"I'd have to give thanks to the Beatles, Alice Cooper Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin"
Wildman says in reference to having learned how rock music works. "Around 9 or 10 yrs old I used to pretend to be Paul McCartney playing for the Queen" he laughs. "Other kids would be outside playing touch football or hide and seek-I'd be in my bedroom singing my heart out to early Beatles tunes, strumming an old badmitton racquet as a guitar lol" All that pretending was not lost on Wildman as he soon learned that he had a natural ability to play drums, his first instrument. "I used to bang on books at school, making up beats, different size books had higher or lower tones. I think my science book was my bass drum! My folks finally relented and got me a Blackjack drum set at age 10". Self taught, Wildman never had lessons-"I don't remember ever struggling with drums, I just sat down and could figure things out". As he entered his rebellious teenage years he discovered bands such as Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Alice Cooper. "I just loved the early Cooper albums, the songwriting and production was so good and how could you be any more of a rebel to your folks than worshipping Alice cooper or playing Sabbath tunes at full blast!" he laughs.
Ah yes Humble beginnings...
As a young adult, Wildman (the nickname he got from his playing style) would play with some of the top drawing bands in the New England area, never taking for granted the thrill of playing with guys older and more experienced than he; "I was often the rookie in those situations but it is was great way to learn how to perform in front of big crowds and behave like a pro, I was lucky to have great players take me under their wing""
It was during the 80's that Wildman taught himself how to play guitar out of a desire to write original music, "I've always had a virtual radio in my head coming up with entire songs, melodies, bass, drums, keys, guitar harmonies, and it was really frustrating not being able to get the songs out of my head into a tangible format , so I picked up a cheap yard sale guitar and started working on that". Wildman also plays Bass guitar."I'm very versatile and I have a great understanding of how music works! (thanks to the Beatles and Queen) so I'm quite adept at singing harmony vocals and I'm always on the lookout for a kick ass original pro touring band".These days when not touring as the drummer for POISON'D-The Nations Ultimate Tribute to Poison. (WWW.POISOND.US) and RED WHITE AND CRUE-The World Famous Motley Tribute (WWW.REDWHITEANDCRUE.US) and the old school hard rock cover band JUNKBOX (www.junkboxrocks.com) he spends his time writing originals and searching for the dream gig. "It's like hitting the lottery but I just can't give up the dream yet" Contact Brent Wildman at [email protected] has shared the stage with:
Jackyl
Britny Fox
RATT
The late great Albert (Iceman) Collins
John Cafferty and Beaver Brown Band
REO Speedwagon
James Montgomery Band
Bands I have played for:
Nightrider
The Burnouts
HeartAttack
Driving Force
Crazy Train
Rockstar (bass guitar)
Wildmans' happy to abuse: TAMA IRON COBRA pedals, PEARL cymbal stands & ZILDJIAN & SABIAN cymbals, TRABEN & SCHECTER basses & JACKSON guitars and VOX amps
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