Basic Info

Name: Alcides Stowe (aka Seed.)

Location: St Peters/Newtown - Sydney, Australia

Band / Artist / Projects: FriarRush (Sydney Progressive Heavy Rock 5 pc) plus various cover bands.

Gear Info

Drums: Pearl SRX Session Series (maple/Mahogany) in Silver mist finish

• 8x7, 10x8, 12x9 Rack Toms
• 14x12 Mounted Floor Tom
• 20x16 Bass Drum
• DW 13x6 Custom EDGE snare (w/ a Solid Oak Centre)
• Pearl Masters Custom 14x8 maple snare and a 10x4 Pearl Piccolo side snare

Cymbals: Im not an endorser so i use everything, Assorted brands, Zildjian, Paiste, Sabian and no-name brands. I use alot of EFX cymbals such as splashes, ice bells, cup chimes, chinas and mini hats. (Please refer to my gear blog on www.myspace.com/seedthedrummer)

Hardware: Again, i use an assorted selection of brands like Yamaha, Tama, DW, Pearl & Gibralter w/ an Icon Rack System.

Pedals: Pearl Eliminators (using mainly the Blue cams & chain drive after using straps for a long time). Tama Iron Cobra HiHat stand (Strap drive)

Sticks: Vic Firth, Thomas Lang Model and 2B wood/nylon tip aswell as 5B's , I use promark HotRods aswell.

Skins: Sometimes Remo Emperors on tops w/ Ambassadors on the bottom, but mainly Evans G2 on top w/ G1's on the bottoms both clear & Coated.

Other Gear: I use a Pacific short stack 5pc kit for practicing in my room @ home. its wine Red and tiny (10,12,14 20BD) , I use plastic cymbals w/ HQ sound off pads on the heads. At rehearsals, i use a Behringer Eurorack UB2222FX-Pro 16 channel mixer for monitoring the entire band, i use Shure E2C in-ear sound isolation earphones, a Boss DB90 (DR Beat) Metronome, a 15 inch intel MacbookPro computer and a Zoom H4 portable digital recorder.

Electronics: I'm wanting to purchase a Roland SPDS sampler/sound module for Triggering and Looping.

Percussion:

• Pearl or Rhythm Tech tambourines
• Lp Cowbell
• Rhythm Tech percussion crasher