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Kent Aberle

kentaberle

About Me


I'm a professional drummer from Atlanta, GA. I currently perform with James Hall and other acts in Atlanta playing all styles of music from Jazz to Metal. I play about 200 nights a year or more and love doing session work. I also enjoy teaching lessons, and talking shop. I believe in working on chops for chops sake but personally enjoy the essential groove delivery when it comes to my playing style. The groove makes the booty shake...not the solo. I play with intense passion like every show is my last no matter the gig situation. I love meeting people at gigs and on the road. Hope to see you soon!I endorse Vic Firth drumsticks, Meinl Cymbals and Percussion, Pork Pie Drums, The Grip Peddler, and Drumshoes (www.drumshoes.com). I also uses DW Pedals and Hardware, and Aquarian drumheads

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Member Since: 7/13/2006
Band Website: kentaberle.com
Band Members: www.kentaberle.com www.vicfirth.com www.meinlcymbals.com www.porkpiedrums.com www.grippeddler.com www.drumshoes.com

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Influences: John Bonham, Kenny Aronoff, Ian Pace, Jimmy Chamberlain, Jim Ellis, and Johnny (the machine) Herndon, and every drummer that has come before, during and after them.

Bands I dig: Led Zeppelin, Sonic Youth, The Sword, Deep Purple, Ours, The Poster Children, and anyone that is putting stuff out on vinyl!! Vinyl forever!

Bands I have performed with:
Sam Moore (Rock n Roll Hall of Famer)
The Shirrelles (Rock n Roll Hall of Famers)
James Hall
The Tokens
The Blues Brothers of Las Vegas
Chris Pierson of tv show Rockstar Supernova
The Swear
Cherry Vallance
Dr. Wu’s Rock and Soul Revue
Angel and The Broken Halos
Poprocks
The New Brew
Obsession Day
Watermarke Church
Northlink Church
Bridgepointe Church
North Metro Church
Mark Cook
The Sundogs
Justin
The Wilson Braswell Band
Metalsome Inc.
Jason Salzman
Andrew Black and the Believers
The Acousticats
Unplug This
Desire (the U2 Tribute)
Andy Birdsall
Easy Pickins
The Buckhead Saloon Houseband
The Filter Kings
Big Atomic
Blues Radio
Waiting For Princess
Big Jack Pneumatic
Willis
Top Gun
Hypnotic
The Flag Boys

Sounds Like: A lovely ballet between a t-rex and a staggasaurus wearing silk suits.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

What a trip man!

Well, I just got home from L.A.  What an amazing trip.  I am lucky enough to perform with James Hall and this week, this stellar band consisting of James, Bruce Butkovich, Chris Piskun, and ...
Posted by Kent Aberle on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:06:00 PST

When the little man gets knocked down.....

His family holds him up!  I was recently listening to 96.1 FM.   Currently, Atlanta's only major rock station, and well what do ya know.....Project Homegrown is back on the air. &n...
Posted by Kent Aberle on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:55:00 PST

Kickin it with old friends!

Hey gang, Just a heads up.  On Feb. 2nd at The Loft and Feb. 14th at The Nick in Birmingham, I'll be reuniting with my friends in The Swear!!  I'm looking forward to jammin with the guys an...
Posted by Kent Aberle on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:40:00 PST

Home from tour thank you’s!

Another successful month long tour in the books for The Chris Pierson Band.  I would personally like to thank everyone that helped us rock the midwest for a month. There are way too man...
Posted by Kent Aberle on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:39:00 PST

Good bill of health

It's officially been 2 years since my nasty bike accident that left me with a disfigured left shoulder, months from playing, and a new lease on life (wreck definitely could have killed me).  I we...
Posted by Kent Aberle on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:24:00 PST

The power of music

I had one of the most emotional roller coaster days of my life today.   A few days ago, one of our ATL musician brethren passed on.  Today, I attended his service in Atlanta where music...
Posted by Kent Aberle on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:53:00 PST

Back home!

We are back home from our month long jaunt through the midwest.  It was an absolute blast and a successful tour.  Almost everyone we encountered or saw our show picked up a cd and some merch...
Posted by Kent Aberle on Mon, 28 May 2007 07:12:00 PST

The tour blog

5/7 Well, we're off on our tour. Needless to say, if the craziest shit we'll deal with on tour happened at the 400 mi point of our drive, then we're in for a great tour! As we hit Nashville, we foun...
Posted by Kent Aberle on Thu, 24 May 2007 04:25:00 PST

New Gigs

I'm happy to say that I'm going to be performing with The Sundogs from Atlanta, GA.  myspace.com/sundogsga.  We'll be at The Loft in Columbus, GA this Friday 3/23 and in Statesboro, GA next ...
Posted by Kent Aberle on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:05:00 PST

A new year means changes!

With 2006 coming to a close and 2007 right around the corner, there are some major changes going on in my world.  I'm sure many of you saw the bulletin and the answer is yes, I'm leaving The Swea...
Posted by Kent Aberle on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:05:00 PST