I guess I never did this thing even though I've been a member since 2005... Ah well. I have some spare time, why not
Real name? Marius Paulsberg Vedal
Age? 37
How long have you been playing? Since about 1992 when I joined the school marching band. Drumset a year or two after that (joined my first "real" band in 1997).
Origin of user name? My last name before I got married was Pettersen (took my mothers last name instead and added my wife's last name as a middle name), and when I lived in Spain I kind of got a bit of a spanish vibe on that, so... Called myself this on a bunch of sites and mail adresses.
Your top 5 drummers? Eloy Casagrande, Alex Rüdinger, Tom Hunting, John Tempesta, Lars Ulrich (even though I draw no inspiration from him nowadays, he still was my biggest influence back in the day, it would be wrong to exclude him from my list even though I know there are plenty of drummers better than him).
Make of drumkit? Yamaha Live Custom Hybrid Oak
Make of cymbal? Paiste 2002, Rude and 900 series, and a couple of Meinl chinas/efx.
Where do you practice? At my guitarist place, 1 hour of driving from my house.
Are you in a band? Under The Oak
Do you play covers or originals? Both. One, soon two albums out with originals, but we have about 20 covers we also rotate with at our gigs.
What style of music? Thrash/Heavy Metal, kind of a mix. Old school way. Sort of Judas Priest/Metal Church meets Exodus/Testament. That is as for my band though, I myself have been playing most styles except for jazz, country and latin/world music.
Favourite take out food? Thai or Chinese
What country do you live in? Norway
One really odd fact about yourself? My dayjob is making the fabric sheets for awnings, both with sewing machines and a glue machine. Might be a bit of a strange choice for a heavy metal drummer, I don't know...
How did you start drumming? Was always into music from an early age, and my father plays drums as well. Started in the marching band and only thing that seemed interesting to me was the drums. Soon after that I discovered Metallica, The Offspring and The Scorpions, and I kind of drew my path from there.