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DrummyRed

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About Me

I’m a drummer with extensive experience in both live playing and studio recording. I've worked with both original and cover bands in many styles, from classic rock, alternative, punk, pop, to blues, R&B, country, folk, trad Irish, rock en Español, and more.
I guess I’d be considered "old-school," in the sense that my first drum influences were the classic rock drumming greats, who in turn were influenced by their predecessors, the drummers of jazz, blues, and big band music (which is the foundation for all forms of popular music as we know it).
You can tell this because if you listen closely to Mitchell, Bonham, Baker, etc., there’s a perceptible swing to their 8th-note rock beats that seems missing among many modern-day drummers. So my style is based on that sensibility, which enables me to handle a variety of musical forms. I’ve got the rockin’, bluesy, jazzy funk goin’ on.
I've been involved with many different artists you may or may not have heard of, including the Oppressed/NYC , Material Witness, Deke Rivers, Concrete Jungle , Radical Wing, Lukabrazi , the McCabes, and Oso . Please visit the above links to hear some examples of my drumming; I hope to have more links on here soon. Among recent projects, I've been kickin' it blues-rock-power-trio style with ZGP ; working with blues- and roots-style songwriters Naked Lives ; and collaborating on a classic rock project.
I am in this first and foremost for the pure love of music and prefer the creative environment of working with bandmates (especially if it's music that really moves me in some way), as opposed to being merely a “mercenary.” However, for a very reasonable compensation, I’m also available for sub gigs, studio sessions, pre-production projects, support work, etc.
I can sing lead as well as background vocals. I have great time and feel, and can work well with a click track. I can enhance your arrangements and add dynamics to your songs. I have a serious professional attitude, but I also know how to have fun while working. I'm dependable, reliable, I've got my own drums, I've got my own wheels. Got groove? Need groove? Let's talk.
This page is a work-in-progress, so if you want to know more, write me or visit here again soon. Or better yet, make friends!
(Oh, and if you must know, I edited my profile with Thomas’ Myspace Editor V3.6 . There, I said it.)

My Interests

Playing music, collecting drums and percussion instruments, art, world events, Little Steven's Underground Garage, the how and why of all there is, comics, satellite radio, the Rat Pack, low-rent computer graphics, mythology, food, drink, smoke, language, questioning authority, science (fact and fiction), dinosaurs, fire, cardunas, Di Nobilis, history, quantum physics, Howard Stern, goddesses, cats, outer space, cinema, politics, comedy, Italy, nature, and -- bonus points if you know what movie this line comes from -- anything that stimulates my intellect as well as my loins!

I'd like to meet:

Bandmates, bands, musicians, producers, artists, people who consider themselves creative, adventurous, open-minded, intelligent, laid-back, fun, friendly, outside the box...

Music:

The Who, MC5, AC/DC, Dean Martin, Aerosmith, Chaka Khan, Alice In Chains, Bob Marley, Anti-Pasti, Janis Joplin, NIN, Louis Armstrong, Hüsker Dü, Maná, Audioslave, all the Kings (B.B., Freddie, Albert,...), Bad Brains, The Kinks, Joni Mitchell, Motley Crue, make my funk the P-Funk (I wants to get funked up), Ollabelle, Redd Kross, The Beatles, Kiss, Tom Waits, Black Flag, Gladys Knight, Black Sabbath, Louis Prima, Living Colour, Blondie, The Ramones, Blue Cheer, Pearl Jam, The Blues Brothers, Kraut, Joe Bonamassa, David Bowie, The George Bohn Orchestra featuring Pat Lewis, Shuggie Otis, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, QOTSA, J.B. Lenoir, Steve Earle, James Brown, Megadeth, Cab Calloway, Iggy Pop, Johnny Cash, Prince, Motorhead, Los Caifanes, The Misfits, Ray Charles, Paper Garden, Led Zeppelin, Nek, Cheap Trick, Nirvana, Keb Mo, Circle Jerks, Elvis Presley, Dixie Chicks, Weezer, The Meters, The Clash, Pink Floyd, Rosemary Clooney, Metallica, John Coltrane, The Police, Alice Cooper, Neil Young, Lou Rawls, Rush, Elvis Costello, The Temptations, Frank Zappa, Social Distortion, Cream, Muddy Waters, T.Rex, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stravinsky, The Damned, Buddy Rich, Busta Rhymes, Danzig, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Band, Queen, Tenacious D, Miles Davis, The Rolling Stones, The Pretenders, Little Feat, Dead Kennedys, Susan Tedeschi, Deep Purple, Radiohead, Neil Diamond, Taj Mahal, System Of A Down, Bo Diddley, Rage Against the Machine, Dion and the Belmonts, DJ Premier, The Allman Brothers, Sam & Dave, Dr. John, The Doors, Bob Dylan, The Eurythmics, Fear, The Stooges, Fleetwood Mac, Chelsea, Foo Fighters, Otis Rush, Vanilla Fudge, Foreigner, Billie Holiday, The Four Seasons, Aretha Franklin, Soundgarden, Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s, Galactic, Sex Pistols, Keely Smith, Govt Mule, Al Green, Ella Fitzgerald, Guns 'n' Roses, Heart, The Roots, Jimi Hendrix, Heroes Del Silencio, John Hiatt, Frank Sinatra, The Isley Brothers, Stone Temple Pilots

