I Am a married Drummer/Daddy/Rocker/Respiratory Therapist in Joshua Texas....(Not exactly in that order).Was born in Seville,Spain as an Air Force Brat!Am of Dutch,German,Cajun and Irish ancestry..Raised in Catholic schols thur senior year (Nolan High,Ft Worth,Texas 1979)..and went to Respiratory School at Texas Wesleyan/Harris Hospital in Ft Worth).. Been drumming since I was 15.. my first set was a used, contact-papered blue fleur-de-lis' Slingerland..!!! My next set was Mojave Red Rogers set, which was stolen,two doors down from Pantera's practice room in 1981 (sniff-R.I.P. DIMEBAG!!). I presently play Sonor Phonic-Plus Hi-Tech 7 PIECE Grey with black hardware..I Have played in numerous type bands from top 40 cover bands,metal,blues,folk,country (gasp)..prog rock-metal.. and demos with "Hailstone" all hi energy rock from Texas!!!
Did a c.d. with the band "Chamber of Kings" called "Dominion"..am now with them doing a second c.d for 2007-2008.heavier than ever!! check out www.myspace.com/chamberofkings www.chamberofkings.com,
My heroes... My mom Martha Alice Murray ,my wife Barbara,My Beautiful Daughter Erica,Ritchie Blackmore,John Bonham,Cozy Powell,Ian Paice,Carl Palmer,My father Jacob Kenneth Wiles (RIP),Nannie,My Grandpa Ivan Parrish(RIP), all my former band members who have ever played, jammed, or created music with me...and many others esp Chamber of Kings!!!
Video Games:
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Lord of the Rings: Battle for MiddleEarth 1 & 2,Star Wars Empire at War Gold Pack,Star Ocean, Madden Football 2008,
Music:
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my tastes are varied!! Beatles,Led Zeppelin,Page-Plant,Barry Sadler,Deep Purple,Emerson Lake and Palmer,Asia,Foghat,Peter Frampton,Iron Butterfly,Queen,Kansas,Kiss,Rainbow,Judas Priest,Fight,Halford,Iron Maiden,Bruce Dickinson,Paul Di'Anno,Ritchie Blackmore,Blackmore's Night,Black Sabbath,Geezer,Ronnie James Dio,Heaven and Hell,Queensryche,Rush,Heart,Boston,Genesis,Journey,Kiss,Glenn Hughes,Alcatrazz,Yngwie Malmsteen,Stevie Ray Vaughan,B.B.King, Graham Bonnett,Whitesnake,Impelletteri,DragonForce,PainMuseum,Pantera,Damage Plan,Blackmore's Night,Dream Theater,Iced Earth,Beyond Fear,Daath,The Agony Scene,In This Moment,Slipknot,Nightwish,Tarja Terunen The bands I have played in: T.J.'s Eagles,Dragon Child,Magnum,Deinein,In-Ten-City,1000 Points of Light,Mistaken Identity,Panther City Playboys,Chamber of Kings,Hailstone,Boudicca,Train-wrecked Bullfrog Band,Clint's Roadhouse Blues Band,Powder Kegs Some classical,Mozart,Verdi,Mussorsky,Beethoven,Paganini,Albinoni,Bach,Aaron Copland, etc.Bob Wills, Willie Nelson,Musical Brownies.Sarah Brightman.
Interests:
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Travel,Music,Drums,Sex,Book Reading(horror,historical,japanese, mysteries,autobigraphies,medievil etc),watching MY DALLAS COWBOYS!!!!!!VID GAMES(role playing,strategy),going to movies,collecting navel lint,(not!!),going to concerts.collecting autographs of fav celebrities and musicians.. Travel (Local and overseas and to my timeshare in Lake Palestine..),AND MANY OTHER THINGS..
who i would like to meet.. Ritchie Blackmore,Jimmy Page,Robert Plant,Stephen King,Stevie Ray Vaughn,John Bonham,Iron Maiden,Deep Purple,(met some of these already) and all music lovers and lovers of movies
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