Since coming onto the scene with bands such as Talanas, Interlock and Nephwrack. Joe has
carved himself a slot to fit into modern metals drumming community. With his trademark
custom Mapex kit, hes constantly pushing boundaries and driving the current trends forward
with his use of blast beats, odd time signatures, groove patterns and playing style. From his
session work to his current work with Talanas, he always busy writing and creating new
music. His list of commercial credits include such brands as Mapex, Istanbul Mehemet,
Protection Racket, Axis Percussion, Rhythm Tech, Vintage Logos and Quick Stix.

Joe has always had music in his blood; from a very early age he was using percussion to
entertain himself at others. First being introduced to rhythms and percussion at a crche
when he was very young. This inevitably led on to playing along to his parents music on
pots and pans in the front room. Taking an instant liking to the much heavier drummers
(such as Mitch Mitchell and John Bonham) that Joes parent where listening to as he was
growing up, he started to imitate what he liked and naturally got into playing along in a
very heavy and solid style. After many pans and paintbrushes were ruined on renditions of
when the levy breaks and wild thing it was decided by his parents that I was probably
a good idea to buy Joe a drum kit to share with a very reluctant sister. Joe almost
immediately started forming bands and playing with friends at school (including Ewan
Parry). Glenn Clarke soon took up the challenge and gave lessons in central
Winchester. Joe also was a regular attendee to the Freddie Gee drum camp run by
Glenn Clarke and George Fredericks. This gave Joe the opportunity to meet and gain
tuition from drummers such as Chad Smith, Keith le Blanc, Andy Gangadeen and the
legendary Steve White

After many school based bands, Joe looked further a field to gain more insight in what it
was to become a modern working drummer. Joe made the decision to attend the acclaimed
ACM in Guildford. Here he studied under the watchful eye of Mike Sturgis, Pete Riley and
Jon Duff. As soon as his time at ACM came to a close Joe returned home to seek a band
to which he could take his newfound musical knowledge. Joe then found that local metal
band Nephwrack was looking for a new drummer to replace Paul White (Seasons End,
NYA). So being swiftly drafted in, rehearsals were underway to start touring the UK.
After many line-up changes over a period of a few years, Joe parted ways with Nephwrack
and was immediately snapped up by London based industrial metal outfit, interlock.

Joe quickly absorbed the new material and made the parts his own adding little flare and
nuances to the already highly technical material. Interlock helped Joe really define himself
on the drum scene, gaining endorsements from companies such as Mapex, Istanbul Mehmet,
Axis Percussion, Rhythm tech, Protection Racket to name but a few. With his now legendary
4 kick drum bass drum kit, Joe was easily not afraid to push the envelope when it came
to performance. With interlock, Joe toured the US, Europe and the UK. With their final
show at the Offset Festival in London, interlock went their separate ways after 3 years
together with Joe. Not long after that, Joe and Hal created new project, Talanas.

Talanas was originally just an exercise that Joe and Hal used to try out riff ideas and
bounce things off each other for use in interlock. But on the demise of interlock, it
became more, much more. Talanas have now released their debut EP Reason & Abstract
through their own label, Eulogy Media.