Biography

Thom is a professional drummer and has been playing drums for over 12 years. Having completed a degree in Professional Musicianship at Brighton Institute of Modern Music he is now a freelance private drum tutor /session drummer and plays professionally in 2 originals bands, “Mean Poppa Lean” and “Mechanical Bride”, and 1 function band, “Saint”.



His inspiration comes from a combination of John Bonham and Dave Grohl’s heavy hitting, precision groove playing and Keith Moon’s insane energetic drumming that brings the drummer to the forefront of the band.



Thom got his first drum kit aged 12 and began lessons with Roger Willis (Capability Brown, Krazy Kats). At 15 he formed his first band Lament (later called They?). He took on his first student when he was 17. In 2004 he moved to Brighton and began studying at BIMM. It was at this time that he joined Mean Poppa Lean (Insanity Artists Agency), and began to teach private lessons. In early 2009 he joined his second band Mechanical Bride (Transgressive Records) and secured a job at SAM as a drum tutor.



With Mean Poppa Lean and Mechanical Bride, Thom has performed at V Festival, Isle of Wight, Great Escape Festival, Beachdown Festival, and toured the UK and Europe numerous times, as well as releasing several singles with MPL and an album with Mechanical Bride.