Henry Rogers (drummer) explained

Henry Rogers
Years Active:2006–present
Genre:Progressive rock
Occupation:Drummer
Associated Acts:Touchstone, DeeExpus, Mostly Autumn, Puppet Rebellion, Mia Klose, Nerve Toy Trio, Final Conflict, Edison's Children, Alan Reed and The Daughters of Expediency (live band), Heather Findlay Band

Henry Rogers (born June 1991) is an English drummer, session artist, producer, sound developer and 2 time winner of the Classic Rock Society's award for "Drummer of the Year".[1] [2] He is best known for performing drums on 6 different Marillion "spinoff releases" including: 3 albums by Pete Trewavas' Edison's Children which stars Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong's son, Rick Armstrong & On-Set Hollywood Special FX Artist Eric Blackwood and 3 albums by Marillion's Mark Kelly including 2 with DeeExpus starring Andy Ditchfield and most recently "Mark Kelly's Marathon" in 2020. Henry Rogers has been featured in 5 releases with the British progressive rock band Touchstone and in 2018 joined Mostly Autumn.[3] [4]

Biography

Henry Rogers first got into drumming as a teenage and was tutored by a Big Band drummer who played alongside artists like Sir Paul McCartney and The Who; this is how Rogers came to adopt his style reminiscent of jazz, funk and progressive rock.

Growing up, Henry played in various local bands, including The White Orchids and The Shindiggers,[5] around his home town of Stoke–on–Trent. He was approached by and joined Final Conflict in 2007, touring in both the UK and at festivals in Europe. During his time with the band he was awarded second place in the Best Drummer category in the annual Classic Rock Society awards.[6]

Over the years, Rogers' abilities and talents have grown enormously and have secured him full time positions with Touchstone, DeeExpus and Marillion side project Edison's Children;[7] he continues to impress with his drumming skills, playing for both Puppet Rebellion,[8] [9] who he joined in October 2015, and Mia Klose[10] [11] as well. He is now in such demand that, along with all his full–time band activities, he also plays with The Daughters of Expediency (Alan Reed's live band) and has also played with the Heather Findlay Band.[12] [13] He has also played at several festivals, both large and small, with some of these bands – High Voltage[14] (2010), RoSFest (2010[15] and 2012[16]), Download,[17] [18] Kendal Calling[19] [20] and Summer's End 2014[21] and 2016[22] [23]) to name but a few... and he has played as tour support for artists such as Marillion[24] [25] and Steel Panther[26] [27] across the UK and Europe.

His playing skills have not gone unnoticed in the music industry: coming second in the Classic Rock Society[28] (CRS) Drummer of the Year at the age of 17 (as mentioned above), going one better and winning CRS Drummer of the Year two year's running (2012[29] [30] and 2013[31] [32] [33] [34]), being voted 9th Best Drummer (2012), 7th Best Drummer (2013)[35] and 10th Best Drummer (2016) by Prog magazine readers alongside well–known established drummers including Ian Mosley,[36] Neil Peart[37] and Gavin Harrison;[38] He was also listed in the July 2015 issue of Rhythm magazine as one of the 20 most influential prog drummers[39] of the millennium.

Alongside his work with other musicians such as Alan Reed[40] (Pallas[41]) and with Alan's live band The Daughters of Expediency,[42] Morpheus Rising[43] [44] and Edison's Children[45] (a project set up by Pete Trewavas and Eric Blackwood featuring Rick Armstrong, the son of the 1st Man on the Moon Neil Armstrong). He is also a well–known session musician (for both live and studio work), regularly working with established musicians both in the UK and from around the globe. He was also recently invited to play with Guy Manning's Damanek,[46] at Summer's End 2016.

