Bio:

Roy Moonen was born in The Netherlands in 1981. At the age of 8 Roy became a member of the local marching band and orchestra. His life’s mission was realized on his 11th birthday when Roy got his first drum kit and from that point on his life became fully devoted to playing drums.

In 2002 Roy started his education at the Rock Academy in Tilburg.
During his time studying there he focused mainly on creating his very own unique sound and style that addresses correct technique with an open-minded flare to embrace different musical styles that ensures his style is truly one of a kind.

In 2006 Roy graduated from the Rock Academy for his discipline Drums and Music Technology. From that moment on, Roy’s life as a professional musician was just starting. Roy has played drums in a variety of different styles of musical projects and bands like Kim Lian.

In 2008 and 2009 Roy toured intensively throughout Europe, United States and Russia with Born From Pain.

In 2010 Roy played with several artists and bands like Stevie Ann.
2010 is also the year Roy joined two new bands: Kill Ferelli and ROOF.

When off the road, Roy works as a session and studio musician and maintains a busy teaching schedule with nearly thirty students.
Roy also has his own studio where he works on his own personal productions and recordings.

For 2011 Roy's main focus will be working as a session and studio musician and playing live with his new bands The Mad Trist, Kill Ferelli and ROOF.



Extended Version:

Roy Moonen was born in December 1981 in The Netherlands. For the early part of his life he grew up in a small village called Slenaken. His interest in rhythm was very apparent, even at an early age and before he could even walk Roy was drumming on everything he could possibly get his hands on. At the age of 8 Roy became a member of the local marching band and orchestra. In the 8 years that Roy was a part of this, he learned a lot of basic rules and lessons to do with all kinds of percussion and drums.

His life’s mission was realized on his 11th birthday when Roy got his first drum kit and from that point on his life became fully devoted to playing drums. In the infancy of learning his preferred instrument he devoted himself to the drums self-learning many techniques by playing along with the music of his favourite bands and also by playing in several bands.

At the age of 19 Roy had his first real drum lesson from Sjoerd Ruttten at the Drumschool Maastricht as an introduction for the Conservatoria and Rock Academy. After one year of studying at Maastricht’s Art Academy, Roy decided to go full on for his passion for music.

In 2002 Roy started his education at the Rock Academy in Tilburg. There he received drum lessons from René Creemers, Hans van den Hurk, Koen Lieckens and Arthur Lijten. During his time studying there he focused mainly on furthering and developing his techniques, creativity and functionality, sound and set up, groove and timing, therefore creating his very own unique sound and style that addresses correct technique with an open minded flare to embrace different musical styles that ensures his style is truly one of a kind.

During his studies, Roy was active with his bands 37stabwoundz, Sengaia and several other projects where he gained a lot of experience with drumming and being actively involved with the day to day running of fully touring bands that were releasing full-length albums. With 37stabwoundz he has played all throughout Western Europe with highlights like the PINKPOP Festival.

In 2006 Roy graduated from the Rock Academy for his discipline Drums and Music Technology. From that moment on, Roy’s life as a professional musician was just starting.

In 2006 Roy was asked to play for Dutch pop star and theater/musical star Kim-Lian who was also known for her career as a TV presenter. Roy has played several shows in The Netherlands with Kim-Lian and did some TV and radio performances such as Top Of The Pops and 3FM. He was also featured in Kim-Lians video clip “In Vain”.

Immediately after his graduation Roy could begin teaching at the Drumschool Maastricht where nowadays he has an average of 25 students a week aged between 7 and 55 where his skills, talent and opinions about drumming are well respected and admired. Roy is also known for giving drum clinics and workshops for all kinds of techniques and styles.

In 2007, Roy’s main band 37stabwoundz decided to call it a day and quit, but that didn’t deter Roy from pursuing his passion for playing live and trying new challenge and with that in mind Roy started a drum ’n bass project under the name of Liquid Passion where his live drumming was combined with two DJs (Daradar and 2LIP) and a VJ (Wedovoodoo Visuals) which turned out to be a great formula for the live setting.

Roy not only has much experience in the live setting as an artist and performer, but he has also worked as a drum tech for the band Carnivore for their European tour at the end of 2007 where his valuable knowledge of creating great live sounds and kit management came into great assistance which has led to Roy being asked numerous times to work as a drum tech for other bands.

Roy also has his own studio where he works on his own personal productions and recordings/mixings for other bands. The first Record he released as a Music Technician was the E.P. from the band Rain Meets Oil which besides being responsible for recording and mixing the songs, he also played the drums.

End of 2007, Roy was asked to play for the band Born From Pain. His first shows with the band were a baptism of fire and included touring Russia and the Czech Republic.
In 2008, Roy became a full time member of Born From Pain, which led to him becoming an integral part of the writing process for the band’s new album titled “Survival”. Roy’s live reputation grew further from playing many shows and festivals with Born From Pain all over Europe ranging from playing in countries such as Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy to countries such as Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria. In the summer of 2008, Roy hit many of the major festivals all over Europe, which included highlights such as With Full Force, Hellfest and Summer Breeze. With Born From Pain Roy has also been a part of the Persistance tour in the end of 2008.

In 2009 Roy toured intensively with Born From Pain. They did two Eastern European headline tours in countries such as Slovakia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Hungary, Greece, Macedonia and Turkey. Toured for 7 weeks all over Europe and toured in the United States of America in the end of 2009.

Roy is also active as a session and studio musician and has played drums on a variety of different styles of musical projects varying from the upcoming full length of the band Viberider to playing along with Kim-Lian for the musical “De Grande Dames”.

In 2010 Roy played with several artists and bands like Stevie Ann, Norman Kapoyos And The Swinging Mood Orchestra and Funkmonster.
He also played with his projects The Count and Kendo Bahn Orchestra.
2010 is also the year Roy joined two new bands: Kill Ferelli and ROOF. With Kill Ferelli the first full-length album was recorded in 2010 and will be released in 2011.

When off the road, Roy works as a session and studio musician and maintains a busy teaching schedule with nearly thirty students.
Roy also has his own studio where he works on his own personal productions and recordings.

For 2011 Roy's main focus will be working as a session and studio musician and playing live with his new bands The Mad Trist, Kill Ferelli and ROOF.