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Ben Yeo
Press Kit 2010
Drums
Los Angeles, CA
www.yeoda.net
Profile
Contact Information
Full name: Benjamin Yeo
Address: 12550 Pacific Avenue, Apt. 7
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Telephone: 310.428.0509
Email: [email protected]
CV: www.yeoda.net/music.html
Web: www.yeoda.net
Biography
• All Gods Kill (2009 – present)
• Lightning Swords of Death (2006 – 2008)
• Phlebotomy (2005 – 2006)
• Hammerstroke (2003 – 2004)
• Hamyzfear (1998 – 2003)
• Source of Raw Energy (1994 – 1997)
Current Project
ALL GODS KILL (2009 – present)
• Death metal
• Los Angeles, CA
• allgodskill.com
• myspace.com/allgodskill
• Featured Band of the Month (July 2010) in Local Music Fanzine
(LMSF)
• “All God’s Kill who brought out the best in everybody with their “In
your face” attitude with aggressive side splitting edges of aggression
it kept the music constantly flowing never wanting to miss a beat.” –
Natalie’s World, 2010
• Interviewed and featured in various media including Bare Bones
Music Network, All Access, WPMD, Thrashpie Radio, etc. 2010
ALL GODS KILL (2009 – present)
ALL GODS KILL (Selected Shows)• 05-Sep-2009 – Joe’s Grotto – Phoenix
• 11-Sep-2009 – Fitzgerald Pub – Huntington Beach
• 30-Jan-2010 – Di Piazza’s – Long Beach
• 31-Jan02010 – Malone’s – Santa Ana
• 13-Mar-2010 – Angel’s Roadhouse –Yucaipa
• 01-May-2010 – Galaxy Theater – Santa Ana; w/ Flotsam & Jetsam
• 29-May-2010 – Old Towne Pub – Pasadena
• 05-Jun-2010 – Que’s Bar – Monterey Park
• 11-Jun-2010 – Key Club – West Hollywood; w/ Exodus
• 17-Jul-2010 – Bull’s Bar – Long Beach
• 28-Aug-2010 – Slide Bar – Fullerton
• 04-Sep-2010 – Juke Joint – Anaheim
• 18-Sep-2010 – Bull’s Bar – Long Beach
• 24-Sep-2010 – Di Piazza’s – Long Beach
ALL GODS KILL
Selected Shows (2009 – Present)
ALL GODS KILL
Selected Shows (2009 – Present)
ALL GODS KILL
Selected Shows (2009 – Present)
Credits
National TV
Entertainment Partners (Acting) 2007 to present
Appeared as Lynn Seary’s (Indigo Sky) drummer in “Girlfriends”
CW Network (Season 8)
Endorsements
Soultone Cymbals , 2007 to present
www.soultonecymbals.com
UKKO Drum Mics, 2010 to present
http://www.b-band.com/ukko
Axis Percussion, 2010 to present
http://www.axispercussion.com
Drums Setup
Drums Setup
Setup DescriptionNumber Specification
2 22” x 16” bass drums
1 16” x 16” floor tom
1 13” x 11” rack tom
1 12” x 10” rack tom
1 14” x 5.5” snare
2 Axis drum pedals (X-L)
1 20” ride cymbal (Soultone Custom Brilliant)
2 20” china cymbals (Soultone Custom Brilliant and FXO)
2 18” crash cymbals (Soultone Extreme and Custom Brilliant)
1 14” hihat cymbals (Soultone Extreme)
4 UKKO mics
2 Axis triggers
1 Simmons SDHB2
Previous Projects
LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH
(2006 – 2008)
• Darkened Black/Thrash Metal
• Los Angeles, CA
• Countless gigs (Knitting Factory, Viejes Casino, etc)
• myspace.com/lightningswordsofdeath
LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH
(2006 – 2008)
LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH
Discography (2006 – 2008)
• The Golden Plague (2007)
• Performed as Thrudvang
• Blackmetal.com Records
• West Coast Tour (2007)
―…with steady snare patterns and unpredictable cymbal work,
Thrudvang's drumming holds even more surprises — not many
could do those on-off machine gun blasts so suddenly and
seemingly without effort.‖ – Maelstrom, 2007
―still plenty mathy and complex, the drums manic, with impossible
flurries of lightning fast blasts,‖ – Aquarius Records, 2007
LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH
Discography (2006 – 2008)
• Self-Titled Split (2008)
• Cult War Records
• Performed as Thrudvang
Soundtrack for Techmo’s Undead Knights on Sony PSP
www.undeadknights.com
―a tour-de-force of shock and awe,‖ – Thrashpit, 2008
―Lightning Swords of Death has a powerful approach to this art.‖
– The Metal Crypt, 2008
LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH
Selected Shows (2006 – 2008)
LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH
Selected Shows (2006 – 2008)
PHLEBOTOMY (2003 – 2004)
• Grindcore Death Metal
• East LA, CA
• Formed by ex-Infamy guitarists
• myspace.com/phlebotomyweb
PHLEBOTOMY (2003 – 2004)
HAMMERSTROKE (2003 – 2004)
• Thrash/Death Metal
• Port Matilda, PA
• Major gigs in Central PA
• myspace.com/hammerstroke
HAMMERSTROKE (2003 – 2004)
HAMMERSTROKE
Discography (2003 – 2004)
• The Harder, the Better.
Vol. 9 (2004)
• Turkey Vulture records
• Compilation, featuring
Hammerstroke’s “The
Unseen”
• Self-Titled Demo (2004)
• Self-released
HAMMERSTROKE
Selected Shows (2006 – 2008)
Side Projects
Side Projects (2005 – 2010)
• X-Rated (2009 – 2010)
• Taoism (2009)
• Tea Wolf (2006 – 2008)
• Helm’s Fire (2005)
X-Rated (2009 – 2010)
• Asian live entertainment
• Selected shows:– 28 Feb 2010, Chinese Lantern
Festival, Hacienda Heights, CA
– 28 Feb 2010, M-Wave Corporate
Event, Area DNA, Monterey
Park, CA
– 12 Mar 2010, Area DNA,
Monterey Park, CA
X-Rated (2010 – present)
Taoism (2009)
• Asian live entertainment
• Selected shows:– 17-Oct-2009, CSULB TSA, KTV
Long Beach, CA
– 04-Oct-2009, USC CSSA Mid-
Autumn Concert, Los Angeles,
CA
– 30-Sep-2009, Chinese National
Day Concert, Alhambra, CA
– 05-Sep-2009, Broadway Café,
San Diego, CA
T WOLF (2006 – 2008)
• Asian live entertainment
• Selected shows– 31 Dec 2008, STC New Year’s
Eve Concert, Rowland Heights,
CA
– 31 Dec 2007, STC New Year’s
Eve Concert, Rowland Heights,
CA
Live Shots