1. What is your name and what band do you play for ?
Hi. My name is Thibaud and I play drums for
Swarmageddon (Besançon, France).
2. Who made you want to play drums and why ?
I entered the world of music playing very
young, as a saxophonist. I started drums in parallel, in a music school, when I
was in college, mainly because of three things : the metal music I was
listening to (and my fascination for this instrument I could hear), the
opportunity of beeing in a band (punk one at the time), and because I always
wanted to play this instrument (didn’t have the space for at first, and chose
saxophon... what I absolutely don’t regret). But if I’ve to answer to the
question « who », I can just say : my dad.
3. When did you get your first kit? Tell us
about it…
Wow, that was a very simple, basic and cheap
one (from the « Deep » brand) I got from my parents when beginning learning
drums at the music school, with just a hi-hat, a crash and a ride. Basic and
cheap, but it did the job for many years... notably including a heavy brass
Mapex snare and my first double pedal.
4. Where your parents supportive of you and
your loud / expensive new habit ?
It took years, but they finally accepted my
new habit. For this, my dad built me a small drum studio in my parent’s house
basement. I could this way play at a bearable volume for their ears and brains
(especially when playing along some System of a Down... and even more,
Cryptopsy stuff).
5. What drum performance on an album is
perfection to you ?
I would say Alex Rudinger on « Conquering
Dystopia » eponym album. Just listen and drool... no need to say more.
6. Tell us about your current kit and set up
in DETAIL.
I often change my kit configuration, trying
new options, from small kits to bigger ones (I’m currently tending to reduce my
drumkit). My latest kit consists of a Pearl Master Custom MMX (08’’, 10’’,
12’’, 16’’, 22’’), with Meinl cymbals (mainly Byzance Serie), mounted on a
Pearl DR502 C rack (or DW boomstands, depending on the stage configuration), DW
hardware, Axis Longboard Double Pedal with Footblaster triggers (they are just
awesome), and a Roland TM-2 module. I recently switched my deep Vinnie Paul
signature snare for a Van Kleef Custom « 7empest » full bronze 14’’x8’’ one.
7. If you could have a dream kit tell us about it in DETAIL.
I’ve to much type of dream kit and
configurations in mind to just choose one at that time. But Alan (Van Kleef),
if you hear me, a full custom aluminium drum kit would be more than a dream
(keep in touch again with you in the future... not too far I hope).
8. Name your top 5 drummers excluding Neil
Peart and Mike Portnoy.
If I’ve to choose (and it’s quite a hard
thing), I would say : Flo Mounier (Cryptopsy - For introducing me to Extreme
Drumming), Danny Carey (Tool - For his recognizable and creative polyrhythmic
fills, acoustic/electronic mixing), Matt Garstka (Animals As Leaders - For his
amazing ghost notes and chops grooves), Travis Orbin (Darkest Hour - This man
is just a freaking beast... a machine) and Chris Coleman (Independent - Groove,
feeling and power united).
9. Do you prefer Live or Studio ?
Definitely Live, for that special adrenaline
rush feeling I get when beeing on stage, and for the musical sharing with the
band and the public.
10.Do drummers really get all the chicks and
if so how do we convince the guitarist ?
If you put forward the fact that I’m currently
the only single guy in the band... the question is quickly answered. Kisses.
Credits :Dark’n Light -2019
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