Pots and Pans Recording Studio

19/05/2026

25/04/2026

I never set out to be a drum restoration guy.

In 2019 I went down Glenferrie Road to pick up a thing from a guy on Marketplace. We got talking and he asked if I wanted to take an old bass drum. I said sure.

It was in poor condition. Beaten up, parts missing, spray painted blue. But the chrome bits caught my eye. Their weird ‘naval’ design suggested a story behind them. Some googling uncovered an old catalogue indicating the drum was made in Japan by the Pearl company around 1968. The drums in the catalogue looked incredible: sleek and shiny with a touch of ‘60s futurism about them. Available in colours such as Pink Sparkle, Marine Pearl, Gold Oyster and Tiger’s Eye. Sought after by those in the know.

Goddamn.

I wondered if I could find some matching drums and reunite a set. Perhaps source the missing parts and fix them up. Who doesn’t like vintage drum kits?

From here the story gets boring. Finding rare things on the internet is tedious, intermittently interrupted with the very private excitement of finding this or that part. It came together very slowly.

At some point I found a guy who was giving away a drum kit for free. He said it was from the 90s. I zoomed in on the photos and knew better. Now I was restoring two nearly identical vintage Pearl drum kits.

This new one was in similar (terrible) condition. Spray painted and dinged to hell. Then I found a pair of beaten up Pearl timbales from the same era. Obsession?

A few old guys online had done it before. They had advice on what to use, how to approach it, what to watch out for.

(Continued in the comments)

05/04/2026

Rickett’s Point, Easter Sunday, solo snork.

09/01/2026

13/12/2025

No doubt you’re wondering which drum fills I’m planning on whipping out at tonight’s gig at . Well here’s a sneak peek. Keep it hush husk ok. See you there?

08/12/2025

Taking a break from hermitude to do a rare public appearance. What’s more, I’ll actually be playing drums. In public!

Mamma Chen’s, Footscray

08/10/2025

Towel did an Art.