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Dennis Leeflang
Rock / Alternative / Funk

Meat & Potatoes



Astoria, New York
United States

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Member Since1/18/2005
Band Websitehttp://www.dennisleeflang.com
Sounds LikeLike very much sounds, yes.





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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 7 2009 8:00P
Maiden NY @ Wunderbar Long Island City, New York
Nov 24 2009 8:00P
Maiden NY @ L’Amour Staten Island, New York
Feb 27 2010 8:00P
The Saturnine @ Escape Veenendaal, The Netherlands

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   About Dennis Leeflang



"I travel the globe and meet so many players! I am so impressed with a young drummer I have had the privilege to meet. Dennis is such a tremendous talent. His maturity in his approach to drumming is very creative. Combined with a strong musical standard secures himself as a talent to listen for in the future! Keep your ears open..."


Born and raised in the west of Holland, Dennis Leeflang (pronounced "Lafe-long") was never the ordinary Dutchman. After several years of playing snare drum in various local brass bands, the step up to the drumset was a natural progression when entering high school. Labeled by many of his classmates and friends as a loner, he had dedicated himself to his one and only passion of playing the drums, locking himself up to practice sometimes up to 12 hours a day. His dedication soon drew the attention of local musicians and press and at age 20, Dennis was not only gigging all over Europe, but also teaching drums part-time. By age 22, successful projects in his home country included bands such as Within Temptation, Sun Caged and Epica.
When invited to tour with New York's craziest guitar virtuoso Bumblefoot, a.k.a. Ron Thal (Guns N' Roses), in 2002, Dennis soon realized how small Holland, and how big the rest of the world and its opportunities are. In 2004, the 25 year old drummer exchanged wind mills for skyscrapers and moved to New York City, carrying with him merely his cymbals and some clothes.

Only days after his arrival in The Big Apple, Dennis found himself teaching and playing with local bands daily. Now able to commit himself to working with the man on his home territory, Dennis became Bumblefoot's steady skinsman, which enabled him to record and tour with the Foot on a regular basis. This did not go unnoticed by his motherland's press and a handful of drum companies. Dennis would soon join forces with several companies in the form of endorsement agreements, enabling him to travel all over the globe to perform clinics and workshops and exchange knowledge with like-minded drum fanatics. Around the same time, Dennis was voted high in the readers polls of his home-country’s drummers magazine Slagwerkkrant, as well as featured in advertisements and write-ups in major international drum magazines such as Drum! and Modern Drummer.

In New York, Dennis has been studying with the great Dom Famularo, as well as accepting projects in various unfamiliar genres with some world renown artists and producers, forcing him to develop a great sense of diversity, dynamics and technique, as well as a fresh approach to creativity. Because of close and numerous production collaborations in New York as well as in Europe in the past, added to deep-rooted interest in recording techniques, Dennis has gotten more and more involved in the production side of his recording sessions, resulting in numerous (co-)production collaborations in NY and overseas.

Dennis claims to be a band drummer, first and foremost. Playing with as many people as possible is simply a valuable learning experience for the eager musician, always on the lookout for "that one band", but never limiting himself to being involved in few projects. Whether it'd be as a drummer, teacher, producer or event organizer.
While possessing over a great knowledge of technique, Dennis feels like a fish in water when he's asked to lay down a solid groove. As some of his main drumming influences, Dennis names Nicko McBrain, Steve Jordan, Dave Abbruzzese, Stewart Copeland, Chad Smith, Jeff Porcaro and Josh Freese.



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Ryan Maiden Colaco

Ryan Colaco



Oct 11 2009 12:48 AM

hello Dennis. glad to have u on board. catch up on some drum talk some time :) have a look at some of my pix meanwhile. tc & greetings from india! (Y)

[http://myspace.com/kryptosindia]
Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats

Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats



Sep 25 2009 2:41 PM

Hi Dennis Leeflang, "Meet the Meatbats," the debut release from Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith's new group is a TOP 10 Jazz/Funk Album on iTunes! The CD is a sexy and loud, sonic funk experience that fuses together styles as diverse as funk, punk and 70's R&B! GET IT NOW ON ITUNES, along with Free banner and wallpapers downloads on the MySpace page! Please help spread the word with your friends and thanks for supporting Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats!!!
Bill Berends

Bill Berends



Sep 20 2009 12:01 PM

Meat & potatoes indeed!! ;)
Alex Smirnov

Alex Smirnov



Sep 10 2009 8:26 PM

Thank you very much for support!!
Greetings from Russia!
Mark/Drummer For Circleswitch

Mark/Drummer For Circleswitch



Aug 19 2009 2:04 PM

Hey Dennis - if you get a moment of free time - I'd be HONORED if you took a look at my band's videos!! Just come out to my page to check them out, or go to Youtube and type in Circleswitch in the search engine. I hope you're havin' a blast w/ Lita Ford!

Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats

Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats



Aug 10 2009 6:18 AM

Hi Dennis Leeflang, Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers & Chickenfoot) presents the Bombastic Meatbats, a sexy and loud, sonic funk experience that fuses together styles as diverse as funk, punk and 70's R&B! The CD will be in stores on September 15th and is available for <a href="http://www.warriorrecords.com/bombasticmeatbats/">PREORDER NOW, along with Free banner and wallpapers downloads</a>! Please help spread the word and thanks for supporting Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats!!!
Jennifer

Jennifer



Aug 10 2009 6:18 AM

Why yes it is!! Are you being fresh mister? ;)
darkniss

darkniss Music Minds



Jul 21 2009 7:00 AM

Hey

Thanks for the friendship
Take a look at our website and feel free to sign our Guestbook

Thanks and Cheers MMM Darkniss

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Robert Spaninks

Robert Spaninks



Jul 17 2009 12:21 PM

Dennis, congrats on the tour!
Lachen man!
Cheers,
Robert
Keri

Keri Whitman



Jul 13 2009 12:41 AM

Hey, thanks for the request. I'm looking forward to the show this Friday!
Frederico Ernesto, o elfo

Eduardo Baltazar
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Jul 7 2009 2:12 AM

Well, I was just gonna add something else as I was bidding farewell but MySpace didn't let me because I'm such an intensive text bitch and I hit the message's character limit :0 Soz.

