CHAD BLASTER
Andrew “Chad Blaster” Rogers is a professional drummer based in Melbourne, Australia. With over twenty years of industry experience, he has toured nationally and internationally with great Australian artists such as Pseudo Echo, Lotek, Joelistics, Chelsea Wilson, Celtic Punk Legends the Go Set, and up and coming young artist Kian. While able to fit seamlessly into a wide variety of styles, he is known for his masterful performances with complex tech heavy bands that include DJs, click tracks and backing tracks. He specializes in tight funk-based grooves ranging from Motown and Soul through to modern Hip Hop and even Punk Rock. His solid groove and technical prowess have won fans and accolades across continents.
Chad Blaster developed his skills in Australia and the USA under world-class mentors such as Roby Corelli (Rhonda Burchmore, The Drifters, Guy Sebastian), Ryan Menezes (Los Cabrones, Hey, Hey It's Saturday Band), Grammy-nominated drummer Adam Deitch (50 Cent, Jurassic 5, Average White Band), Mark Guiliana (David Bowie, Meshell Ndegeocello) and Gil Sharone (Marilyn Manson, Maynard James Keenan, Dillinger Escape Plan). He is currently in demand as a studio and live session drummer.
Toshio Koide is the premier cymbal smith in Japan. The legacy of metal working with his family dates back to the 1940's. The current line-up of the Koide cymbals showcases a different take on cymbal making. Koide Cymbals are distinctive, the results of primarily B23ZT and B21ZFe, which are Koide's patented alloys of Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, and higher Tin to Copper ratios. Each cymbal series is manufactured by methods specific to that series, so each series has unique and distinctly different qualities. Koide still uses his own B20 alloy and traditional hammering methods for his more Turkish sounding 703 cymbal line as well. All of Koide's cymbal blank material is specially produced in Japan for Koide Cymbal Co. by a foundry that specializes in copper-based alloys using highly sophisticated processing techniques to manufacture his proprietary alloys.