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An Interview with Terry Rae August 25, 2002 by Massimo del Pozzo M.L : When and where you were born? Terry: I was born in 1948 in Victoria, B.C..Canada. M.L : How was your childhood? Did your family support your interest? Terry: My parents were British. After staying only a short time in Canada we went back to England to ready ourselves for a permanent move to the USA. We settled in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. My older brother Gerald, who had really got into the 50's scene in America. had all the coolest Rock & Roll 45's. I would sneak into his room when I could and listen to " Rebel Rocker" and" Harlem Nocturne" He also had all the Fats Domino or Little Richard tunes you can think of. This is what got me started listening to rock music. M.L : What was your first instrument? Terry: Drums. The Beatles inspired many people to start learning to play. I was just another one. I would bang away on my bongos to BeatIe songs. Ringo had a lot to teach us drummers! My mom loved the Beatles too. She supported my efforts to play by buying me my first real drum set. It was a Pearl, white sparkle kit. I would just sit and stare at all night. M.L : What" s your memories of the first show you've attended? Terry: The first time I was exposed to a live band must have been at a school dance in Torrance around 1962 or so, but I was more concerned about not stepping on anyone' s feet.to notice the band. I'm sure it was a surf band because they played "Sleep Walk". M.L : Was Surf music your first interest then? Which was the first band you were in? Terry: Although The Beatles and the Stones were going strong, I had to start out by playing the popular surf songs of that time. My first band was "The Scramblers". We met in a garage and we rehearsed in the garage. Of course it was a mini-concert to us.. Everyone came out to see who was causing all the racket! No, it wasn't too bad. We played "Pipeline", "K-39" and "Telstar" along with tons of "Ventures" songs. M.L : But then you"ve switched to the BeatIe and Stone-Mania.. Terry: Yes, I would sit in my room and memorize the drum parts to as many Beatles and Stones songs as I could, hoping to one day play them live. As it turns out after a time, I met Danny Hortter who gave me that opportunity. He loved the Stones too, this influence changed the Driftones from just another band, to a clone of the Rolling Stones. The band was really supposed to be called the Drift-Stones, but Danny left out the "s" when he painted my bass drum head, so we all said," Oh screw it" and just left it that way. We were TOTALLY GEAR though. We all buttoned our shirts to the top. Wore vests, long shaggy hair and BeatIe boots. We played those early Stones songs and the Yardbirds all over the South Bay area. "Route 66", "Good thing Goin''', "King Bee"... "Someone to love" was another great song, and when we played it. Danny just Friggin' turned into Mick Jagger! Go to Page 2