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tichy cntd. meets Carmine Appice sort of.. just like a flurry SDM: Recently you had a mountain bike accident! That went great too! And yes, Mick played drums
of stuff but sort of melodic and sensible! haha How are you recovering and do you think you will on all the Dokken tunes and I tracked all the new
Thinking about it now, it s definitely more Scott have any long term playing issues? tunes.
Anyhow.. haha.. they used the huge fans.. (no than anyone else.
, not professional weightlifting Dokken/ Lynch The mountain bike accident that broke my collar-
Mob fans!!) but electrical fans that blew an insane bone was on 12/30/12. Surgery was 1/1/13. I am SDM: Will you be playing with S.U.N. full time and
amount of wind around. That made it all the more SDM: Can you please tell us about the Bonzo fine and have been since the week after surgery. No still play with T&N?
chaotic. It was fun and then it was more fun. Bash s? problems. But the collarbone area is numb and will
be into next year. I play with S.U.N. when we can get it together. It s
I wanted the sticks to look like they were not There have been a total of 8 since the first one on a difficult biz, this music biz. And it s even more
drumsticks so I wrapped this fabric stuff around Sept. 25th 2010. Two more back to back Jan 12 and difficult now than ever! Barely anyone has money to
them and duct taped them up. It wasn t easy to 13, 2011 in Los Angeles. . Then one on May 31, 2012 SDM: What s the reason for your departure of fund new music! You either have to have an all star
play with the fabric flying all over the place and the in LA. . Then Jan 2013 at NAMM in Anaheim. Then WhiteSnake? Was the reason because of the Dec. group get together so their collective names have
leather jacket made it harder to move and with we did 3 in a row this past May 30,31, and June 1 in 30th mountain bike accident and Jan. 1st surgery heavier value, or you are a new band that manages
the wind, if I hit too hard, cymbals started falling NYC, Long Island, and NJ. It gets more popular every you had? Tell us about the live WhiteSnake DVD and to break through with a single cuz you fit in the sort
backward into me.. it was sort of a mess and I wish time and while it a lot of work to do, it s something CD that is out and was made in japan/ UK? of mold that is happening, or you have nothing else
I could have looked a little less restrained in I am proud of. Just take a look at the drummers in your life except your band and you can dedicate
the video but these were all things going on that faces throughout the night or talk to them. And it s I simply left Whitesnake because I wanted to see if every ounce of time to it. Meaning, no financial
I didn t foresee and I didn t want to have to stop all about a simple common love for John Bonham I could keep going down a road I have visions and burdens, minimal cost of living, etc... but overall it s
everything and nail it all down so I tried to get and getting on that replica kit and throwing down dreams of. To give 100% to one band is a lot of time just harder to profit in the music biz financially. If
through it and have it not suck! with your buds! and dedication. Whitesnake is great. I just wanted T&N calls, and we can all play, it would be fun.
to see what else I could be, do , and create at this
particular point in my life. It had nothing to do with
SDM: There s a lot of people describe your SDM: How is the S.U.N. mixing for your live DVD: the mountain bike accident or surgery. SDM: Why do you speed bag while playing drums?
drumming on T & N to be in the vein of Scott Travis Veni, Vidi, Rocky going? What s it like working How did that develop in your playing?
of Judas Priest/Racer X fame. How do you feel about with Sass Jordan? How do you find the drummer s I am proud of my time with WS. They put out a new
that comparison? playing in S.U.N.? Is it a weird situation for you DVD and CD this year and I am on both. David gave Because I can! Haha! Cuz no one else has ever done
being on guitar instead of drums? Do you ever give me a big ol drum solo with chopsticks and gins it before! Cuz now I can say I am the first dude to
Scott who!!!!???? HAHAHA!!!!!! Scott rules! And your drummer any advice on how to play S.U.N. knives and stick fireworks that s documented on punch a speed bag in time while playing a drum kit!
as for a comparison that s great! He a top dog in material? the live DVD. The DVD is from our show at the Loud Haha! It s the little things in life that can make a big
the realm of metal drumming and double kick! For Park festival in Japan. We had fun, it was a good difference to your happiness! Haha... I love Speed
sure!! Go watch the youtube clip of me playing It s mixed but it s on hold. We all thought that show and I am glad it was videotaped and recorded Bagging! Got addicted in 2008. I don t work on it
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover on his kit in South it might be better to get more shows under out and put out because it represents us in the middle too much these days, but it s there in my garage so
America in 2011! I remember hearing Scott with belt rather than rely on that as a sole representa- of our world tour. it s gets punched. It is a very rhythmic exercise tool
Racer X . SCARIFIED baby! That s great stuff! tion that we promote. We are/were a new band that helps boxers, as well as MMA fighters. I love
Scott and I got to be buds when Whitesnake and so we agreed to keep it on the back burner for the sound, the look, the technique and the rhythm.
