Name; Ray  Whisker

Instrument; Drums
Ray has been playing drums since the age of 13 taught initially by his father and then by watching top of the pops, he also took part early on in a bunch of school bands. later on this activity turned towards regularly gigging pub bands such as Shot in the dark,Born 2 Be,Scandal,Trickshot, Private practice (function band), and depping for several other acts, one such band being popular local act Live n kickin . Rays work with Born 2 Be saw them taken to a new level of success winning a battle of the bands contest in 1992 which culminated in several TV appearances on the James Whale show and Helter Skelter, this in turn prompted him to join forces with B 2 B frontman Lee Horrocks(currently residing in LA Songwriting) and two new guitarists to form the band CUFF who went on to make more TV appearances, again on Helter Skelter, Craig Charles's Funky Bunker and then five weeks A-listed on MTV Live, this led to more highs with a win in the Best unsigned band in the country title. live and studio radio work followed ,on (Radio 1, Glr, XFM). Cuff then released a string of singles, one track becoming John Peels single of the week. ultimately this ended up with a recording deal on Atlantic Records Where Ray spent months in the U S playing and recording their first Album which to this day unfortunately is still on Atlantics shelf gathering dust, working at this level prompted Ray to aim higher than joining your average pub band,and via the internet land himself the drum seat in Led By Zepelin www.led-by-zeppelin.co.uk/. at the same time joing forces with Tom to become part of Snakebite. both rock yet completely different drum style parts. Zeppelin being much more free form and whitesnake using double bass drums and a more commercial approach to song writing. With the addition of the very tall! pete welsh (he talks French don't you know) on the other guitar, the songs really began to work well to the point where the set list is as much fun to play as it is great to listen to.

Oh and i had better mention Roger as he don't get talked about much, nice hat yee haaa!!!!

Gear ;Current but soon to be upgraded hopefully to Yamaha double bass kit(Aldridge Style)

Peace Paragon Maple kit comprising 14" rack tom, 16" and 18" floor toms 24" bass drum in tangerine sparkle (extra retro)
and a choice of either Yamaha steel shell snare or my own handbuilt Halo woodshell snaredrums (Halo site up and running soon!), also a mixture of cymbals
13" Paiste signature hats or
15" Zildjian A hats from the early 70's
17" A Custom crash
19" A Custom crash
20" Paiste signature rough ride
28" Sabian symphonic gong ( for zeppelin)
Leopard skin drum stool by Mapex( nice)
Premier Double pedal
Peace 5A sticks
Ford Focus transport(just enough room)

Influential Artists ; Cozy Powell (god bless), John Bonham (god bless), Jeff Porcaro (god bless) Tommy aldridge (he's alive), chad smith (alive also),Travis Barker (not dead),Matt Sorum,Mickey Currey,Tommy Lee,Bobby rondinelli,Roger Taylor, Ian Paice, Dave Grohl,Barry Manilow, Jeff Wayne(war of the worlds),Monty Python, plus a zillion other talented guys and gals.

Bands ; Rainbow, Whitesnake,Led Zeppelin, Rush, Deep purple,Queen, Level 42,Chili Peppers, Muse, Metallica, Korn, Rammstein,Black Sabbath,Bryan Adams,The Cardigans,Cream,The Cult, Deftones,Dio, Duran Duran,Sheryl Crow, Faith no more, Motley Crue,Ozzy Osbourne,The Police, Radiohead, Q O T S A, and then some.

Favoutite Whitesnake songs;
Judgement day
Take me with you
Burn

Favourite other stuff;
Wife Samantha and sons Scott 12( Roadie) and Benjamin 9.5 monkey
Drink; Voka, Australian Shiraz
Beer; Stella
Football; Chelsea
Car; The most reliable and big enough for a drumkit
Food; Indian,Bounty Bars
Quote; Forrest Gump "Life is like a box of chocolit, you never know what you're gonna get"
Hobby; Mountain biking.
TV Shows; anything funny

Hates;
Dire Straits,Beautiful South,Reggae,Land Rovers and the like, Chavs and paying too much tax