Rogers spends a great deal of his time writing and recording for various artists and projects from around the globe in his purpose-built recording studio in Cheshire, including working with Roland on their advertising campaign for their TM-1 Trigger Module.[47]

Current kit and set–up

Full Kit: DW White Marine Pearl

Small Kit: DW Black Velvet

Skins

Sticks

Drum Stool

Cases

Electronic Recording

Hardware

Discography

Year Band Title Label Notes
2007 The White Orchids Runaway EP
2009 Final Conflict Another Moment in Time Metal Mind Productions DVD, filmed in Poland
2011 The City Sleeps Steamhammer Reached number 36 in the UK Rock Album chart
2011 King of Number 33 EDEL
2011 Nerve Toy Trio The Hard Cell Burning Shed EP
2012 Final Conflict Return of the Artisan Gaolhouse Music
2013 Shineback Rise Up Forgotten, Return Destroyed Bad Elephant Music Guest appearance on title track
2013 Oceans of Time Cherry Red Reached number 24 in the BBC Official rock charts
2013 The Final Breath Before November Random Disturbance Records
2014 Oceans EP Touchstone Music EP, Limited edition - 500 copies only
2014 Mia Klose Living For Love
2014 Live Inside Outside Touchstone Music DVD
2015 Somewhere Between Here and There Random Disturbance Records
2016 Heel The Parts We Save
2016 Puppet Rebellion Fragments Single only
2016 Puppet Rebellion The Pact Single only
2016 Lights From The Sky EP
2016 Heather Findlay Band I Am Snow
2017 Puppet Rebellion Chemical Friends Elysha
2018 White Rainbow Mostly Autumn Records
2019 The Disturbance Fields Random Disturbance Records

