United Kingdom
Bobby Arechiga
Bobby Arechigas Zozobra, Strongheart
Bobby Arechiga profile
- Name:
- Bobby Arechiga
- Band:
- Bobby Arechigas Zozobra, Strongheart
- Drumming since:
- 1975
- With MEINL since:
- 1999
- Birthday:
- August 25, 1960
- Zodiac Sign:
- Virgo
- Place of Birth:
- Beautiful Downtown Burbank, California!
- Currently living in:
- Sunny Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
- Favorite Food:
- Breakfast/ Mom and DadsHome Made Mexican Food!
- Favorite Drink:
- Water, and any drink derived from it!
- MEINL cymbal series used:
- All of them!
- Favorite MEINL cymbal:
- All of them
- Car that you currently drive:
- My Rover 75 Connoisseur & my Wifes Renault Megane Cabriolet
- Not counting on drums, what do you do for fun:
- Travelling & Partying with Family and Friends!
- Teacher:
- Every Drummer I have heard!
- Drumtech:
- French Freddy
- Highlight of your career so far:
- The Part Where I Was Playing the Drums and working with the likes of Jimmy S. & Eddie R. Arechiga, with Byron Cole in Strange Visitor, F. Kirk Alley & Bill Trudel in Lazer, The Truly Talented Mark Stein, The Awesome Ronnie James Dio & Many Great Guitarists including Paul Gilbert, Lanny Cordola & Jimmy Crespo in the Dangerzone days, Bad ass Bass Man Bill Evans & Wilbur Hess in Strongheart, (Hold on, I am not done Dropping Names Yet!) The Legends that are George Young & Harry Vanda, Trevor Boulder, Screaming Lord Sutch, Joe Rose & The Guild, amongst many others, including not least, the Sensational S**t Stabbers of Steelworks Studios: Dave Nesbitt, James Jayawardena & John Short!
- Drumming strengths:
- Rhythmic Sensibility and Adaptability/Badass Rock Stomp!
- Drumming means to me:
- A Gateway to Communion with All That Is. My Jam On!
- Advice for up and coming drummers:
- Be open to all music, Have Focus and Patience in Practice, Listen While Playing, and Gitcho Jam On!
- How would you describe yourself:
- Human (at times Super--- at times Sub)!
- When I look back on my life one day, I would like to be able to say:
- Damn, That Was GOOOOD!"/ Where am I going to store all these Awards & All This Money?
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Drumtech
- Name:
- French Freddy
- Techs for Bobby since:
- 1994
- Other artists French Freddy works for:
- Thomas Lang, Liberty Devito
- Techtip:
- Treat your drums, cymbals and hardware with respect and love. They will give it back to you when you need it most! Before a tour I always try to have the full drum kit set up as it will be onstage. I then mark all the hardware with memory mark and put numbers on all the stands, starting with 1, going clockwise when seated behind the kit. When taking down a kit, I try to leave the hardware as complete as possible, tearing down as little as the cases allow. This way it is more likely everything will be set up the same the next show, plus I save time, and wear and tear on the threads of nuts and bolts!
- French Freddy about Bobby Arechiga
- As a Drummer, Bobby can play with finesse or demonstrate his power in a large palette varied musical styles. He is so versatile, he can play anything! He has got so much control; his knowledge of the drums is phenomenal. He is the best technician I have ever seen. He has independence between all his limbs, ambidextrous with both hands and feet. Scary! Bobby is up there with the greatest drummers of this planet!
It is a privilege to work and be friends with such a smart and nice person. We can talk for hours on the way to gigs or stay quiet, but the communication is still there, be it through our silences or our words.