John McCauley

Drums

John McCauley began playing drums at the age of 13. The first "kit" he had, was self made of boxes and various sizes of coffee cans layed out on the floor with the brass bottom of a globe used as a cymbal. He started out playing along with whatever was on the radio, then graduated to "jamming" with his records and cassettes. One Christmas, John begged his parents for a real drum set and they delivered. John's family had a guesthouse/garage out back of the main house where he put bands together all through high school with friends. John still to this day is in contact with Steve Barnett, one of his closest friends, who started the band Vertigo which later became and still is Grimacing Eskimos. They still get together from time to time and record songs for fun. John served 4 years in the U.S. Navy where, yes he played in bands as much as the military would allow. Shortly after completing his tour, John joined the band Rednek where he spent 10 years recording with and playing shows over the Dallas, TX. area until the band broke up in march of 2008. John also played for the band Coilback for a couple years in that same time period. John has spent time playing many different styles of music ranging anywhere from metal, r&b, rock, country, and even jazz. John's influences include Iron Maiden, Metallica, Led Zepplin, Lenard Skynard, Reba McEntire, George Jones, Randy Travis, and Billy Joel. His Favorite Drummers are John Bonham, Neil Peart, Larz Ulrich, and Steve Jordan. John currently uses Tama Rockstar Drums and Zildjian cymbols.