Final Words:
My experience jamming with Hollywood Rose was pretty fun and yet ironic, considering that a few of them are now millionares and have played around the globe multiple times with different members who joined up with other friends, like Tracii Gunns of LA Guns fame, who back then I knew also, and he was jamming in a band called Pyrrus in which Michael Jagos a brother of the singer for Shire, my previous band, back then, jammed with Tracii.

9/29/2007, Cool Stuff!
I have played in many bands since then, spaning different rock and metal styles, The Hard Rock bands I played with are:
Bad Boys, Striker, (not to be mistaken with Stryper) in which the band Shire opened up for Stryper at the Music Machine in Santa Monica and in Costa Mesa in the early 80's and finally HarmsWay, Harmsway being my last band.. I was in, I could say was my best band with the original music style of (reunited in 2007 Harmsway has once more disbanded this June 08 ) Night Ranger and Van Halen.
.......and another great bunch of metal buddies I had the pleasure of Crankin the Metal from the early 90's I forgot to mention, is ShowDown

9/29/2007, Really Cool Stuff!
....(Speaking of Van Halen), another believe it or not fact that in the early to mid 70's, my dad Richard Kreis played Bass, in a polka band and jamming in the german bars and clubs around town,(funny I'm doing that now!) the band consisted of Ria Van Der Berg- Singer, (Accordion) (shown in the center)
Richard Kreis - MY DAD on (Bass) (far right), Jan Van Halen VH's DAD on (Clarinet) (far left)( And One of my favorite Drummers........
(Who my Heavy Metal music career was inspired by)...Alex Van Halen (on drums) circa early 70's (see the picture..)
also check out and buy the new Book By Ian Christie
The Van Halen Saga

Equipment and Influences : 07/11/04
Here I am test driving my new Pearl Set for the first time:
Some stuff about me and my influences! for my musican buddies out there!
I've been playin de drumz since the age of 8 or 9, and had a few lessons from the son of the drummer of lawence welk,
ya know the bubble machine band from the 50's, after that, it was listening for years using headphones in my bedroom to Kiss records, then life changed when I discovered Led Zepplin, and The Legendary John Bonham......what awesome
bass drum work!..... also one of my other favorite players.....Alex Van Halen, LuLu Tielman, for their aggressivness and feel!...........and the most important thing that I look for in any drummer!....Passion! (Ya Better Play Hard)....and cause itza culture thang!....I Call It! "Slammin"
..... and to name a few others, one of my technical influences....(Jeff Pocaro, Lives Forever in my style)..Lenny White, Neal Pert, Buddy Rich, Chet McKraken.....to name a few of my influences, my favorite styles to play, anything metallic, funky,
groovie, progressively fusionically jazzy, loud and proud passionately aggressive Rock N Roll!....Metal Baby!

My favorite kits........well!......my only kits.....Pearl Drums, wood shells, anything Ziljian for rides, and Paiste Crashes, Hats and ....The Ultimate Skins....Anything!...made by Aquarian......and Vic Firth Sticks....and Gibralter Racks for small gigs .......simply Awesome!

I Truly Hope you enjoyed your visit to these webpages, as It was my pleasure to share my special musical history with you!
.....And I hope you had some giggles! out of it!....and I know you'll enjoy My Drums Tracks on The Roots of Guns and Roses CD.

Johnny Kreis

"If anyone out there, that was around the scene during those Hair Spray Hero days of Rock n Roll, I'd really like to hear from you"
You can contact me at: jkreis777@yahoo.com

Cheers! To All!...."Play What You Feel! and Feel! What You Play!"

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