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Classic Rock Society Awards Night 2014 . 23 February 2014 .
  2. Web site: Henry Rogers: Drummer of the Year . 28 February 2013 .
  3. Web site: Henry Rogers - Relationships - MusicBrainz .
  4. https://www.discogs.com/artist/2776286
  5. Web site: Sortcode launch party at Fat Cat Cafe Bar | Music | Stoke & Staffordshire . Stoke Sentinel . 2010-04-03 . 2017-05-11.
  6. Web site: Drummer wins award | Henry Rogers | Final Conflict | Classic Rock Society . Stoke Sentinel . 2009-04-06 . 2017-05-11.
  7. Web site: Edison's Children - Rick Armstrong . Edisonschildren.com . 2001-08-11 . 2017-05-11.
  8. Web site: Puppet Rebellion - Scruff of the Neck . 9 May 2017 . 13 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170113010836/http://scruffoftheneck.com/puppet-rebellion/ . dead .
  9. Web site: Sentinel . The . Indie stars Puppet Rebellion are back home to pull in the crowds . Stoke Sentinel . 2016-03-04 . 2017-05-11.
  10. Web site: Mia Klose - Add two new members to their line-up! . Music Trespass . 2014-01-18 . 2017-05-11.
  11. Web site: Mia Klose . ReverbNation . 2015-10-23 . 2017-05-11.
  12. Web site: HEATHER FINDLAY I Am Snow music review by tszirmay . Progarchives.com . 2017-01-25 . 2017-05-11.
  13. Web site: Touchstone + Ghost Community + The Heather Findlay Band @ The Robin, Bilston – Sunday, 18th December 2016 . The Midlands Rocks . 14 January 2017. 2017-05-11.
  14. http://www.cpp.tclh.co.uk/Touchstone/10JlyHVF/thumbs.htm
  15. Web site: Deeexpus live at ROSfest 2010: PTtee . YouTube . 2010-08-11 . 2017-05-11.
  16. Web site: DeeExpus . RosFest . 2017-05-11.
  17. Web site: Mia Klose and Henry Rogers speak to eFestivals . eFestivals.co.uk . 2014-06-05 . 2017-05-11.
  18. Web site: Gig Pictures | Mia Klose Live at Download Festival 2014 | PixelMatrix Photography . 2017-05-09 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170105220516/http://pixelmatrix.co.uk/2014/06/17/mia-klose-live-at-download-festival-2014/ . 5 January 2017 . dmy-all .
  19. Web site: Kendal Calling 2016 line-up and rumours . eFestivals.co.uk . 2016-07-26 . 2017-05-11.
  20. Web site: Puppet Rebellion Kendal Calling 2016 . YouTube . 2016-10-24 . 2017-05-11.
  21. Web site: Jez Rowden . Summer's End Festival 2014 – The Progressive Aspect – TPA . Theprogressiveaspect.net . 2014-10-14 . 2017-05-11.
  22. Web site: Simms . John . Flight of the Skypilot: Summer's End 2016 . Flightoftheskypilot.blogspot.co.uk . 2016-10-08 . 2017-05-11.
  23. Web site: Knight Area out of Summer's End festival - Prog . Teamrock.com . 2016-09-08 . 2017-05-11.
  24. Web site: News | . Deeexpus.co.uk . 2017-05-11.
  25. Web site: Touchstone playing "Strange Days" live at Wolverhampton on 14 April 2013 . YouTube . 2017-05-11.
  26. Web site: Mia Klose 'Steel Panther Tour' . Chris Dart . 2015-12-21 . 2017-05-11.
  27. Web site: Steel Panther & Mia Klose @ Manchester Apollo 16/03/2014 . getyourrockout.co.uk . 2014-04-25 . 2017-05-11.
  28. Web site: Where Music Matters . Classic Rock Society . 2017-05-11.
  29. Web site: Woody . News: Classic Rock Society Awards 2012 - winners announced . Rocktopia . 2017-05-11.
  30. Web site: Classic Rock Society ceremony [Archive |publisher=Progressive Ears |date= |accessdate=2017-05-11].
  31. Web site: Awards Night Results | Classic Rock Society . 9 May 2017 . 7 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170407103051/http://www.classicrocksociety.co.uk/awards-night-results/ . dead .
  32. Web site: CRS Awards 2013 | . Deeexpus.co.uk . 2017-05-11.
  33. Web site: Simms . John . Classic Rock Society Awards Night 2014 – Progarchy . Progarchy.com . 2014-02-23 . 2017-05-11.
  34. Web site: Henry Rogers: Drummer Of The Year . Westside Distribution . 2013-02-28 . 2017-05-11.
  35. Web site: Mia Klose: The rise ‘n rise of an artist through a photographers lens. – The Independent Voice . Theindependentvoice.org . 2020-05-14.
  36. Web site: The Official Marillion Website . marillion.com . 2017-05-11.
  37. Web site: Welcome to the official website of Neil Peart . Neilpeart.com . 2017-05-11.
  38. Web site: Home . Gavharrison.com . 2011-08-23 . 2017-05-11.
  39. Web site: Rhythm 243 . My Favourite Magazines . 2017-05-11.
  40. Web site: Home . Reddwarfrecordings.co.uk . 2017-05-11.
  41. Web site: Pallas wearewhoweare . Pallasofficial.com . 2017-05-11.
  42. Web site: Alan Reed & The Daughters of Expediency. 'KIngdom of the Blind' at Celebr8.2 . . 2013-12-08 . 2020-05-14.
  43. Web site: Morpheus Rising . Morpheusrising.co.uk . 2020-05-14.
  44. Web site: Drummer Nigel Durham (ex Saxon, ex Oliver/Dawson Saxon) joins Morpheus Rising . Powerofprog.com . 2013-08-21 . 2020-05-14.
  45. Web site: Edison's Children - "Floyd-y" Pete Trewavas & Rick Armstrong (Son of 1st Man on the Moon Neil Armstrong) . Edisonschildren.com . 2001-08-11 . 2020-05-14 . 27 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210227132112/http://edisonschildren.com/ . dead .
  46. Web site: Guy Manning Unveils Damanek Line-up For Summer's End | Louder . Teamrock.com . 2016-09-09 . 2020-05-14.
  47. Web site: Roland TM-1 Trigger Module Main Trailer . . 2019-01-22 . 2020-05-14.

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