Nice one Matt, do you have any photos ?
Phil
--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Matt" <sds5@...> wrote:
>
> I've just done some further inspection of the kit, on the kick pad
> you can quite clearly see where vinyl letters saying "ICEHOUSE"
have
> left their mark after being peeled off.....anyway, back to work
> now.....just a bit of trivia for you!
>
> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Matt" <sds5@> wrote:
> >
> > I just bought yet another set of SDS9 pads off Ebay (That makes a
> > total of 13 kits now!), as it turns out they were Paul Wheeler's
> who
> > was/is the drummer from Icehouse. This exact kit was in a lot of
> > their video clips plus in the video "Icehouse Live at the Ritz in
> > NY" back in 86 when it was brand new!
> >
> > The pads are in pretty good condition considering the ammount of
> > touring they've done, got them nice and cheap too, only AU$171.00
> > which included shipping from Brisbane. He also threw in a Pearl
> DRX-
> > 1 pad and a "Spike" trigger, great deal!
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Matt" <sds5@> wrote:
> > >
> > > OK, I have a couple.
> > >
> > > I've been playing with Australia's Pseudo Echo on and off for
> the
> > > past 7 years, I've used my red SDS8 and SDS9 pads mostly and as
> > far
> > > as sounds go have used and SDS8 for the toms and an Alesis D4
> for
> > > kick and snare.
> > >
> > > The band actually own a set of black SDS8 pads BUT they're in
> real
> > > bad shape so I get the crew to take mine.
> > >
> > > In the past few months I've used SDS9 pads (With a couple of
Vs)
> > and
> > > a Yamaha DXTREME IIs so I've been able to sample all of the
REAL
> > > Simmons sounds.
> > >
> > > Also, Danny Simcic from Real Life (Send me an Angel) is a mate
> of
> > > mine, he went over seas a few years back and stored a lot of
> stuff
> > > in my garage which included the actual SDSV pads as in
the "Send
> > me
> > > an Angel" video clip. He still has them these days but has
> since
> > > painted them white, he uses them in his stuodio to lay down
> tracks.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Matt.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, brian walker
> <brian1075us@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > I have Tommy Steel's SDS3 in its original road case
> > > > with tour details all over it
> > > >
> > > > Brian
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- Ralph <ralphdsmith@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I purchased a set of SDSVs on eBay from a music
> > > > > store in
> > > > > Massachusetts, and the seller said the set once
> > > > > belonged to Jon "Sib"
> > > > > Hashian, drummer for Boston. I haven't tried to
> > > > > verify this, however.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Phil Murray"
> > > > > <philmurr@>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hello all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Just out of interest, does anyone own any Simmons
> > > > > kit that has some
> > > > > > history ? Maybe originally owned by someone
> > > > > famous ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > To start off, of my 3 SDX's, one was Brian
> > > > > Bennett's (The Shadows)
> > > > > and
> > > > > > another was Howard Jones'.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Anyone else ???
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Phil.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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