Tariq

O.K. I'm a crazy drummer who's finally taking a stab at writing songs.I have just come back to my former home of Vancouver, B.C. and I'm diggin it !I have several projects in the works at the moment: one of which is my girlfriend Trudy on vocals/ bass/ keyboards and myself on drums.....it will be cool and heavy and crazy !My other project will be heavily influenced by 70's/80's hard rock and metal.......My musical background is fairly diverse.....I was in the 3rd grade when I discovered Elvis, then it was the Beatles and the Bay City Rollers(!?), 6th grade Kiss changed my life forever ! then later that year Queens "News of the World" blew my mind, I also was crazy about Eddie Money, Paul McCartney and Wings, Alice Cooper, and Bachman-Turner Overdrive.I discovered The Who around the time I entered high school and that had a major impact on me....I also discovered Punk and New wave most notably Ramones and Blondie and the Jam.........since then it's been a great adventure discovering new music.....In high school I started playing drums in bands with my buddies and started taking lessons.I've been in many bands and musical situations since then, some good and some o.k. and some not so good. Some of the good stuff was: Smokey Road (Montreal 1989-1990, 70's vibe, Demo) Mudskippers (Montreal 1991-1993, Bad Brains/ All influenced, Demo) Blisterene (Vancouver 1996-1998, Punk/Power Pop, CD Poncey Rocket records) Bowlrider (Brighton, U.K. 2006-2007, Stoner Metal, CD Rising records) Supernaut (Brighton, U.K. 2006-2007, Hard Rock, DemoI love Tama drums and Sabian cymbals.....future plans are to study tabla as well.....Other things I enjoy doing is brewing beer, discussing beer and tasting beer ! I'm also very interested in health issues, veganism and spiritual things, and meeting crazy, positive people !Thanks for reading !