About Diaolei

Born in Aug 20, 1981, Diaolei picked up the drum sticks in his early teen. Due to the limitation of condition, this passionate young drummer had to ride on a bicycle for two and half hour everyday to his uncle’s factory, in order to find a place to practice drumming without being complained by neighbors. After working deadly hard on chops and techniques, and learning from different kind of music for years, Diaolei developed himself as a versatile drummer with great dynamics and virtuosity.

In 2000, Diaolei got a call from a local famous band Honey Gun, hence he joined the band till now. With the band touring around the area, Diaolei drew much attention from both audiences and producers. Not long after Dieolei joining in Honey Gun, the band recorded 3 singles and his playing was highly appreciated by professionals.

Because of his outstanding behavior in Honey Gun, Diaolei obtained bigger reputation in rock music scene. He started getting calls from other bands like Overload, Spring and Fall, Heaven. As a hard worker ever, Diaolei either worked with these bands as live drummer or played in the studio as session player. Meanwhile, Diaolei was also a well-known drummer among the young generation of session drummers. He appeared in a bunch of big-shots’ albums, such as Pushu, Zhouxun, Shuimunianhua, Zhengjun, Laolang, etc.

Diaolei is experienced in playing live, his live performance is profoundly influenced by rock giants from Tommy Lee to Chat Smith. As a new generation, Diaolei blows off your mind with his unbelievable double bass blast, delights your eyes with stick tricks, rocks your soul with his every single confident hit. 100 gigs per year is rarely seen among the new generation of Chinese drummers, no mention numerous sessions.

Dieolei currently is working on his own project Honey Gun, the band is gonna record the debut album in the coming months, and a Malaysia、Taiwan tour is on the schedule afterward. Except for Honey Gun, Diaolei will also appear in the lineup of Overload’s unplugged concert, Zhengjun’s Beijing Stadium concert, Overload 4th album, Heaven’s 5th album, Spring and Fall’s album. Diaolei quite enjoys the heavy schedule as a busy drummer, his whole life is dedicated into what makes life larger and louder.

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二十世纪九十年代初他偶然地接触到国外的摇滚乐，深深地被其魅力所吸引并果断地、坚决地、义无反顾地、投身到建设具有中国特色的社会主义摇滚乐的道路上，并以“三个代表”为指导思想严格要求自己，与时俱进，乐此不疲地工作到今天。

刁磊曾担任紫环、唐朝老五、艾斯卡尔等乐队的鼓手，现任糖果枪、摩天楼、春秋、高旗&超载、郑钧、天堂等乐队的鼓手。他以独特的台风、优秀的力度和表现力受到广大乐迷的关注和喜爱，得到众多资深业内人士的肯定，成为众多年轻鼓手中的佼佼者并具有极大的发展潜力。