S2 E57 LIAM WEEDALL Gretsch Drummer for Dyssidia, Voros, Alarum, Hadal Maw, James Norbert Ivanyi, and Cliff Racer. Previous bands include The Peaves, Sonic Euphoria, Asphyxia, and Double Dragon

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Liam Weedall has been playing live and recording with bands since the age of 14 after picking up the sticks at age 11. He has played many different genres such as pop, rock, jazz, funk, punk, Latin, and big band, which have all had a profound influence on the way that he plays his main genre of choice: progressive metal/fusion. Liam's first band was 'The Peaves' (girl band), with his sister Gemma (on vocals) in 2005. During his mid-late teens, the most notable bands he was involved with were Sonic Euphoria and Asphyxia, the latter of which supported Whitechapel and Psycroptic as well as winning the award for “Best Youth Band” in the Australian Metal Awards in 2009. Liam was part of the Rostrevor College Big Band that took out 2nd place in the National School Band Competition ‘Generations in Jazz’ in 2008. He was also selected by acclaimed brass player James Morrison as a Future Finalist for the James Morrison Scholarship in the same year. The following year he completed a Diploma in Jazz from the University of Adelaide.

Liam joined Adelaide metal heavyweights ‘Double Dragon’ in mid-late 2010 at the age of 19. Seeing as the band had played national tours with the likes of Slayer, Megadeth, Chimaira, and The Haunted, it was an easy decision to make. While with Double Dragon he played shows all around Australia including shows with Soilwork, Darkest Hour, Carnifex, and Tim Ripper Owens. The band released their sophomore album ‘Sons of Asena’ on the 4th of December 2011 which received airplay on Triple J and was followed by extensive touring around Australia.

Following the dissolution of Double Dragon in May 2012, Liam formed the band ‘Voros’ with two of his band mates from Double Dragon. Since then, Voros has released 2 Eps and a full-length album. The band has toured around Australia several times and played with such notable bands as At the Gates, Napalm Death, Arcturus, Kataklysm, Entombed AD, Psycroptic, Be'lakor and King Parrot. 2016 saw the band tour Taiwan and China including Wake Up Festival in Taipei.

In January 2015 Liam joined Adelaide progressive metal band Dyssidia, who have since played shows with international heavyweights Opeth, Trivium, Tesseract, Between the Buried and Me, Katatonia, Fallujah, The Ocean, as well as regular shows with Aussie veterans such as Caligula’s Horse & Voyager. Dyssidia have now released 3 EPs and a full-length album "Costly Signals" and have toured Australia several times. Liam is currently playing live with Dyssidia, Voros, Alarum, Hadal Maw, James Norbert Ivanyi, and new funk rock trio Cliff Racer, as well as occasional gigs with various bands spanning multiple genres. Past jazz/cover band work has included playing with the Baker Boys Band, Party Club Band, Triplescore, Mr Goodnight, Bill Parton Trio, Chesterfield Brass, and Twisted J. He has been teaching drum lessons in Adelaide since 2008. Liam is proudly endorsing Gretsch Drums, EVANS drumheads, PROMARK by D'ADDARIO, Czarcie Kopyto Custom Drum Pedals from Poland, and Precision Kicks triggers from Melbourne.

Music: "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant. Outro "Arrival" which is track 5 on the 'Dyssidia' "Costly Signals" album.

Liam's links: http://liamweedalldrummer.com/ Instagram: @liamweedall https://twitter.com/liamweedall1?lang=en

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