Around 1970.
What influenced you to become a musician?
God, Hearing the song Wipe Out on the radio
as a child, I dug the drum beginning.
Who are your favorite musicians?
Bill Bruford, Terry Bozio, Billy Cobham, John Bonham, Bill Ward, Neil Smith.
What are your favorite bands?
Early years - Grand Funk Railroad, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Captain Beyond, Uriah
Heep, Queen, UFO, Ted Nugent, Rainbow.
Later years - King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Yes, ELP, early Genesis, Pink Floyd, UK, Frank Zappa, Hawkwind, Kansas, Mahavishnu
Orchestra, Jean Luc Ponty, Brand X, Passport, Ozric Tentacles.
What musician(s) or band(s) are the most influential to your playing style?
Bill Ward - Black Sabbath; John Bonham - Led Zeppelin; Neil Smith - Alice Cooper; Nick
Mason - Pink Floyd; Don Brewer - Grand Funk Railroad; Bill Bruford - King Crimson, Yes, UK; early Genesis.
What bands have you played for and for how long?
Kounterpoint (with Roland Montijo) - One year, Still Motion - One year, the original Onyx
- Three yrears, Easy Street - One Year, The Cut-Outs - One year, Direct Line - One Year, Aslan - One Year, Keith Lloyd Band - Two years, Mike Caplo Project
- One year, Edge Runner # 1 - One year, Pipe Dream - Two years, Mad Hadder
- Three years, Edge Runner # 2 - One Month, Surreal Banshee # 2 (with Andrew Sadock) - Two years, Edge Runner # 3 - One Month, Edge Runner # 4 - One Year, Edge Runner # 5 (with Andrew Sadock & Roland Montijo) - One Year, Wet Animal
- Two years, Cletus and the Sliders - One Year, Lake Effect - Two years, Solar Confusion - One year, Surreal Banshee # 2 (Reformed) (with Andrew Sadock & Nate Swanson) - One Year, Head First - One
year, Edge Runner # 1 (Reformed) - Three Years. Presently working on my own CD "Music For Meditation & Serenity" with Andrew Sadock, Roland Montijo and soon with Nate Swanson.
What equipment do
you use?
1967 and 1977 mixed Ludwig Acoustic Drums with Zildjian and Paiste
cymbals, Mark Chimes, Triangles, Temple Blocks, DW 5000 Bass Drum Pedals, Pro-Mark
Sticks;
Hart Professional and Prodigy mixed Electronic Drums, Roland TD-6 Drum
Module,
Yamaha PSR740 16-Track Sequencer Keyboard, Two Behringer Eurorack MX 802A
mixers, Tascam 2488 Digital Portastudio and Cakewalk Sonar 5 Producer computer software.