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Rodney
Holder - Drums |
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| Background
Rodney
joined up with Alchemist founding member Adam
in 1989 and with another guitarist and bass player
they performed their first shows together in 1989.
Previous to this Rodney had been performing in
his collage bands Brain Damage and Armageddon,
but it wasn't untill he met up with Adza that
he he began to get serious. At the time Rodney
was very inspired by drummers like Dave Lombardo,
Lars Ulrich and Neil Pert and was listening to
a lot of metal music by bands such as Voi Vod,
Destruction, Kreator, Coroner, Possessed and Megadeth.
However Rodney was also very interested in a lot
of 60's, 70's and Psychadelia music and would
chill out to Rush, Pink Floyd, Later Beatles albums
and Hendrix. Rodney was very much a metal drummers
and enjoyed playing fast double kick and technically
proficient thrash beats with intensity and passion.
Currently Rodney is focussing on ethnic and tribal
drumming to incorporate into his style.
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| Influences
Kiss/Peter Criss, The Crue/Tommy
Lee, Black Sabbath/Bill Ward, Metallica/Lars Ulrich,
Slayer/Dave Lombardo, The Oils/Rob Hurst, Armoured
Angel/Joel Green, Addictive/Matt Coffee, Sepultura/Igor
Cavelera, Ozzy/Tommy Aldridge, Virgil Donantil,
as well as Dead Can Dance, The Beatles, Many music
soundtracks like Conan the Barbarian, Planet of
the Apes, Gladiator and different percussive world
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| Interests
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Video
production and editing - Rodney has recently
created the First Contact music video and is currently
working on a clip for Alph Capella Nova Vega.
He is also interested in script writing and has
plans to make a short film in the near future.
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Film
watching - Rodney is a huge fan of the
Horror genre and his favorite films include The
Exorcist, Conan the Barbarian, The Ring and most
recently House of a Thousand Corpses.
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Australian
Rules Football - Rodney is a passionate
North Melbourne supporter/member and is inspired
by the "Shinboner" spirit.
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Watching
UFC and Pride- Rodney has a strong interest
in mixed martial arts and his favorite fighters
are Vitor Belforte and Randy Cotoure.
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Mountain
Bike Riding |
| Equipment
Curerrently
Rodney plays a Sonor Custom Pro Series 10",
12", 14" toms, 22" bass drum, Pearl
16" allow free floating snare with a Tama
Iron Cobra Double bass peddle. (He'd really like
to play a bigger kit but this one sounds great
and is easy to take on the road). He uses a variety
of cymbals and is consistently replacing them
as he seems to break them regularly. His usual
set up is 16", 18" Crash, 10" splash,
18", 20" china, 20" ride, 14"
heavy hi hats. Rodney also has a Roland V Drum
kit which he has performed with live but is usually
used to rehearse and write with.
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| Resources
& links
Kits:
Sonor
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Roland
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Sleishman
Video
Related:
Apple
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