First contact with drumming in 1980. Played on cardboard-drums without any cymbals.
First drumset in 1981. A Hoshino with 20/13/16 drums in Ringo configuration and colour. Started to play Blues and Rock with brother Charly in a band called Missing Link.
After a few years the musicians changed and finally the band split. In the early 90s performing as a drum and bass duo.
In the mid 90s I got my Troyan set. Handmade in Germany. Massive Maple staves with massive, deep sound. You can see this blue wonder in the pics section.
Since the late 90s performing with "I tell you what"; a funk/jazz/rock trio. The tracks HeavyFunk and Hit the ground are from this band.
This trio is the backline of the Frank Zappa tribute project "Cheap Thrills" (formerly known as
Dwarf Nebula and the playground psychotics). We had the great honour to play on the Zappanale in Bad Doberan - the biggest Zappa festival in Europe :-)Equipment:
Troyan Drums 22/12/13/14/16 Maple, blue laquer
Mapex Pro M Drums 22/10/12/14/16; 14x5 Snare (killer drums!!)
Troyan Wenge-Snare 14x6 1/2
Ludwig Supraphonic hammered Bronze 14x6 1/2
Ludwig Supraphonic 14x5
Self built Maple Snare 14x6,5, shellac polished
Sticks: Vic Firth 5b American Classic Hickory
Cymbals:
20" Stagg Exo Ride (ping!)
20" Meinl Streamer Ride
20" Ufip Ride
14" Stagg DH crash
16" Paiste Power Crash 3000
13" Paiste Crash 2002
14" Paiste Crash 505
14" Paiste HiHat 2002
14" Masterwork HiHat
16" Wuhan China
Hardware: Dixon Rack, Pearl 800 HH, Tama Camco BD-Pedal, Tama Stagemaster Snarestand, DW 7002 pedal,
