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Born in
the rock’n’roll capital of the UK, Corby, Northants, Dean fell in love
with music at an early age. At the ripe old age of 6, whilst at a family
wedding, Dean tripped over the bands drum kit and decided that he liked
the sound. To this day, he is still trying to recreate that rhythm!
After stints playing the recorder, and the triangle, Dean once again tried
the drums, after receiving a pair of drum sticks and some bongos from his
granddad, who was a professional drummer most of his life. Much to the
annoyance of his family, and especially to the neighbours, Dean got hold
of his first drum kit!
His
introduction to the world of rock’n’roll came after joining his first
band, ‘Chase the Dragon’, at the age of 15. The rest of the band, all
hairy-arsed builders aged 30-35, introduced Dean to the world of rock, and
………ALCOHOL!!!!
After some success with ‘Chase the Dragon’ and other local bands, (with
friends more his own age!), Dean decided to get out of the UK and “go see
the world”. After arriving in Israel, it wasn’t long till the beaches and
crystal clear waters of the Red Sea had pulled him to the resort town of
Eliat and then to the South Sinai. This is when Dean fell in love with the
sea, and became a scuba diver.
Over the next 13 years, Dean travelled all over the world working as a
diving instructor, dive centre manager, bar manager, professional drinker
and partier, visiting and living in places like, Israel, Egypt, Thailand
and South East Asia, Australia, South Africa, Mozambique, America, to name
but a few. During all that time, Dean forgot he could play the drums, as
the opportunity never came to play.
It wasn’t until mid 2006, after his little drum ‘secret’ came out, that
the beast of the beat reared its head again. After some not-so gentle
persuasion, Dean reluctantly picked up some sticks again and became one
of the founder members of ‘On The Rocks’.
Now very happy that he had his arm twisted by the others, Dean plays
whatever kit is put in front of him with the same vigour as a ………
that is unless he has a beer bottle in his hand, or sometimes with the
beer bottle in his hand! Or sometimes with the beer bottle itself………. |
