I started to take drum lessons until my parents finally let me buy my first drumkit, a black standard Pearl Export, on January 21st, 1989 (bought at Music 6000, Unna).

In 1992 I took over the Yamaha Power Recording Custom fusion set from my drum teacher. This set is absolutely great when playing small venues. My former band mates just called it "Stage White" as the colour is absolutely stunning. I even took it to a couple of hard rock gigs. It's a gem, you don't find this kind of drums nowadays. The kit is now sitting in my basement to allow me to practice after work.

When living in the USA in 1994/95 I bought the DW set. This has been my favourite set for more than 20 years now. Built into a Pearl rack it just sounds great for rock, pop, funk, even metal. In the early 90ies I also bought the Ufip Class Hi-Hat cymbals which are the best-sounding hihats I've ever come across. They are so crisp they're the worst dream of every recording technician ;-)

Drum Workshop ("Die Metal-Burg"):

Drum Workshop Finishply (Blue Electric) shellset Toms: 8", 10", 12" and 14", mounted on RIMS BD: 22"x18" SD: 14"x4" collectors' series maple snare with brass hardware Pearl DR-70 rack Mics: BD: AKG D112, Audio Technica MB 6K SD: 2x Shure SM57 TT: 4x Audio Technica MB 5K HH: AKG C1000 OH: 2x Beyerdynamic MCE 530 Zildjian and Ufip cymbals Behringer MX3282 mixer (32-channels) 2 Alesis Microverbs Mini-Disc recorder Drumcomputer Boss DR 550 AKG Headphones Onkyo Hifi headphone amp

View from above

Yamaha Power Recording Custom, Stage White Toms: 10", 12" and 15", RIMS-mounted BD: 20"x16" SD: 14"x4" PDP Wood (Sherry Red)