The Band - All the info you never wanted to know!
Craig Warren
Instrument: Drums
Began playing: 1993
Drums: Premier XPK 5-piece rock kit & Roland TD6KV
Hardware: DW 9000 series pedals, Gibraltar rack system, Remo heads, Red5Audio RVK7 drum mics
Sticks: Pro-Mark 5BN & Pro-Mark Hot Rods
Musical influences: Mike Portnoy, John Bonham, Neil Peart, Steve Smith, Nicko McBrain, Ian Paice & Ginger Baker
Top 3 albums:
- Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory - Dream Theater
- Abbey Road - The Beatles
- Fragile - Yes
Most memorable gig: Dream Theater covering Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon', Hammersmith Apollo, London (2005).
Any other comments: Hopefully forgotten.
Drum setup:
- 6" Zildjian A-Custom splash
- 8" Zildjian A-Custom splash
- 10" Sabian 'Mike Portnoy' Max Stax
- 12" Zildjian A-Custom splash
- 13" Zildjian A-Custom Mastersound hi-hats
- 15" Sabian AAXtreme china
- 16" Zildjian A-Custom Projection crash
- 18" Zildjian A-Custom Projection crash
- 22" Sabian Hand Hammered Rock ride
- 22x16" bass drum
- 14x5" Tama Artwood G Maple snare
- 8x8" power tom
- 10x9" power tom
- 12x11" power tom
- 14x12" power tom
- 16x16" floor tom
- LP Low Pitch Jam Block
- LP Mambo Cowbell
Some useful links:
- Premier Drums - The XPK series is no longer produced :-(
- Tama Artwood G Maple snare drum - A snare drum with a serious crack.
- Zildjian cymbals - As you can see I use the A-Custom series. I especially like the splashes and Mastersound hi-hats.
- Sabian cymbals - The 22" Rock Ride is a monster, the perfect ride cymbal!
- MP.com - Home of 'The Man'. He has some great DVDs, or you can just ogle The Siamese Monster!
- Hudson Music - Another good place for instructional videos & DVDs from some great drummers.
- VoicesUK - The Official UK Dream Theater fan club. One of the friendliest forums around.