BATTERY DRUMMER INTERVIEW KAIL/MUTE

1.What is your name and what band do you play for?

I’M KAIL AND I AM THE DRUMMER AND CO FOUNDER OF MUTE TX.

2.Who made you want to play drums and why?

I STARTED ON BASS WITH MY UNCLE BECAUSE I DIDN’T HAVE A DRUM SET. BUT AFTER HEARING MOTLEY CRUE AND SLAUGHTER AT THE AGE OF 12. 

3.When did you get your first kit? Tell us about it…

I GOT MY FIRST KIT AT THE AGE OF 15. MY DAD BOUGHT ME A CB MAX DRUM SET SO I COULD PLAY AT THE CHURCH.

5.What drum performance on an album is perfection to you?

A SPLIT BETWEEN GINGER BAKER WITH CREAM AND CHRIS ADLER FROM LAMB OF GOD ON THE ALBUM ASHES OF THE WAKE.

6.Tell us about your current kit and set up in DETAIL.

I’M USING A 3 MOUNTED PEARL EXPORT SERIES TOMS WITH A PEARL EXPORT SERIES FLOOR TOM. A D DRUM DIABLO 20X24 BASS DRUM WITH A PICA-LO SNARE WRAPPED IN AQUARIAN HEADS WITH A GIBRALTAR DRUM RACK AND HARDWARE. 3 ZILDJIAN 20 INCH RIDES,  A 24 INCH CLASSIC ZILDJIAN RIDE, 3 18 INCH ZILDJIAN CRASHES, A 16 INCH ZXT ZILDJIAN CRASH , A 16 INCH MEINL CLASSIC CHINA CRASH, A 14 INCH ZILDJIAN HIGH HATS. PDP DOUBLE KICK PEDALS AND ZILDJIAN PLASTIC DIPPED DRUM STICKS, REMO MUFFLERS ALL AROUND AND A DW THRONE.

 

7.If you could have a dream kit tell us about it in DETAIL

DDRUM HYBRID ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC 7 PIECE.

 

8.Name your top 5 drummers excluding Neil Peart and Mike Portnoy

BUT MIKE PORTNOY LOL BUDDY RICH, JOEY JORDISON,  CHRIS ADLER, THE REV AND BLAS ELIAS OF SLAUGHTER

9. Do you prefer Live or Studio?

 

LIVE. YOU DON'T KNOW IF A BAND IS REALLY GOOD TIL YOU SEE THEM PERFORM LIVE.

10.Do drummers really get all the chicks and if so how do we convince the guitarist?

NO BUT I GOT THE ONE THAT COUNTS