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| I've played drums since I was 9. Been banging on cans, boxes, pots and pans for many years before that. For two years, my next door neighbor was Bernard Purdie. I used to beg his kids to let me play his drums. Every now and then he'd have a party and I'd sit at my window while Aretha Franklin was singing in his living room. I went through the usual progression: Years of lessons; Bands; Tinitus. The Beatles phase lasted a few years. The Kiss obsession lasted just a few months and was replaced with what I was hearing on records my brother and sister left behind when they went away to college: Genesis, Frank Zappa, Mahavishnu Orchestra, etc. College years replaced my fantasy of being Billy Cobham with being Stuart Copeland. I found Gang of Four and the Clash. Yes was set aside for the Dead Kennedys. I've been a fan of jazz and soul through thick and thin. For the past dozen years or so I've been a big lover of 1960's garage and psych bands. |
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| Ultimately I think there are just two kinds of music. Bad and Good. And I love them both. Names of bands I played in growing up I've been gigging with Adam Lakes and friends. We play around nyc about every other month. His tales of Love-Gone-Wrong always put a smile on my face. Wolfhaven! I had a lot of fun playing with these guys. Its been a few years since we've played but we keep in touch. The name, quite honestly is a total coincidence. Our music is on spotify, itunes or you can download it from reverbnation for free Blockhouses! A bunch of cranky monstas fronted by a founder of the Figgs. A brick wall of sound - my hands hurt after every gig. So did my back and ears! I'm on their first cd. I count myself lucky when I get to play my friend Tyler Burba's songs. I recorded percussion for his latest stuff and we play together with Adam Lakes. I'm honoured to be a on a few songs on Josh McIlvain's CD, The Supermodel Who Loved Me by The Generals of Sexcop. Joshy Diamond tells me he's going to release the long lost Josh Diamond and the Brooklyn Soul CD one of these days. One of the songs was used on a big time TV show. I actually got a royalty payment out of it! |
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