Drums For Adults & Teens at LACC - starting February 23rd!

My drum classes are starting up again at Los Angeles City College.  The beginner class is for anyone that can't read music (yet) and has very little to no drumming experience.  For drummers that can read music and have some experience already, I have the intermediate class. See you in February!

Cobra Venom at March Metal Mondays in NoHo!

If you need your metal fix at the beginning of the week, Lara Gladstone Presents has a regular show at Skinny's in North Hollywood on the last Monday of every month.  Both of my bands have played it and it's a killer deal.  For $5 you get five metal bands and it's a decent neighborhood for food and parking as well.  On March 31st, Cobra Venom is playing with an absolutely killer lineup of bands. Check out Brain Dead, Infinite Death, Night Demon and Savage Reign RIGHT NOW and do not miss this show!

Cliff 'Em All in Hollywood - 11.14.13

Here's everything you need to know. Now be there! 

Cliff 'Em All does Kill 'Em All

Cliff 'Em All will play Metallica's "Kill 'Em All" from start to finish this Friday night, Oct. 25th in Los Angeles at The Joint.

Your price to attend?  $0.  That's right.  It's free AND it's also a Halloween show, so come in costume for free swag and what not.  Don't miss it!

My Next Drum Class - Sunday 9/22/13

Drums For Teens & Adults begins again at Los Angeles City College this Sunday, September 22nd.  This is a group course for beginners and/or anyone completely new to music.  The goal is to get you to learn how to listen to, read and play music so you can jam with your favorite songs and other musicians.  There are still some spots available so sign up today!

Cliff 'Em All in NoHo - Wednesday August 28th!

If you're anywhere near Los Angeles on this day, come join us, War Ensemble and Fender's Ballroom for a night of classic thrash. 

"Trust your feelings!"

Cobra Venom is deep in the process of creating our new 7-inch EP and while we're very happy about what we did with Extinction Reality, we took a different approach for this new offering.  Extinction was very much a full-length album, a complete statement with the full range of instrument playing, songwriting and production capabilities we had at that point in time.  The new EP (name to be decided soon) is a raw, live-tracked sampling of our strongest current material.  The songs are focused while showing our band's musical growth at the same time.  We also made some major adjustments to these songs DURING THE SESSION and they sound way better because of it! 

"You must unlearn what you have learned."

My biggest challenge was trusting my live playing in a studio setting.  It has been a LONG time since I recorded without a click or backing track (at least 10 years, maybe longer).  It's also not that I couldn't use a click or track for these songs - it was a choice not to, in order to have a loose, uncontained, old school punk vibe for the album rather than a disciplined, technically precise and brutal performance by classically trained musicians.  The band trusted me to do well in this situation and I had to trust myself to make it work.  Fortunately, I'm very pleased with the end result and luckily for me, the rest of my band is also happy with my performance.  This doesn't mean that I'll NEVER use a click track again but it does mean that I can do either way in the future and be comfortable, confident, and effective behind the kit.

More info on the EP coming soon.  Our Indiegogo campaign video features the chorus of one of the new songs.  Thanks to everyone that has already contributed!  Please continue to spread the word and when it comes to your own creative endeavors, remember the words of Obi-Wan and Yoda....