Jan Rechberger
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Date of birth: June 13, 1974 Gear PEARL Drums: RF Reference Series 2x 22″ Bass Drums 10″ Rack Tom 12″ Rack Tom 16″ Floor Tom 14″ x 5 Reference Wooden Snare (20ply) 14″ x 51/2 Reference Brass Shell Snare Pearl Eliminator Pedals Pearl Hardware |
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| EVANS Drumheads: G2 clear on Bass Drums ST on Snare G2 Clear on Toms SABIAN Cymbals: WINCENT Sticks:
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| Idols/musical influences: | QOTSA, The Mars Volta,Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, Muse, Porcupine Tree, Mastodon, Massive Attack, Mike Patton, Tool, Kate Bush, Metallica, UNKLE, Thin Lizzy, DepecheMode, Slayer, System Of A Down, Prodigy, Iron Maiden, Future Sound Of London, Juno Reactor,AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Kingston Wall, Opeth, Michael Jackson, Deep Purple, Soundgarden, Rush, Johnny Cash… just to mention a few… … |
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| Sources of musical inspiration: | Everyday Life, a little bit from all forms of art … |
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| All-time favourite song: | AC/DC: It’s A Long WayTo The Top (If You Wanna Rock’n’Roll) … |
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| All-time favourite albums: | Metallica: Master Of Puppets Slayer: South Of Heaven Iron Maiden: Powerslave QOTSA: Songs For The Deaf Faith no More: Angel Dust Procupine Tree: In Absentia The Mars Volta: Frances The Mute Morbid Angel: Altars Of Madness Deep Purple: Perfect Strangers The Prodigy: Music for The Jilted Generation Massive Attack: Mezzanine Future Sound of London: Lifeforms Kiss: Destroyer Soundgarden: Superunknown AC/DC: Highway To Hell Muse: Absolution System Of A Down: Hypnotize Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd: Animal …and the list goes on and on and on… … |
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| Current favourite album: | Opeth: Watershed Mastodon: Crack The Skye UNKLE: War Stories … |
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| Best gig ever seen: | Iron Maiden, Somewhere In Time Tour 1986 | |
| Favourite Amorphis songs: | Alone, Sky Is Mine, The Castaway, Better Unborn, Majestic Beast | |
| Best Amorphis gigs so far: | Moscow ’07, Wacken ’07, Tuska ’06, Montreal ’08 | |
| Personal highlight with Amorphis: | Gold Records for Eclipse and Silent Waters in Finland | |
| Funniest tour memory: | Russian Tour 2007 | |
| Worst moment on stage: | Totally drunk in Houston 1994 | |
| Recipe against boredom on tour: | Laptop, PSP, Books, Movies, Sightseeing, Party, Listening to Music | |
| Other bands/side projects: | Grease Helmet, Sinthesizer, Accu, Junkmen | |
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| Hobbies/interests: | Music Production,Electronic music, Video Games, Movies, Playing Drums, Hanging Out… | |
| Good & bad habits: | None / None | |
| First instrument: | Guitar | |
| First album ever bought: | Kiss | |
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| Favourite… | ||
| …Kalevala character: | Ilmarinen | |
| …songwriters: | Roger Waters, Steven Wilson, Steve Harris, Josh Homme… | |
| …classical composers: | W.A. Mozart, Jean Sibelius | |
| …historical figure: | Jesus | |
| …authors: | Mihail Bulgakov, William Gibson, Neil Gaiman, Jules Verne | |
| …visual artists: | M.C. Escher, Salvador Dali, H.R. Giger | |
| …movie directors: | Stanley Kubrick, QuentinTarantino, George Lucas | |
| …movies: | Space Odyssey 2001, The Empire Strikes Back, Matrix… | |
| …actor: | Clint Eastwood | |
| …book: | Neuromancer | |
| …magazine: | Helsingin Sanomat | |
| …cartoon: | Gary Larson’s Far Side | |
| …concert venue: | Tochka, Moscow | |
| …backstage: | House Of Blues, West Hollywood,CA | |
| …holiday destination: | Brazil | |
| …food & drink: | Moqueca and Caipirinha | |
| …animal: | Cat | |
| …sport: | Soccer | |
| …game: | PS3/PSP Pro Evolution Soccer Series, GTA, Chess | |
| …TV show: | Madventures | |
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