| I arrived in '78 (A
cool year for British music) in St. Albans
just outside North London. I can't remember
being into a particular band or style of music
till I was about 9 but can remember bustin’
shed loads of toy drums that were bought for
me when I was a kid.
I started playing violin and flute at the
usual school age, probably just so I could
get out of class for a bit. Did a few local
shows at the town hall but was totally crap
so I gave them up.
I've got two older brothers - the youngest
of which started learning drums and I used
to copy him and just mess around on his kit.
This was about the same time I was introduced
to ROCK and Heavy Metal! My eldest brother
would always be blasting out Leppard or Maiden
from his room and I guess it kinda rubbed
off on me.
My first drum hero – Rick Allen of
Def Leppard. Bizarre choice 'cos he was missing
a major limb by this point!!!
It was then I realised what I wanted to do
with my life.
I practised all the classic eighties rock
bands - Leppard, Maiden, Whitesnake etc for
years 'til I worked up the bollox to actually
play in public. I formed a band with a couple
of mates called Choker, we used to do regular
'shows' on Sunday at the factory we rehearsed
at for a select group of mates.
After about a year of gigging properly we
got signed by an indie label called Roma Records
for a single and an album – the album
never made it! We toured the country doing
radio stuff ending in Leicester doing a show
for BBC radio Leicester - all of us too pissed
to string a sentence together let alone discuss
what’s wrong with the British music
industry. Doh!
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