Priest did a tour together in 2011. I d hang behind now. Working with Sass is great. Just an awesome SDM: What was the experience like recording the Well, that s kind of like me describing a drum set,
him watching him most nights. He s always been an singer! We always end up writing no matter what Dokken, Broken Bones sessions? so yeah, it all ties in perfectly. I am surprised no
influence! One of the first guys taking double kick we are doing and she s open to go in any direction. one else did it before me. Someday it will make it
to new places! Wait til you hear the stuff we ve done for the next It went great! Cool tunes, cool drum sounds, Don onto a stage with regularity and be incorporated
record! S.U.N.s live drummer, Tommy Stewart is a was cool! The album should have been called... into my nightly drum solo. Not just on That Metal
This year he was in my neighborhood, and friend of mine from back on the Ozzfest 2000 tour. COOL! haha. Show! But for now, I thank Eddie Trunk a million for
we went for some food. He mentioned to me He was with Godsmack back then and I thought asking me to play drums on That Metal Show and I
yeah, cool drum intro on the T&N tune kind of he was great. We reconnected and he was into the also thank all the people that work on the show for
Painkiller-ish and then he chuckled I thought music and vibe of S.U.N. so we went with it! It is SDM: How was the experience of doing the allowing me to set the Bag up and go for it!
about it and was like, yeah, he s right. But, not weird to be on guitar, it s awesome! I don t give recording sessions for T&N Slave to the Empire
when we did it I wasn t thinking that.. I love Priest Tommy advice on how to play I let him do his thing with the George Lynch, Jeff Pilson, and Mick Brown?
and although I know that song and that intro I just and he is a smart drummer, so the combination Is it true that you only play on the original songs, SDM: Tell us about attending Berklee College of
didn t have that in my head when Jeff and I were works while Mick plays the classic Dokken songs? Music from 1986 until 1990 and how important that
messing with ideas. I was thinking of Buddy Rich has been to your drumming?
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of stuff but sort of melodic and sensible! haha How are you recovering and do you think you will on all the Dokken tunes and I tracked all the new
Thinking about it now, it s definitely more Scott have any long term playing issues? tunes.
Anyhow.. haha.. they used the huge fans.. (no than anyone else.
, not professional weightlifting Dokken/ Lynch The mountain bike accident that broke my collar-
Mob fans!!) but electrical fans that blew an insane bone was on 12/30/12. Surgery was 1/1/13. I am SDM: Will you be playing with S.U.N. full time and
amount of wind around. That made it all the more SDM: Can you please tell us about the Bonzo fine and have been since the week after surgery. No still play with T&N?
chaotic. It was fun and then it was more fun. Bash s? problems. But the collarbone area is numb and will
be into next year. I play with S.U.N. when we can get it together. It s
I wanted the sticks to look like they were not There have been a total of 8 since the first one on a difficult biz, this music biz. And it s even more
drumsticks so I wrapped this fabric stuff around Sept. 25th 2010. Two more back to back Jan 12 and difficult now than ever! Barely anyone has money to
them and duct taped them up. It wasn t easy to 13, 2011 in Los Angeles. . Then one on May 31, 2012 SDM: What s the reason for your departure of fund new music! You either have to have an all star
play with the fabric flying all over the place and the in LA. . Then Jan 2013 at NAMM in Anaheim. Then WhiteSnake? Was the reason because of the Dec. group get together so their collective names have
leather jacket made it harder to move and with we did 3 in a row this past May 30,31, and June 1 in 30th mountain bike accident and Jan. 1st surgery heavier value, or you are a new band that manages
the wind, if I hit too hard, cymbals started falling NYC, Long Island, and NJ. It gets more popular every you had? Tell us about the live WhiteSnake DVD and to break through with a single cuz you fit in the sort
backward into me.. it was sort of a mess and I wish time and while it a lot of work to do, it s something CD that is out and was made in japan/ UK? of mold that is happening, or you have nothing else
I could have looked a little less restrained in I am proud of. Just take a look at the drummers in your life except your band and you can dedicate
the video but these were all things going on that faces throughout the night or talk to them. And it s I simply left Whitesnake because I wanted to see if every ounce of time to it. Meaning, no financial
I didn t foresee and I didn t want to have to stop all about a simple common love for John Bonham I could keep going down a road I have visions and burdens, minimal cost of living, etc... but overall it s
everything and nail it all down so I tried to get and getting on that replica kit and throwing down dreams of. To give 100% to one band is a lot of time just harder to profit in the music biz financially. If
through it and have it not suck! with your buds! and dedication. Whitesnake is great. I just wanted T&N calls, and we can all play, it would be fun.
