Chris Brooks
Drums
and Vocals
Chris started playing drums when he was 14.
Upon
hearing the (back then) ground-breaking, if not daring
(at least to a 14-year-old) "Too Fast For Love," and
"Shout at the Devil" albums by Motley Crue in 1983, he
was hooked. He actually started at 13, but no money
and no drummers in the immediate family meant
air-drumming (with tinker toys) to Red Hot and Looks
That Kill. This went on for awhile, and eventually his
Aunt Pam, who played flute & clarinet, sold her
instruments and Chris got a standard 5-piece Ludwig
kit. It was all downhill from there.
Eventually his talent developed enough to
allow him to
move forward, playing almost exclusively Metallica (no
offense, Tommy). But he also had a very soft spot for
Whitesnake, Rush, Van Halen, Queensryche, to name a
few, and, oh yes - Journey. Developing an interest in
piano & keyboards, by the time he was 19 his drums
were sold. By 21, he had 3 years of music theory under
his belt, and was on his way to Madison for college.
Through that time he still played percussion, though,
with the Wind Ensemble in Manitowoc. But it was the
beginning of a 14-year break. Well, sort of.
Every other day, or sometimes every other
week, he
would find himself tapping on the steering wheel. Get
a few beers in him and he'd be bangin' on the bar.
After completing school, and then working constuction
for a few years, thoughts of that old white Ludwig set
slowly began to creep back into the picture. One day,
sometime in early winter 2005, it was too much to
take. He had learned Tom Sawyer on the steering wheel
(yeah - air drumming again). He still remembered all
those ol Metallica songs (yes, Tommy, those ol' Motley
Crue tunes, too). Another kit was inevitable. February
2006 Chris was back.
So, thanks to Kaci Koch, he didn't stay in
the
basement very long. After freak meeting with his
friend of 20 years, against his better judgement, he
was "tricked" into an audition for About Face. Over
the next year and a half, the beat came back to him in
a way that can only be describe as riding a bike. And
in true exponential form, he caught the eye of Running
Blind, and the rest will be history....
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