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Podcast guestKevin Sundberg
Left-handed metal drummer from Crimson Thorn who now plays with Shredding Flannel and in an acoustic duo with Shad Christensen.
Kevin Sundberg is a Minnesota drummer who got hooked on hard rock and heavy metal as a teenager in the 1980s. He played for years in original bands, most notably the metal band Crimson Thorn, which released three full-length albums. Over the last 10 to 15 years Kevin has moved into cover bands. He plays drums with Shredding Flannel and in an acoustic rock duo with Shad Christensen of Seattle Rain. He is a regular at local open jams, where he plays left-handed on right-handed kits.
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Fun facts from the interview
- Kevin is a left-handed drummer, and his first homemade kit used ice cream pails.
- Crimson Thorn released three full-length albums and is recording a new one with drummer Steve.
- In high school his thrash band opened for Prong and the original Disturbed on the First Avenue main stage in the late 1980s.
- His first concert was Anthrax at First Avenue, and he saw them again at the Fillmore on their 40th anniversary tour.
- Charlie Benante and Anthrax's Among the Living were big early influences.
- He played Slayer's Raining Blood at the open jam at Shaw's.
- Seeing David Garibaldi of Tower of Power at a Guitar Center clinic led him to learn to read drum music.
- His first kit was a clear Ludwig Vistalite, and he later built an LED-lit acrylic show kit.
- He once subbed on drums for Sir Psycho.
- He used to play with the band Heroes.
- The Fat Boys and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were early favorites, and he loves 1980s synth pop and Tame Impala.
- He recommended Greg Rockwell, drummer for the Judas Priest tribute Hellion, as a future guest.
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