Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, Government Joe, Simple Minds, Thomas Dolby, Talking Heads, The English Beat, King Crimson, Rush, Led Zeppelin, The Clash, 999, Jack De Johnette, Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, XTC, Frank Zappa, Talk Talk, David Sylvian, The Police, Stewart Copeland, Jimi Hendrix, Michelle Dompierre, Angelo Badalamenti, Killing Joke, Bill Bruford, Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music, Buddy Rich, Depeche Mode, Vince Clark, David Bowie, Colin Hay, Iggy Pop, Jeff Beck, Andy Summers, Midnight Oil, The Jam, The Stranglers, The Who, The Pretenders, The Ramones, The Specials, The Wolf Gang Press, Tom Petty, Bob Seger, Generation X, UK, Pink Floyd, Jean Michel Jarre, Trevor Horn, ABC, The Buggles, Adrian Belew, Klark Kent, Jaco Pastorius, Kaiser Chiefs, Nick Launay, Hugh Padgham, Sex Pistols, PIL, Glen Miller, Weather Report, Violent Femmes, Neil Young, Laurie Anderson, David Van Tiegham, Jeff Pocarro, Martin Chambers, Mel Gaynor, John Bonham, Steve Gadd, Neil Peart, Rob Hirst... man this is exhausting...too many to mention!
Born in the 60's…worked on several farms, in a pharmacy and a bakery. Played in a 16-piece big band as a teenager, listened to a lot of Detroit radio, and went to school in London to study audio engineering. Met up with Mitch "King Kong" Girio while at Fanshawe and formed King Apparatus along with Mitch, Paul Swoger-Ruston, Sam Tallo, Chris Murray, Paul McCulloch, and Greg Clancy. Engineered the first King Apparatus studio album while pursuing a career as an audio engineer, studio owner, and performer.
One thing leads to another in life and I ultimately found myself in the field of live event staging, animation, multimedia development, and video production. 2o years later…the video side of life pays the mortgage, while the musical side of the universe feeds my soul. In 2007, I hooked-up with the men of Ska and other past musical endeavours to form Portable Men.
And so the story goes…
