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2001-11-21 by diego@silcom.com
My first memory of Simmons was seeing Genesis and tons of other bands using the drums in videos on MTV. I wanted to become a drummer and have a set of those cool hexagon drums. I was probably 11 or 12. I didn't get into music till after high school though and took up the guitar, not the drums. That was towards the end of the "grunge" era. Then a few years ago I built an electronic set using the Logiztix plans and messed with those for a while, and although they worked great, they weren't the "real thing." I started looking into one of the newer Roland or Yamaha kits. Then I found those cool hexagon shaped drums going for cheap on Ebay. I ended up piecing together an SDS-1000 kit. First I found the brain, then a few months later found a set of 4 white late model SDS pads and shortly after that a late model SDS kick. Now the stuff is selling for so much higher on Ebay!! Currently I'm thinking of retiring the Simmons stuff before I wear it out and figuring out a way to get some V-drums.