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Sabian have added the three disc Chopper cymbal, Alu Bells aluminium bells, and two new bronze triangles to its percussion range. The Chopper comprises of three bronze discs riveted loosely together - ...

The Alu Bells are extraordinarily sweet-sounding alternatives to bronze variants while the Choppers' seemingly complicated design delivers an aggressive yet controllable instrument capable of many ...

A GRAVELY ill Mark 'Chopper' Read talks everything from cancer to blues music and his new show with Herald Sun's Nui Te Koha. A GRAVELY ill Mark 'Chopper' Read talks everything from cancer to blues ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. For a former standover man with musical ambitions, it was probably just a matter of time before Mark "Chopper" Read recorded a gangsta ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Chopper Read's version of Plastic Jesus, the 1957 folk song written by Ed Rush and George Cromarty and immortalised by Paul Newman in ...