Jim Kimberley: Drums

I have played drums since the age of 0yrs. You prob'ly don't believe me but it's true. Back then it was just kitchen pots and wooden spoons. Now of course it's PEARL MASTERS SERIES (all maple) and ZILDJIAN Super 5A. Pretty cool for a poor bald child from the wrong side of the tracks eh?

Oh sure the glitterati has, from time to time, beaten a path to my door. Great artists such as Nick Heyward, Squeeze, Kimberley Rew, The Lightening Seeds, Nick Harper, Glenn Tilbrook; familiar names to you all I'm sure, became more like friends than employers. But fortunes can go down as well as up, and when I was down it took William Topley to pluck me from the obscurity of the New Cross Inn (London SE15) where I was eking out a meagre existence in a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band (twice weekly).

The good times have been rocking ever since. It's been a rollercoaster of sold out shows, glamorous back-stage parties, hangin' in prestigious studios and touring the globe in a big chrome bus (gotta love the bus).

Ultimately of course we all have you, our public, to thank for this enviable lifestyle and so I do. Thank you all. It's a BLAST!

see : www.bruisemusic.co.uk