Instrument: Drums / Star Sign: Gemini / Marital Status: Married to Jenny

GEAR...
Premier Drums, Premier Hardware, Premier Pedals Pedals, Ludwig Snare, Zildjian Cymbals, Remo and Premier Skins, Sticks... Anything big and heavy!!!

FAVORITE BANDS ...
Black Sabbath (With Ozzy), Queensryche, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Slayer, Testament, Rush

FAVORITE ALBUMS...
Black Sabbath / Paranoid, Queensryche / Operation Mindcrime, Sanctuary / Refuge Denied, Metallica / Master of Puppets, Power Windows / Rush

FAVORITE MUSICIANS...
Bass: Geezer Butler, Phil Lynott, Roger Glover. Vocals: Jeff Tate, Ronnie James Dio. Guitar:Toni Iommi. Jimi Hendrix. Randy Rhodes. Drums: Bill Ward, John Bonham, Ian Paice

FAVORITE BOOKS...
Any Steven King, Any James Herbert, Andy McNabb / Chris Ryan books.

FAVORITE TV SERIES...
Don't watch that much.

FAVORITE FILMS...
Alien Trilogy, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan, Lord of the Rings, Classic Spaghetti Westerns.

FAVORITE FOOD...
Indian. Mexican. Italian. Good traditional British food. Cumberland Sausage.

FAVORITE DRINK...
I'm a big fan of Real Ales, Holdens, Malt Whiskey,
Jack Daniels. Red wine.

FAVORITE CLOVEN HOOF SONG...
Dominator, Inquisitor, Gates of Gehenna.

BIGGEST BAND HIGHLIGHTS...
Release of "Dominator" album, and "A Sultans Ransom". Recording sessions for Tommy Vance on Radio One. Getting back together after so long.

BIGGEST DISSAPOINTMENT...
Splitting up and not getting signed to a major record label the first time around.

FAVORITE COUNTRY VISITED...
America, Canada, Turkey.

INTERESTS...
Fishing, Hill Walking, Shooting. D.I.Y. Weight Training, Cooking, Gardening, Bowling. A lot of my time is taken up with my animals: 12 Ferrets - 2 Dogs - 5 Cats.

PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET...
I've met her... My wife Jenny!!!

BIGGEST WISH...
Signing a major recording contract.

PERSONAL ASSESSMENT...
I started playing at the age of fifteen after pestering parents for years to buy me my first drum kit. My first band was called "Sweet Poisen", and then I moved on to join "Arcana".

I gigged regulary throughout the West Midlands area with these bands getting a good grounding for better things. It is really essential to get experience and play live, that is where a musician thrives in front of an audience.

I met Lee through an advert in a local newspaper, and got the Cloven Hoof drummer post by beating off 55 other would be contenders. Mr Payne and I gelled straight away and we started to rebuild the band from scratch after the original dummer and guitarist had left.

By the time we had auditioned Woody and Russ, Lee and I had already secured a record deal with FM Revolver, and the rest as they say is history!