Shawn Drover
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| Shawn Drover | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 5 1966, Montreal, Quebec Canada |
| Genre(s) | Thrash metal Heavy metal Speed metal |
| Instrument(s) | Drum |
| Years active | 1993 - present |
| Associated acts | Eidolon Megadeth |
| Website | Eidolon Official site Megadeth official site |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Sabian Pearl Drums | |
Shawn Drover is the drummer with the bands Megadeth & Eidolon. He was born on May 5, 1966, in Montreal, Quebec. After taking up drums at the age of 13, he joined his first band, Eidolon. He uses Sabian cymbals and Ddrum drums mounted on a drum rack reminiscent of the Greg Voelker Rack System.
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Shawn also plays guitar. He was playing guitar during Megadeth's "Blackmail The Universe Tour" in Kawasaki, Japan (April 3, 2005). Shawn and his brother Glen Drover switched instruments playing "Paranoid" and the second half of "Peace Sells". Glen sat at the drums, and Shawn played the guitar.
During Gigantour show in Toronto, Canada (September 3, 2005) Shawn became the third Megadeth guitarist on stage during "Peace Sells" while Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater played the drums. Shawn also did one solo of the song.
As opposed to many drummers, who cross over their sticks to play the hi-hat with their right hand and snare with their left hand, Shawn instead keeps time with his left hand, keeps a ride cymbal on the left side of his set, and relegates his right hand for snare drum hits. Although the role of each hand is reversed, he still begins rolls and downbeats on rhythms played on other drums with his right hand, as do many right-handed drummers.
Shawn Drover is endorsed by Ddrum drums, Sabian cymbals, Gibraltar Hardware and Vic Firth Sticks. The "MegaKit" used on the more recent tours (2004-2006) was manufactured by Ferguson Fabrication out of Tempe AZ. The structure was revised and redesigned making the cage lighter and easier to assemble.
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