Christmas 1975 was when I got my first "real" set of drums, so it's where I consider my start...drums are just in me, I could play as soon as I sat down...if there's a 'drumming-gene' I passed it along to my son as he's a natural as well

first concert was Joe Walsh 1978 with my older brother...really only memorable because it was my first...first truly memorable concert was Rush 11/7/1982, my first of many Rush concerts to come

-) drums: toms (7x8, 8x10, 9x12, 10x13, 11x14, 13x16, 14x18), bass (18x24) and gong bass drum (16x21) are DW Collector's series; snare is Pearl free-floating (5x14); side-snare is Pearl Q-Popper (5x12)

-) cymbals: A Zildjians 2-16" med-thin crash, 2-18" med-thin crash, 2-10" splash, 8" splash, 13" new beat hihat, 14" mastersound hihat, 22" ping ride, 18: swish, 18" oriental classic china

-) hardware: Gibraltar rack, cymbal arms, etc.; hihat and bass drum pedals are DW

-) electronics: Kat malletKat Express, Kat midiKiti, Pintech pads, Dauz pad, Hart eCymbals, Alesis DMPro, Akai Z4

I cut my drumming teeth to the first 2 Boston albums and "Hotel California" and "The Long Run" by the Eagles...needed to grow beyond these so a friend introduced me to Rush; I believe "Spirit of Radio" was my first exposure in 1980 and I had never heard drumming like that; I was hooked

I am currently in 2 bands:

-) Recover: a generic cover band
-) Anthem: a Rush tribute band

Rush "Moving Pictures", heard it when it was first released in 1981, perfection front-to-back