Sick Drummer Magazine

 

Keep up with Kyle here:

www.myspace.com/kill4weed

 

 

 

 

I am currently 15 and i started playing drums when i was about 13 with my guitarist ashton sellars. we have constantly been pushing each other to become more technical within our instuments. Our band 'Dead Stoned Babies'  has gone through many stages starting from playing 8 foot sativa covers, We began experimenting with grindcore and death metal. We are now influenced by brutal tecnical death metal and fast black metal.

 

 

 

 

 

Kyle Johnston Interview:

 

 

 

SD.com: How old were you when you started playing?

Kyle: I started playing when i was 13

 

 

 

SD.com: Did you play in a school band or any drum corps?

Kyle: No

 

 

 

SD.com: Ever take any lessons?

Kyle: I'm self taught, ive taking like 2 or 3 lessons before but wasnt realy keen on it.

 

 

 

 

SD.com: Who are your top 5 influences?

Kyle: Duane Timlin(Dying Fetus) Tomasz Pilasiewicz(Gorgasm) Flo Mounier(Cryptopsy) Hannes Grossmann(Necrophagist) Ricky Myers(Disgorge)

 

 

 

SD.com: Assuming that influences doesn't mean favorites, who are your favorites?

Kyle: Same as my influences

 

 

 

SD.com: What are 5 CD's in your personal rotation?

Kyle: Dying Fetus, disgorge, deicide, Satryicon, Nile

 

 

SD.com: Do you have a favorite brand of drums or cymbals?

Kyle: Zildjian & Sabian






SD.com: If you could give one piece of advice to younger drummers than you, it would be...

Kyle: Get into the most brutal tecnical music possible and practice






SD.com: Who gave the best live performance you've ever seen?

Kyle: Ulcerate





SD.com: If you had to stop drumming, what else would you want to do with your life?

Kyle: Don't even think about that.