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NAME:
Kris Dugan
INSTRUMENT:
Drums, Percussion
BIRTHPLACE:
Parma, Ohio - USA
ZODIAC SIGN:
Gemini
NATIONALITY:
German, Irish, Polish,
Slovenian (Mutt).
HOBBIES:
Martial Arts
Kenpo (Parker style)
Jiu Jitsu (Gracie style)
Jeet Kune Do (No style)
EDUCATION:
BFA Industrial Design, The
Columbus College of Art and Design
FAVORITE MOVIES:
Star Wars Trilogy
Rocky 1-4
Red Dawn
Rudy
The Breakfast Club
Enter the Dragon
FAVORITE TV SHOWS:
Seinfeld
Family Feud re-runs
(w/Richard Dawson)
Wild On (E-Television)
FAVORITE BOOKS:
Walt Disney Imagineering
Sid Mead’s Oblagon
All of my “For Dummies”
books
Tao of Jeet Kune Do
FAVORITE FOODS:
Anything Little Debbie
Chocolate
Pizza
Peanut Butter Crunch
Cereal
FAVORITE DRINK:
A gallon of 2% milk.
FAVORITE VACATION SPOTS:
Orlando, Florida
Key Biscayne by Miami
London, England
Australia, Sydney (Blue Mountains)
Cairns, Port Douglas (the Great Barrier Reef)
Uluru
FAVORITE BANDS:
Rush
Nevermore
Crimson Glory
Testament
Loudness
Raven
Megadeth
Metallica
Overkill
Exodus
Slayer
FAVORITE SONG:
Subdivisions by Rush
FAVORITE ALBUMS:
Crimson Glory "Transendence"
King Diamond "Abigail"
Sanctuary "Into the
Mirror Black"
Judas Priest
"Painkiller"
Testament "The New
Order"
FAVORITE DRUMMERS:
1. Frank Konecek
(my cousin, the first drummer I knew, my first
teacher,and the man that showed me the
parradiddle, the best drum tech there is, the man who can tune a drum
set better than you ever will or any machine ever can so don't even
try, just call him)
2. Mark Zonder
- Fates Warning and his side projects
(Thanks for the power lesson and the
inspiration, I had a lot of fun)
3. Dave Budbill
- Sanctuary, Difficult
(you are an ambidextrous mad man, thanks for
being cool)
4. Neil Peart
- Rush
(If you play drums and don't know who he is, get
a life!)
5. Mike Portnoy
- Dream Theater
(Pretty much "the man" right now, go get the dvd and you'll see why)
6. Tony V, a.k.a. VFX
(freaky dj drummer in that Twix commercial, way
to represent)
7. Mickey Dee
- Motorhead, Dokken, King Diamond
(Anything this guy touches turns to gold, he may
be a small dude but theirs nothing small about getting your head
kicked in by his double bass and ride cymbal work and power tom fills
along with his hi hat chokes.
8. Other Favorites of note...
Rob "Wacko" Hunter, Mike Terranna,
Bobby Jarzombek, Dave Lombardo, Sid Falk, Tommy Lee, Lars Ulrich,
Louie Clemente, John Tempesta, Van Williams, Scott Travis, AJ Pero,
Bobby Rock, Akira Jimbo, Terry Bozzio, Randy Castillo (RIP), Carmine
Appice, Dana Burnell, Snowy Shaw
MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE:
Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Grandma
EQUIPMENT USED:
DW Collectors Series 8
piece black satin oil
Yamaha DTX electronics
Zildjian cymbals
Remo and Evans heads
Pro Mark 808 Hickory
wood-tip sticks
DREAM CAR:
Lamborghini Diablo
PET-PEEVES:
1. People that want to
hold you back
2. People that criticize something just
because they don't understand it. Jazz musicians that think they're
better than rock musicians.
WHEN DID YOU FIRST START
PLAYING MUSIC, AND WHY?
Ken had just bought this
bass off his friend (the action was so friggin' high on this thing) and
asked me what instrument I wanted to play.
He convinced me to play
the drums. We went out to this guys house who was selling a drum
set, a red and blue Ludwig Visalite, and he bought it for me.
It was, and still is, the
best present anyone has ever given me.
FORMER BANDS PLAYED IN:
Death Witch
Terror
Avant Guard
Amon Ra
WHAT WAS THE FIRST CONCERT
YOU ATTENDED; WHAT DID IT MEAN TO YOU?
Twisted Sister (Come Out
and Play) with Dokken (Under Lock and Key).
It was the moment when I
said to myself “these guys are cool, they look like they’re having a lot
of fun, I want to do that”.
WHAT IS YOUR ULTIMATE
FANTASY?
To have as many Genies in
a bottle as I want, so I can wish for anything... anytime (Like a Little
Debbie truck to pull into my driveway).
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