to see what else I could be, do , and create at this
particular point in my life. It had nothing to do with
SDM: There s a lot of people describe your SDM: How is the S.U.N. mixing for your live DVD: the mountain bike accident or surgery. SDM: Why do you speed bag while playing drums?
drumming on T & N to be in the vein of Scott Travis Veni, Vidi, Rocky going? What s it like working How did that develop in your playing?
of Judas Priest/Racer X fame. How do you feel about with Sass Jordan? How do you find the drummer s I am proud of my time with WS. They put out a new
that comparison? playing in S.U.N.? Is it a weird situation for you DVD and CD this year and I am on both. David gave Because I can! Haha! Cuz no one else has ever done
being on guitar instead of drums? Do you ever give me a big ol drum solo with chopsticks and gins it before! Cuz now I can say I am the first dude to
Scott who!!!!???? HAHAHA!!!!!! Scott rules! And your drummer any advice on how to play S.U.N. knives and stick fireworks that s documented on punch a speed bag in time while playing a drum kit!
as for a comparison that s great! He a top dog in material? the live DVD. The DVD is from our show at the Loud Haha! It s the little things in life that can make a big
the realm of metal drumming and double kick! For Park festival in Japan. We had fun, it was a good difference to your happiness! Haha... I love Speed
sure!! Go watch the youtube clip of me playing It s mixed but it s on hold. We all thought that show and I am glad it was videotaped and recorded Bagging! Got addicted in 2008. I don t work on it
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover on his kit in South it might be better to get more shows under out and put out because it represents us in the middle too much these days, but it s there in my garage so
America in 2011! I remember hearing Scott with belt rather than rely on that as a sole representa- of our world tour. it s gets punched. It is a very rhythmic exercise tool
Racer X . SCARIFIED baby! That s great stuff! tion that we promote. We are/were a new band that helps boxers, as well as MMA fighters. I love
Scott and I got to be buds when Whitesnake and so we agreed to keep it on the back burner for the sound, the look, the technique and the rhythm.
Priest did a tour together in 2011. I d hang behind now. Working with Sass is great. Just an awesome SDM: What was the experience like recording the Well, that s kind of like me describing a drum set,
him watching him most nights. He s always been an singer! We always end up writing no matter what Dokken, Broken Bones sessions? so yeah, it all ties in perfectly. I am surprised no
influence! One of the first guys taking double kick we are doing and she s open to go in any direction. one else did it before me. Someday it will make it
to new places! Wait til you hear the stuff we ve done for the next It went great! Cool tunes, cool drum sounds, Don onto a stage with regularity and be incorporated
record! S.U.N.s live drummer, Tommy Stewart is a was cool! The album should have been called... into my nightly drum solo. Not just on That Metal
This year he was in my neighborhood, and friend of mine from back on the Ozzfest 2000 tour. COOL! haha. Show! But for now, I thank Eddie Trunk a million for
we went for some food. He mentioned to me He was with Godsmack back then and I thought asking me to play drums on That Metal Show and I
yeah, cool drum intro on the T&N tune kind of he was great. We reconnected and he was into the also thank all the people that work on the show for
Painkiller-ish and then he chuckled I thought music and vibe of S.U.N. so we went with it! It is SDM: How was the experience of doing the allowing me to set the Bag up and go for it!
about it and was like, yeah, he s right. But, not weird to be on guitar, it s awesome! I don t give recording sessions for T&N Slave to the Empire
when we did it I wasn t thinking that.. I love Priest Tommy advice on how to play I let him do his thing with the George Lynch, Jeff Pilson, and Mick Brown?
and although I know that song and that intro I just and he is a smart drummer, so the combination Is it true that you only play on the original songs, SDM: Tell us about attending Berklee College of
didn t have that in my head when Jeff and I were works while Mick plays the classic Dokken songs? Music from 1986 until 1990 and how important that
messing with ideas. I was thinking of Buddy Rich has been to your drumming?
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