I'm 32. I started in a punk band with no lessons, just figuring out how to slam around a guitar loudly. I was about 14-15 at that time. After a while, I began experimenting with noise and taped sounds and began to do stuff like play several sterios, all with different sounding "noise"tapes all playing at the same time and I would reccord the chaos. I then descovered noise industrial bands like Throbbing Gristle, Cabare Voltair, and Einsturzende Neubauten were all doing the same thing and so I got into industrial music. Durring this time, I also became a proficient electric and acoustic guitarist. My first industrial band was called "The Vault" and I was around 19 at the time. We never made it out of the garage. By that time, I had a computer and had discovered the wonder of Mod Editors on several local BBS's. Our setup was... Backing sounds, electronic rythms and noise.. I did with the mod editor (nammed Modedit)...I played guitar, we had a bassist, a drummer, and a friend who went around my garage with a microphone in his hand who hit stuff with it. Then we all went to college and never saw each other again.
I got my first synth, A Yamaha SY35, and an Alesis SR16 drum machine(and I still have them and I'd never part with either of them).
My current setup includes those, plus an old Ensoniq EPSm, Sequential Circuits Split 8, Yamaha TX7, and a Korg MS2000 (my baby)!
I am starting off a new, very melodic styled, industrial project with a drummer friend. We'll see where that goes..
(looks up... Wow ! I wrote out my life story !! Cool !)