Anyways, I was just gonna tell you to stay cool and hoping everything went okay on the tour. I was surprised to see your names on Lita Ford's lineup band, must have been a really interesting experience :) Make sure you tell us how everything went for you.

Stay cool, man! Zya,

-SeeD.
Frederico Ernesto, o elfo

Eduardo Baltazar
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Jul 7 2009 2:08 AM

Oh god NO! I've been so awfully busy that I didn't even have an idea for how long you'd be around touring with Lita Ford. My bad for not being synched with the tour dates, sorry.

There's a good chance I might have the opportunity to see Ron LIVE in the near future (or not), since I bet Guns'n'Roses will stop by Portugal or Spain eventually. And meeting him would be awesome, naturally. But I have to see you drum and congratulate you on what you've accomplished so far. Been noticing and following your stuff for a long time already, when I was still an open-yet-close-minded kid who only considered prog to be music xD I admire the way you grow musically on each record that's out, especially noticable on your input on Bumblefoot's albums. On Abnormal I was stunned by the change you put into it, such a different groove from Normal, and totally setting the "Abnormal" ambience thingy going on. You definitely influence me, and it seems Ron has found someone who complements him :D And Ron being my number one artist ever, I'm happy for him and for you! Oh, and of course, I HAVE to catch some Bumblefoot (band) live act somewhere, somehow, someday. But I imagine it's hard setting out a tour overseas and get a chance to drop by south europe.. It'll happen, I'll be there eventually.

By the way, I'm registered on the BBForum under Baltazar but I don't post often, because the architecture course is a life-sucking-bastard. But I hang around and check it every once in a while and I find it really cool that you guys are always up-do-date with it and get all confortable reaching out for the fans and stuff. Awesome of you, because you guys don't hear that as often as you should. :) But I've been trying to get some time so I can post there more often and live the thing a little. I will most certaily bother ya with some drum things I've been wondering for a while, BBF tracks related.
HELEN V.A (PROG FAN)

HELEN V.A (PROG FAN)



Jul 4 2009 8:17 PM

HELLO DENNIS! NICE TO MEET YOU MY NEW FRIEND!
I KNOW VERY WELL WHO YOU ARE!!!! HE,HE,HE!
YOUR PLYING IS SO 'HARD' THAT I VERY DIFFICULT FORGOT IT!!
I SAW YOU BEFORE IN A FEW DAYS WITH LITA AND THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS..."YOU GOT IT MAN!"...
HARD ROCK BANDS WANT DRUMMERS LIKE YOU...
GOOD LUCK MY FRIEND DENNIS AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN...
KISSES AND HUGS FROM GREECE...
(ACTUALLY YOU MAY SUFFERED WITH ALL THESE UNUSUAL HOT WEATHER SITUATIONS AND YOU HAD THIS GREEK HOT SUN STRAIGHT TO YOU!)...BUT YOU WERE GREAT!;)
Mario

Mario



Jun 30 2009 2:14 PM

Yo Dennis!

Alles goed? Druk on the road zie ik! ik zit sinds een aantal maanden in een nieuwe band Gentlemen > www.myspace.com/musicbygentlemen.
Geniet van het weer!

Greetz
lonesome tiger photography

lonesome tiger photography



Jun 30 2009 10:57 AM

that thing with the hanging in NY sounds too tempting. i might be doing that :-D
thank *YOU* for the great time!!
Sinnerkat

Sinnerkat



Jun 28 2009 7:40 PM

Awesome! Glad to hear you are rocking for a cool chick. Have a blast on tour!
Just Shaunna

shaunna Christensen



Jun 26 2009 3:14 PM

Hey Dennis, How is life on the road treating you? Looks like your having a great time. Love the updates. Talk to you soon,
shaunna
Noel van Eersel STICKMOTHERROCKER®

Noel van Eersel



Jun 24 2009 2:40 PM

Damn, gast wat ben ik mega jaloers op je! Met Lita Ford touren. Zou ik niet alleen een 'boner'van Lita krijgen, maar ook van deze tour! ;-)
Enjoy, dude!

Laterr,

NOEL
PS: nog steeds niet gevestigd in de USA....
Brain Surgeons

Brain Surgeons



Jun 21 2009 4:18 PM

You are a credit to your people.

xox
D
Dazed in Confusion

Dazed in Confusion



Jun 17 2009 6:30 AM

It's all good my friend, looks like your having a blast out there...keep rockin'!
Just Shaunna

shaunna Christensen



Jun 16 2009 5:18 AM

Hello from Cali..Thanks for the request. Sent pics.
S
Selma

Selma



Jun 10 2009 2:52 PM

dank voor het vriendschapsverzoek!
EQUATION NATION

Equation Audio



Jun 4 2009 6:50 PM

Thank you for adding www.equationaudio.com as a friend!
Chambagz

Chambagz



Jun 4 2009 8:02 PM

Hey D! yes they sure do!
Cirrha Niva

Cirrha Niva



Jun 6 2009 11:01 PM

Hi Dennis Leeflang,

As our friend you are probably happy to know that we have started taken Pre-Orders on our new album "For Moments Never Done". By doing so you will receive a free band shirt!

If you're interested just visit our shop at www.cirrhaniva.nl.

Thanks for your support and trust!!
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