ONTARIO^{Ted Johnson}

I actually started playing guitar when I was 12 years old. I joined a little band with my buddy who was a drummer. When I would look over at his drums, the drums were always looking back at me. So I would sit on them and play every chance I got. The next things I knew I was asked to play a couple of songs on them and that was it....I was hooked.

My first drumset was a used Pearl set. I would sit in my room for hours with headphones and play to the sounds of Chicago, Alice Cooper, Led Zepplin, the Stones and other bands like that. I just couldn't get enough. I then purchased a chrome Slingerland kit.

Next I met Jeff and Carl and we formed Ontario Rocks. What a crazy time that was. We parted ways, but after a while we got back together. I now had a Tama Superstar kit with Paste cymbals. WQhat a killer sound that kit made. I loved that set.

Well, once again we went our own ways and purchased a double bass Ludwig kit that Eric Carr had done a demo on at Ontario Music. That kit was beautiful and I played in a few different projects with it. I even bumped it down to a 4 piece kit and played country music for a while. But Rock is where it's at for me. This is the third time back together. It's magical and better than ever. I love these guys, they're like brothers to me. I thank God that I'm hooked up with these guys as buddys and musicians.

Email: Ted Johnson