Meet Darren Marshall
A profile of me?
Hmm... ok, here goes nothin (and I mean nothin).
Well, I started drumming when I was 16 I think... it was back in '97 (and living
in Peak Hill) anyway. Please dont laugh but it was for the school band. They
needed a drummer, and after playing like a pro for ANZAC day that year, I got
into the school band.
It was the first time I had ever played a drumkit and the band leader said to
me "Who's been teaching you?? Where is all this coming from?? For a beginner,
you are doing great!!". It was a simple 4/4 rock beat.
I didn't have many big influences then... in fact I wasn'r even into heavy metal!
The main things then were The Offspring,
Greenday and Nirvana. It was that day
in '99 at band prac I realised I should stop fucking around with other instruments
(as I was getting NOWHERE) and concentrate on the drumkit.
It wasn't till '99 that I had a chance to buy my own drumkit. I bought two.
Two secondhand kits set me back a mere $300. Gradually, bands such as
Alice In Chains, Motley Crew,
Metallica, Pantera,
Sepultura and Armoured Angel found their way into my
small CD collection. So, after finishing school in '99 with close to three years of wanting to
start a band with a freind, I get bored of Peak Hill and move to Sydney with my newfound girlfreind
Kate.
After only two months, some guy that does these way cool drawings (Trent) tells
me theres some way cool metal band looking for a drummer. I first hear from
Weege on 10th of Feb. and meet him and the other guys
(Tim and Fatty)
on the 4th of March.
So, now, my biggest sources of inspiration are Vinnie Paul, Lars ulrich and
Igor Cavalera.