My developement as a drummer and performer seems to continuesly morph from one side of the music spectrum to the other. it was the early days of MTV when any band that made any sort of video or had recorded some live footage was played. all sorts of english bands were especially thrown at me and i sucked them all in with desire to listen to anything that came my way.I was first influenced from the sounds of 80's new wave, punk rock and.....as i matured into what some would say a musical snob, i found most music that is commercially viable to be contrived and boring.
Why not start from my roots? I was brought up in the mostly upper middle class town and suburb of Philadelphia, Marlton, NJ. It was a mostly white anglo-saxon town but some how my friends tended to be quite diverse racially and culturally including those who were afro-american, armenian, greek, hispanic, indian, irish, italian, jewish, and korean. Most are multi-generational american, though some of my closest friends and family members are the first generation here in the states. The occupations of my immediate family varied from ....
