One of my early influences was Keith Moon from The Who. Other early influences were John Bonham, Terry Bozzio, Neil Peart, Billy Cobham, Ringo Star, Buddy Rich, Roger Taylor, Bill Bruford, Ian Paise, Alex Van Halen, Carmine Appice, the list goes on and on.
Born Nov.17 in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, after a brief stay I moved with my family to Zweibrücken, Germany, lived there for 5 years before we settled back in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Started playing drums and taking lessons at the age of 11.
1980 - Played in first professional band “The Edge”.
1982- Did first tour (7 months) across Canada with “The Kaotics”.
1984 - Joined Rush cover band “Click”. Click played together (no member changes) for 9 years.
1993 - Moved to Vancouver, B.C. Joined “Annihilator” for the 2nd leg of the touring cycle for the “Set The World On Fire” tour. Toured with the band all over the US, Canada, Europe and Japan.
1994 – Recorded first CD with Annihilator “King Of The Kill” and toured Europe and Japan.
1996 – Recorded 2nd Annihilator CD “Refresh The Demon” Joined Bif Naked later that year. Also toured with and recorded Annette Ducharme’s CD “Bloom”. Toured with Bif Naked until late 1997 before getting an offer to teach drums in Berlin, Germany, at “The Drum Factory” which gave me the opportunity to be with my fiancé Ulrike whom I met in 1995 during the Annihilator K.O.T.K. tour.
1998 - Recorded Bif Naked’s 2nd CD “I Bificus” before moving to Berlin Germany. Played with several local bands which included Gom Jabbar, Pool Star and Schwarz.
1999- 2000 Recorded Schwarz’s CD “Das Schloss” and toured Europe.
2001 - Rejoined Annihilator and toured Europe and Japan. In the same year joined and recorded Rebellion’s first album “Macbeth - A Tragedy In Steel”.
2002- Recorded Annihilator’s “Waking The Fury” CD, toured Europe with Annihilator and Rebellion.
2003 - Recorded Annihilator’s “Double Live Annihliation” and Rebellion’s “Born A Rebel”. Performed first workshop for Mapex-Drums at the “Frankfurt Musikmesse”.
Later that year joined Primal Fear as a steady member after doing the U.S. God’s Of Metal Tour.
2004 - Recorded “Devil’s Ground” with Primal Fear. Toured extensively in support of the CD which included North & South America and Europe.
2005 –Recorded “Seven Seals” with Primal Fear. Toured through out Europe in support of the CD. Recorded DuskMachine’s debut CD The Final Fall.
Joined Berlin based rockers Skew Siskin and toured Europe.
2006 – Toured with Primal Fear in support of Seven Seals through out Europe, South America, and Japan. Toured with Skew Siskin in Europe. Did first show with Berlin based drum group “Drum Connection”.
2007- Recorded Skew Siskin’s 6th CD “Peace Breaker” followed by a tour in France. Recorded Primal Fear’s 7th CD “New Religion” Release date Sept.26th. Touring in support of the new CD will start Oct.6th in Atlanta USA followed with a tour of Europe and Japan. Played shows with Drum Connection.
We are so glad that you added us as a friend. It means a lot to us, especially if you checked out our music! It got a very good feedback from a lot of people already, but we would want to hear your opinion as well.
Hi Randy, alles fit bei Dir? Ich hoffe ich seh Dich mal wieder auf dem Eis. Uni Hockey diese Woche Montag um 7.30 am kein Scherz ansonsten auch Sonntags nachwievor Ahoij Frusti von Elephantfeet
Hi Randy :o)) Thank's for the wonderful show yersterday with Primal Fear at Rock Temple in Kerkrade. You are great ... Really !! Music is my Oxygen ... Thank youuuuuu ! Anne
How are you ? Me I'm again in heaven...I was in Lille (France) last wednesday to see VIRUS IV...It's a band with Magali Luyten and Samuel Arkan. Go to my page myspace and listen the music...It's them ! Bye and don't hestitate to talk to me, ok ? Kiss. Mike
Comment vas tu ? Moi je suis encore dans les nuages. J'y ai fait un bond mercredi soir... J'ai vu VIRUS IV à Lille...Trop bien je t'assure ! C'est un goupe avec Magali Luyten et Samuel Arkan. Ecoute le titre sur ma page, c'est VIRUS IV, çà te donnera une idée. Allez, n'hésites pas à me causer ! Biz. Mike
Hi Randy , i saw you last night in Villava ,great show ,amazing!! Your drum is a Mappex monster! and the bass kick!!!oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!! Now i'm shure,you're my favorite. keep on hitting bixente
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