“Hey you
Are you looking at a few sticks with tennis tape… well sticks from someone where it all started with a dream. The drummer who is so often smeared is my biggest example. Lars Ulrich indeed, that’s him. I’ve been aspiring to the drum throne since I was 12, although I wasn’t allowed to start yet. It would make noise etc, or be a phase… Parents of today, please, feed your child’s dream!
Finally, at 18, I bought my Pearl Export Black edition. This boy wanted to blast! Paul Mazurkiewicz (Cannibal Corpse), Tony Laureano (Nile a.o.), Pete Commando Sandoval (Terrorizer a.o.) and I can name 50 more drummers of influence, but the message was clear; Blaster!
By the way, I started as a singer with the DeathGrind band Côte d’ Aver, but after the drummer left, I was allowed to fill in the gaps myself. Of course, that went extremely difficult and absolutely not stable. Only the persistent one wins! And after throwing my perfectionism aside a bit, I was able to enjoy performances and my playing improved.
In 2015 I was allowed to perform in the Cult status Grindcore band My Minds Mine from Friesland, also became the drummer of the Hardcore band Ancestral Sin (also from Friesland), was allowed to replace Roel Sander with the DeathGrind icons of the Limburg Inhume and also play a game of D-Beat at Kronol!
Playing at various festivals and stages at home and abroad, being allowed to immortalize myself on various records and having had the honor (and still have) of composing with such talented musicians? Can I call myself a lucky man. Arthur Theunissen, thank you for allowing me to have a place in this exhibition. Everyone who has helped or supported me on this journey, THANK YOU!
Believe in yourself and go for that dream, thanks for reading, big hug”
