It's a little known fact that our very own VB smashin', vinyl addict drum thumper started his musical career 10 fingers deep in the ebony and ivory. Meaty began hittin' the skins at the age of 13, ignorant to the path he was setting out on that would culminate in his introduction into the greatest rock band this side of south west rocks, Hammers.

As a young bloke he fed his auditory gullet with a steady diet of AC/DC, Slayer, Motörhead and old jazz records, hoping to one day replicate the lessons learned from these childhood heroes in his own originals band. It took nearly 10 years of waiting before the opportunity arose to join Hammers, when we proposed live at Meaty's first show with the band, after 6 weeks of painstaking rehearsal, Meaty accepted by smashing into our final jam of the night, “Speak of the Devil”. Over a year later, Meaty has brought his own flavour to the existing jams, pulling influence from stoner rock, doom and thrash metal, as well as providing a unique contribution to the composition of new songs that will see his independent style shine through well beyond the release of “Hellions”.

Meaty brings to the table an extremely enthusiastic, passionate and invaluable involvement in band promotion, networking, negotiation and management; Always working to expand Hammers presence beyond the Northern Rivers.

The greatest memory of Meaty's residency so far would be our supporting role at a fund-raiser for our mates in “The Black Lullaby”; where an 11'o'clock kick-off on the breakfast beers and all day feasting on complimentary tap beer with Wardy resulted in a less than tasteful performance, complete with hay-bale stage dives, “ground solos” and synchronised fuck-up of any shred of set redemption. Though lacking in technical precision and at times, full consciousness, the crowd was thoroughly rocked and entertained.

Favourite Hammers Shows So far: Opening for Brant Bjork and Havok