Charlie "TAS" Judd is a 3rd generation drummer and also is 2nd cousin to "Wild" Mick Brown of Dokken and Steve Brown currently on tour with Tesla. TAS got serious about drumming around 20 years old takimg lessons from local drum guru Jay Douglas. While the award winning power trio Chris Jones Band is on hiatus TAS also occupies the drum throne in the newly formed power trio Top Shelf which cranks out original rock, blues, and funk songs and some covers in the same genres and party rock cover bands Old School Drop Outs and X35. Drumming influences are Deen Castronovo, Buddy Rich, Dave Weckl, Aquiles Priester and Tommy Lee! Top Shelf's website and debut album are looking to be finished by this fall! Current gear includes Pearl Masters Maple drums, assorted snares including DW and Keplinger, DW 9000 hardwars and pedals, Scorpion Percussion sticks, Soultone cymbals, Cympad cymbal washers and Roc n Soc thrones.
Charlie "TAS" Judd is a 3rd generation drummer and also is 2nd cousin to "Wild" Mick Brown of Dokken and Steve Brown currently on tour with Tesla. TAS got serious about drumming around 20 years old takimg lessons from local drum guru Jay Douglas. While the award winning power trio Chris Jones Band is on hiatus TAS also occupies the drum throne in the newly formed power trio Top Shelf which cranks out original rock, blues, and funk songs and some covers in the same genres and party rock cover bands Old School Drop Outs and X35. Drumming influences are Deen Castronovo, Buddy Rich, Dave Weckl, Aquiles Priester and Tommy Lee! Top Shelf's website and debut album are looking to be finished by this fall! Current gear includes Pearl Masters Maple drums, assorted snares including DW and Keplinger, DW 9000 hardwars and pedals, Scorpion Percussion sticks, Soultone cymbals, Cympad cymbal washers and Roc n Soc thrones.
