button

I found this little candy on Ebay for about 1,50 Euro. In the "Complete Simmons Drum Book" Rick Allan of Def Leppard wears a badge like this so I assume this should be an official promo article


anarchy in the UK

Looking for a nice motive for the homepage I had the idea to build a heap of pads that would fill a whole picture. All pads that are displayed are carefully arranged to some kind of M&M like sculpture.


my powerbook

Well, not such a bad idea to program a Simmons screensaver and wallpaper site-area?


banner

This banner is 82"x34" big and has likely decorated an american music store in the eighties.


Big Mac

I have always been waiting for a Tripple Mac. At least...


When two worlds collide

Have I already mentioned that I play in a successful country show band? ;-)


sticker

Likely not an official item, but nice and not to expensive. So I bought a couple of them to decorate boring surfaces.


SDS 6 in hospital

I was lucky: A british ebayer sold two broken SDS 6 which did not work anymore after a leakage of the internal battery. I got both very cheap, each one needed less than two minutes to get fixed again. A real bargain.


SDX turkish

I got my second SDX from the drummer of a turkish dance band. He was a freak and he was intending to buy "something modern" like a V-Drum.
He is responsible for that incredibly ugly airbrush on the bassdrum. It took me a couple of days to clean the whole 14 piece kit.


Simmons sticks

These sticks have likely not been manufactured by Simmons themselves, nevertheless I could not resist to buy them.


space problems

As I have average space for living I can only set up two kits at a time. One is always one of my SDXs, the second one depends on my mood. All others have to wait until there time has come.


martial arts

This is the backside poster of the Pulse 2 flyer (see downloads for a HQ scan). For sure this is a piece of art the world had been waiting for.


munitions dump

Fortunately my family and me moved into a little house where Dad (that's me!) got his own 30 square meter basement where I build a small studio with drum cabin and of course a place to keep my Simmons stock. Who needs daylight?? However no need to store my gear at my father's house anymore.


Simmons pick-a-stick

Another milestone in searching for the right homepage motive. I was always in fear of damaging the wooden floor...