. Old Mayhem SUCKS!!!), Meshuggah, Metallica, Mr. Bungle, Nile, Ozomatli, Rhapsody, Sepultura, Sinergy, Slayer, Slipknot, System Of A Down, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Haunted, Tom Jones, and finaly and most importantly TOWER OF POWER!!! - The best band in the world.
Musical Hates: Beatdowns. They all sound the same and are musically as interesting as a fart, Stupidy extreme music that's just being extreme for that sake of it such as Cryptopsy, People that hate stuff just because it's "commercial", People that hate stuff just because its "Not Commercial", Uhn Kahs (you know the fast slayer beats) where the leading hand plays 1/4 notes, not 1/8th notes, they sound lame, Drummers who play linear triplets (RLF/LRF) all the time because it's all they can do, People who can blast (Bastards!!), Blastbeats generaly - I think they can be used well but bands that blast all the time bore me very quickly, Bands that fill all the gaps in their set with feedback, Drummers who hit too hard thus putting huge dents in my drum heads, Guitarists who DON'T KNOW WHEN TO SHUT UP!!!!, Hardcore pits - You look stupid, Bands who people like by reputation alone, People who think playing fast is the the very epitomy of excellent playing - Don't get me wrong I play fast, but I don't think Flo Mournier is the best drummer in the world. That'll do for now.
I would most like to be able to play like:
Metal wise: Dave Lombardo
Musicaly: Steve Gadd
People I want to thank: Ok this list contains people who have helped us musicaly, so if you're my mate sorry!! - Lissa from the Underworld being generaly SAFE and trying her hardest to get us on some great shows, Paul From Tangaroa/Raw Nerve for his words of wisdom and promotional help, Both Decimate and Dew-Scented for being top blokes and being really encouraging to us, Jay from Dungeonfest, Tom from Rampage for putting us on with Vader and probably losing loads of money, The guys from Descent for being totally cool and giving us great words of encouragement especialy Ross and Duncan, James Cook for putting on our first ever show in a sports hall in metal Nailsea, The Voodoojunkie people for helping us out and giving us a gig, All the RawNerve forum regulars - You guys are way metal you know who you are, Anyone who has ever taken the time to come up to my sweaty smelly self after playing to tell me you enjoyed the set - It's a great compliment coming from guys as into their metal as you lot!!, Tim for sorting out all our shows, And finaly the rest of the guys in the band for being amazing at what they do and giving me the chance to play with some amazing musicians!!
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