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RED . DRUMS,
TATOOS.
Red started off playing with Stevie Wright from the Easybeats
which played the opening to every toilet seat through out
Australia for about 2 years... He then freelanced playing
on cruise ships reading charts in backing bands for artists
too numerous to name. Next was a tour with Iva Davies from
Icehouse. Then in 98 whilst getting a tattoo he was asked
to join Australia’s biggest metal band at the time,
Segression. He went on to record 'Smile' with them, released
through Roadrunner Records which sold out in its first week
of release (approx 3500 copies). It went on to be one of the
biggest selling metal albums in Australia. Segression toured
all over Australia with their own shows and supporting international
acts such as... Strapping Young Lad, Slipknot, Fear Factory,
Ozzy Osbourne, Soulfly, Pantera. The band relocated to the
USA where they toured and recorded for quite a few months
also playing shows with bands such as Hatebreed etc. Through
this gig, Red received an endorsement from Tama drums which
led to an appearance at the 2001 Ultimate Drummers weekend
in Melbourne, playing beside drummers of the ilk of Virgil
Donati, and Zorro just to name a few. He parted ways with
Segression late 2001. After a little break his next thing
was to break the Guinness world record for the longest drum
marathon in which involved playing drums nonstop for 57 hours
and 3 minutes smashing the old record of 42 hours held by
some pommy dude. Since then he’s played again in originals
bands touring Australia and doing many recording session work
and now he’s found a home in GT...
Watch him when he drums he has a good time.
Red is still proudly endorsed by Tama.
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