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Name: Jelle Hamstra
Date of birth: 03-08-1980
Occupation: Taxi driver
Instrument: Drums
Gear:Paiste and Stagg cymbals,splashes,and china's. Mapex double bass pedals,Vic Virth sticks,Stagg and Gibraltar cymbalstands
Musical background: Playing drums for about 15 years now. Had a few lessons in snare technique.
The rest I learned by watching and listening to other bands and drummers. I also play a little guitar.
Other bands:
Soaking In Entrails(guitar)
Ex Dimaeon(Drums)
Beyond The Rot(Guitar and drum programming)
March Of The Unstoppable(Guitar,bass and drums)
Boal(Guitar)
Ex Despondency(Guitar).
Musical influences :Drummers like: Mike Portnoy, George Kollias, Nicko McBrain, Tomas Haake, Derek Roddy.
Bands that influence or inspire me are somewhat the same band,and a lot more ofcourse,as below.
Favourite albums: Too many to name, but here are a few in no particular order:
Cannibal Corpse – The Bleeding.
Suffocation – Despise the Sun.
Death – Individual Thougt Patterns.
Dream Theater – Train Of Thought.
King Diamond – Abbigail part 1 and 2
Nevermore – This Godless Endeavor.
Immolation – Close To A World Below.
Deeds Of Flesh – Of What's To Come.
Metallica – And Justice For All.
Into Eternity – The Incurable Tragedy.
Favourite movies:
V For Vendetta
Angels And Demons(Dan Brown)
Da Vinci Code(Dan Brown)
Saw 1, 2, 3
Everything from Quentin Tarantino
South Park(Bigger,Longer,Uncut and Imaginationland)
Unleashed.
Favourite holiday destination: No particular place
First thought when waking up: Got to go to the bathroom
Favourite quote: Got no favorite quote.
Got anything to add? Keep up those horns and support your local scene.
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