Chris Brien

Christian John Brien is a drummer, percussionist and drum clinician. From 1992 he was a member of the Australian rock, funk and disco band Swoop and appears on all three of their studio albums, ''Thriller'' (October 1993), ''Woxo Principle'' (November 1995), and ''Be What You Is'' (January 1999).

Swoop's most popular single, "Apple Eyes", was released in 1995, which reached No. 9 on the ARIA Singles Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1994, Swoop were nominated for 'Best New Talent' for ''Thriller'', while at the 1996 awards they were nominated for 'Song of the Year' and 'Best Video' for "Apple Eyes", and for 'Best Pop Release' for ''Woxo Principle''.

Late in 1999 Swoop disbanded, and Brien became a session musician and drum clinician and released solo material. He has also released a number of instructional DVDs including ''Independence'' (2002) and ''Independence, Part 2'' (2004). In November 2006 he relocated to Hong Kong, where in 2010 he issued his instructional book, ''The Chris Brien Drumming System (Level One)''. Provided by Wikipedia