Sebastiaan de krom biography of christopher

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

“I started on one of those extraordinary Trixon kits,” says de Krom, “and I’ve still got it. They have real hide heads, so they are great to play in winter, but in summer…!”  De Krom’s early years were spent mid-way between Utrecht and Arnheim.

“My father was a very good amateur drummer, today he’d probably be termed a ‘semi-pro’, and I guess I learned about 90 per cent of what I know from him.”

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De Krom’s first stab at serious playing was when he moved up to high school and met up with some other like-minded individuals who were interested in forming a jazz-rock band.

“We tried to play jazz/blues/fusion and were quite successful.

Sebastiaan de krom biography of christopher

We must have been together for around three years.”

Then, in 1988, the family moved from Holland to Belgium. “That’s when I started playing in clubs with professional musicians,” he says. “I was about 17. It was great, because I was playing with people who’d played, for instance,