Member Since: 20/04/2006
Band Website: check out my personal profile on Facebook.
Band Members: Aaron Spink has performed and/or recorded with: Steve Gadd, Danilo Perez, Randy Brecker, Gordon Sheard, Ravi Naimpally, Doron Zor, Michael Fonfara, Rick Morrison, Rob Christian, Eddie Bullen, Quincy Bullen, Lucien Gray, Andy Phillips, Brian Cezair, Maya Chilton, Mary and the Black Lamb, Geoff Torrn and Terry Quinney (Trigger Finger), William The Conqueror, Jane Lu, Ruthie Lamb, Marshells On Eleven, Replay, Sin Seven, Roman Riccio, Hayoun Lee and Matt Roberts (Circles Quartet), Aaron Bales, Mike Simpson and Brett Leier (The Womb), Calem MacLeod, Melissa Foye, June Garber, Lou Parker, Dave Barnes and 8 Feet, Dr. Payne and the Disease, Nevin Campbell, Rachelle Courtney, Ben Miller, Foty, Sin Seven, Brad Richardson, Chris Evans, APE, Replay, Jeff Alan Greenway, Wednesdayz Finest, The Oshawa Little Theater's production of "Anne of Green Gables" and "Jekyll & Hyde", The Taragon Theater's production of "Hello, Again", Miranda Head, Sophia Perlman, Recall, Gord Sheard's Humber Fusion Ensemble, Tony Zorzi Fusion Ensemble, Dave Sheldon (of Man With Target) and Indigo Flame, The "Man With Target Boys Choir", Mike Wark, Colin Harnish, Vinyl 45 (residing in San Diego, California). He has also had the great privilege of jamming with Californian trumpet virtuoso Gilbert Castellanos in San Diego.
Influences: Aaron Has Studied Drums with: Mark Kelso, Paul Delong, David Langguth, Ian Duncan, Bob MacLaren, Claude Lavergne, Don Vickery, Rick Lazar, Ted Warren, Roger Flock.Other Teachers: Pat Labarbera, Gord Sheard, Rik Emmet, Ted Quinlan, Tony Zorzi, Rob Bulgar, Brian Harris, Brian Lilos, Dave Stillwell, Will Jarvis, Brad Klump, Clifford Azavedo, Marian McLemant.Drumming Influences: Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd, Steve Smith, Bill Stewart, Antonio Sanchez, Mark Kelso, Tony Williams, Jeff Ballard, Adam Cruz, Mike Portnoy, Thomas Lang, Johnny Rabb, David Garibaldi, Will Kennedy, Paul DeLong, Billy Kilson, Ted Warren, Jack DeJohnette, Philly Joe Jones, Buddy Rich, Gary Novak, Wilson Laurentian, Danny Carey, Jojo Mayer, Zoro, Dafnis Prieto, Billy Hart, Paul Motian, Dennis Chambers, Vito Rezza, Peter Erskine, Marco Minnemann, Rick Lazar, Sekou Lamumba, The Drumbassaders, Roy Haynes, Clayton Cameron, Ed Thigpen, Philly Joe Jones, Jeff Hamilton, Kevin Kanner, Alex Acuna, David Langguth, Peter Erskine, Manu Katche, David Langguth, Randy Cook.............Non Drumming Influences and/or Bands: Deftones, Miles Davis, Gord Sheard, Pat LaBarbera, Montuno Police, Esthero, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea (and Origin), Hilario Duran, Roberto Occipinti, Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, Office of Strategic Influence, Sevendust, Tool, Snot, Shuvel, Randy Waldman, Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Avishai Cohen, Victor Wooten, Sting, Nancy Walker, Vital Information, Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy, Steps and Steps Ahead, Roots, Thornley, Big Wreck, HIM, Charlie Parker, Bill Evans (both pianist and saxophonist), John Coltrane, 311, Chore, Alan Pasqua, Herbie Hancock, Team Sleep, Montuno Police, Soul Stew, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Jeff Buckley, Jing Chi, Weather Report...........Non Musical Influence: THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS!!!!, The Undertaker, anything that has to do with horror films, hauntings, the parinormal or conspiricies, the Illuminati, Coast To Coast AM with George Noory, A View From Space on AM 640, Halloween...........Movies: 300, The Pianist, The Dark Knight, From Hell, Stay, Pirates of The Carribbean, Schindler's List, Star Wars (I-VI), The Indiana Jones Trilogy AND Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Gladiator, The Skeleton Key, Round Midnight, Haggard, Saw I - II, III and IV, The Prestige, Batman Begins, Friday the 13th movie series, starting to get into B Movie/Zombie flicks..............TV Shows: Frasier, Viva La Bam, Wildboyz, Titus, Seinfeld, Black Adder, Fawlty Towers, Little Britain, Family Guy, Chapelle Show, 2 and a Half Men, Robot Chicken...........Other quarky things: The music from the video game Resident Evil 2 is amazingly creepy and simplistically genious.........
Sounds Like: See influences...
Record Label: Unsigned (at this point anyway...)