CRIP ERICKSON
DRUMS
Crip is a self-taught drummer who learned to play on a make-shift kit of ice cream pails, rubber buckets, lunch boxes and punch bowls at the age of 10. After a couple years of breaking every utensil in the house, he got his first "real" drum set: A blue sparkle Ludwig knock-off devoid of tone. He jammed with family and friends throughout high school and college in various bands, and got serious about the technical side of the instrument once he moved to Fort Collins in the late 90s to join local heroes The Atoll.
Around this time he started teaching lessons, which meant addressing his own bad habits and learning to read music in order to study various texts. He still does lessons occasionally, and teaches a combo of what he taught himself and what he wished he would have learned from the beginning with proper instruction. Crip currently plays with the local band Mama Lenny and the Remedy and fills in occasionally around the region.
If you'd like to know more about Crip's musical pursuits, you can visit Mama Lenny and the Remedy's webpage, their Facebook page (please like the page!), or listen to the new album via their Bandcamp page. You can also buy some cool shirts and more on the merch side of the Bandcamp page.
You can check out The Atoll on Facebook. Lead singer Cary Morin has a number of great albums as well that can be found at www.carymorin.com.
For the curious few, here's some of the gear Crip uses:
Kits
Tama Starclassic Bubinga Pink Champagne Sparkle 10, 12, 16, 22
Tama Starclassic Maple Blue and White Oyster 12, 14, 20
Yamaha Beech Custom Pear Yellow 8, 10, 12, 13, 14x12, 14x14, 16, with 20" and 22" kicks
Yamaha Manu Katche HipGig Silver 10, 13, 16" kick + 10" snare
Tama Swingstar 80s Black 12, 13, 16, 22 (got it in 8th grade!)
Roland V Tour
Snares
Shu Shu Gah Solid Stave Ash 13x6.5
Tama John Dolmayan 14x5.5 maple
Yamaha Mike Bordin 14x6.5 copper
Pearl Steve Ferrone 14x6.5 brass
Tama Charlie Benante 14x6.5 stainless
Ludwig 1967 Supraphonic 400 5x14
Yamaha Beech Custom 5x14 pear yellow but typically covered in fur
Yamaha Recording 8x14 yellow (birch)
Ludwig Acrolite 1969
Pearl 70s COB 5x14 (Stewart Copeland snare)
3x13 Piccolo snare ($65 drum!)
5x10 Pearl Popcorn snare with custom yellow finish
Hiway Drums 5x14 custom maple polka dot snare
Cymbals
Various Paistes mostly, current live set up with Mama Lenny and the Remedy typically consists of a variety of Paiste 2002s, Signatures, Masters, Twenties or purple Colorsound 900s. The only constant in the last 20+ years is typically a 2002 Novo China.
Around this time he started teaching lessons, which meant addressing his own bad habits and learning to read music in order to study various texts. He still does lessons occasionally, and teaches a combo of what he taught himself and what he wished he would have learned from the beginning with proper instruction. Crip currently plays with the local band Mama Lenny and the Remedy and fills in occasionally around the region.
If you'd like to know more about Crip's musical pursuits, you can visit Mama Lenny and the Remedy's webpage, their Facebook page (please like the page!), or listen to the new album via their Bandcamp page. You can also buy some cool shirts and more on the merch side of the Bandcamp page.
You can check out The Atoll on Facebook. Lead singer Cary Morin has a number of great albums as well that can be found at www.carymorin.com.
For the curious few, here's some of the gear Crip uses:
Kits
Tama Starclassic Bubinga Pink Champagne Sparkle 10, 12, 16, 22
Tama Starclassic Maple Blue and White Oyster 12, 14, 20
Yamaha Beech Custom Pear Yellow 8, 10, 12, 13, 14x12, 14x14, 16, with 20" and 22" kicks
Yamaha Manu Katche HipGig Silver 10, 13, 16" kick + 10" snare
Tama Swingstar 80s Black 12, 13, 16, 22 (got it in 8th grade!)
Roland V Tour
Snares
Shu Shu Gah Solid Stave Ash 13x6.5
Tama John Dolmayan 14x5.5 maple
Yamaha Mike Bordin 14x6.5 copper
Pearl Steve Ferrone 14x6.5 brass
Tama Charlie Benante 14x6.5 stainless
Ludwig 1967 Supraphonic 400 5x14
Yamaha Beech Custom 5x14 pear yellow but typically covered in fur
Yamaha Recording 8x14 yellow (birch)
Ludwig Acrolite 1969
Pearl 70s COB 5x14 (Stewart Copeland snare)
3x13 Piccolo snare ($65 drum!)
5x10 Pearl Popcorn snare with custom yellow finish
Hiway Drums 5x14 custom maple polka dot snare
Cymbals
Various Paistes mostly, current live set up with Mama Lenny and the Remedy typically consists of a variety of Paiste 2002s, Signatures, Masters, Twenties or purple Colorsound 900s. The only constant in the last 20+ years is typically a 2002 Novo China.
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