Chris did not own a drum kit when he joined. He practiced on a phone book with two wooden spoons until his parents agreed to a kit, on the condition that it stay in the unfinished half of the basement.
It stayed there. The band rehearsed with the drums in the unfinished half and everyone else in the finished half, with the furnace between them. The record was mixed to account for the furnace.
He is the only member on file who has described rehearsals, on the record, as fun. The others on his lineup dispute this.
Now. Teaches middle-school band in Olathe. Lets the drummers practice with the door shut.