Barry Odendaal
Started playing in bands in school, couple rock and church gigs, moved to Nelspruit in ‘93 and joined old school punk legends Ska Tissue, then Mithrol / Suicide Sunshine, too a break for a couple years… then returned to live music with a goth/rock band with some of the pre-…and Winter guys…, took another break for a couple years, won’t do that again, quite a mission to get back in the stool… ha ha…I said stool….
Piet and I had been talking about doing something for a while, so got out the old sticks and started Soul of a New Machine, early in 2009.
Bands played with: Couple garage bands, Ska Tissue, BlueGreenFish, Soul of a New Machine
Favourite Bands: (at the moment) InFlames, Alice in Chains, Soulfly, Mudvayne, DevilDriver, Pantera, System of a Down…this list will change as time goes by…..
Influences: Derek Roddy (he in NOT human), John Boecklin (damn energetic), Tommy Lee (was the man when I started playing in the old days), Influenceable bands: Sex Pistols, The Exploited, Godsmack, Pantera, Alice in Chains, RedHotChilliPeppers, Motley Crue, Metallica, and too many more to mention!