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The name is Pierre Talley. Drummer of Southern Mental Illness. I first began playing at the age of 14 by lying my way into concert band in the 8th grade for easy class credits. I kept in that trend when I made it to high school bluffing my way through a semester of concert band until I actually had to learn how to read/play "music" to keep up. I didn't actually begin playin on a full set untill 16 when i played for my church's "praise-team" for around 2 years. After graduating high school my best friend and I decided we wanted to start a band and after a 6 month period of recruiting and cutting members we were able to form "Wrekless Abandon est.2004" which some of you may know and or be a fan of. I picked up with S.M.I after about a year and a half of gigging with [WA] and it's been the primary path every since. I spend a majority of my time trying to improve my talents in hopes of one day being a professional drummer of Icon status.