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Arron Walton

About Me

I am a drummer and drum tutor. I teach at the Performance Academy of Newcastle College and for Newcastle Music Service. Outside teaching I have been tub thumping for Skyclad since 2001 and the Pistoleros since 2007, both of which are equally rewarding and enjoyable.
Since playing with Skyclad I have had the pleasure of touring extensively around Europe and in 2007 ventured into Russia for the first time. I have recorded two full studio albums with Skyclad, one of them with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.As a band Skyclad have played festivals such as Wakken open air, the Dynamo festival, Popkomm, With Full Force and Gods of metal and have toured with and shared the stage with Black Sabbath, Manowar, Lacuna Coil, Life of Agony, Motorhead, Cradle of Filth, Subway to Sally and Yngwie Malmsteen. Since I took the seat behind the kit; The Black Label Society, In Extremo, Nile, Evergrey, Children Of Bodom, Dimmu Borgir, Apocalyptica, Gamma Ray, The Haunted, Paradise lost, Doro, Ensiferum, Accept, Korpiklaani, Amorphis and Amon Amarth many amongst others.I am available for any session or dep work, "Ask and thou shalt recieve."Anyone like minded, not like minded or just generally nice are more than welcome to drop by and say hello.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/02/2007
Band Members:


Influences: MUSICIn no particular order:Tool, Clutch, A Perfect Circle, Primus, Candiria, 65 Days of Static, Danny Carey, Jean Paul Gaster, Steve Gadd, Tim Alexander......in fact there are far too many bands and people to list
Sounds Like:

Skyclad - No Daylights Nor HeeltapsSerotone - Not The AnswerSkyclad - A Semblance Of NormalityLings Missile - MonikerSkyclad - Jig A Jig Skyclad - In The...All Together
Record Label: Scarlet Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Skyclad - Number 3 in the indie Myspace top artists (Folk Rock)

Was randomly browsing today and came across this
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:49:00 GMT

Check out this event: Skyclad - In The...All Together album launch

Hosted By:Newcastle college Performance Academy - SkycladWhen:26 June 2009Where:Performance AcademyNewcastle College Rye Hill Campus Newcastle Upon TyneNE4 7SADescription:Album launch of Skyclad's new...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:50:00 GMT

New Album

New Album ..Sorry we haven't posted anything here in 2009 yet but we were waiting for this - the OFFICIAL announcement. Seems we're open for business once more!............ .r{}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNor...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:24:00 GMT

Week 1 studio report

Good Evening all, Just a quick web log to fill you in with the juicy details of the first week of recording. Kev is generally better at rabbiting on about things therefore it will not be as well verse...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:57:00 GMT

Drum Tuition

I'm currently looking to take on a selected number of students for private tuition. ANY level of experience and ANY style of playing catered for. Rates cheap enough for even poor Newcas...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:53:00 GMT