Movies:

Ray, Falling Down, Hairspray, Ed Wood, Diamonds Are Forever, Cool Hand Luke, Roadhouse, Napoleon Dynamite, Fahrenheit 9/11, Life Of Brian, Gladiator, Batman Begins, Scarface, The Terminator, Kinsey, The Warriors, Pulp Fiction, American Pie, Enter The Dragon, Dr. Strangelove, The Shawshank Redemption, Maria Full Of Grace, Full Metal Jacket, Night of the Living Dead, School Of Rock, Glengarry Glen Ross, Coming To America, Spartacus, Theatre of Blood, A Bronx Tale, Halloween, Blue Velvet, Wedding Crashers, A Mighty Wind, Private Parts, Longest Yard (original), Suspiria, Evil Dead, Taxi Driver, Dazed and Confused, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Clerks, Nosferatu, Shaun Of The Dead, Things To Come, King Of New York, The Fly, Back To School, Moonstruck, Wild Things, Bad Lieutenant, The Undiscovered Country, Rosemary's Baby, Planet Of The Apes (original), Apocalypse Now, Glory, The Exorcist, Hang 'Em High, Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Revenge, The Lord of the Rings, This Is Spinal Tap, Ocean's 11, Forbidden Planet, Duck Soup, The Crazies, Unforgiven, Soylent Green, Blade Runner, Goodfellas, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Fargo, Meet The Parents, Shaft, Hard Times, Angel Heart, Thunderball, Dr. No, Office Space, Carrie, The Shining, Big Night, The Valachi Papers, The Great Escape, Fatso, A Clockwork Orange, Phantasm, Star Wars, Jason and the Argonauts, First Contact, Conan the Barbarian, Trainspotting, Best In Show, American Psycho, Sideways, Omega Man, The Godfather (I, II, and even III, which a lot of people don't like but I think it's just misunderstood), The Freshman, Walk The Line, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, History Of The World: Part 1, Reservoir Dogs, Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia, Pet Sematary, Trading Places, Almost Famous, Trilogy of Terror, The Voyage Home, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Goldfinger, The Man With The Golden Arm, The Omen, Blazing Saddles, Frogs, The Wrath Of Khan, Standing In The Shadows of Motown, Austin Powers, King Of Comedy, Million Dollar Baby, The Blues Brothers, Alien, True Romance, Superfly, Boogie Nights, American Beauty, The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies, Live And Let Die, Reefer Madness, Super Size Me, Young Frankenstein

Television:

Nip/Tuck, Lost, The Sopranos, Weeds, Battlestar Galactica (new), The Simpsons, Inside The Actor's Studio, Molto Mario, Da Ali G Show, Real Sex, Chappelle's Show, Star Trek, Family Guy, Scream Pretty Peggy, The Daily Show, Music Choice, Iron Chef America, Rome, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Henry Rollins Show, Futurama, SuperGroup, Chiller Theater, Twilight Zone, Good Eats, Nova

Books:

Golden- and silver-age Marvel and DC comics, The Anarchist Cookbook, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Traps The Drum Wonder, Kitchen Confidential, Blowback, Moon - The Life And Death Of A Rock Legend, The Cruel Shoes, The Prince, Drumming At The Edge Of Magic, The Art Of War, Earth X, When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?

Heroes:

My father.