Aaron A. Brooks

Aaron has been playing drums professionally for 25 years and had his first drum lesson with John Bonham, whom he counted along with Keith Moon, Mick Fleetwood, Elvin Jones and Tony Williams, as his early mentors, friends and influences. Aaron's father is legendary Grammy winning jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger Frank Foster and his mother is influential 60's and 70's rock publicist Christine "Sunshine" Brooks. Aaron lives in New York City and is presently collaborating, co-producing and drumming on the upcoming album of The Mars Bonfire, a alt rock band fronted by enigmatic singer/songwriter Mark Wynegar and electronic pop stars Leisure Cruise, featuring Leah Seigel and Dave Hodge. He also plays for "Orange Is The New Black" actress and singer Jackie Cruz. For the last 7 years Aaron has also been playing drums and collaborating with multi-platinum recording artist, musician and pop icon MOBY and The Little Death, along with Laura Dawn and Daron Murphy. The Little Death released their debut album "The Little Death" in 2010 while performing continuously sold-out shows in NYC and abroad, including critically acclaimed performances at The 2011 NMS Grammy's After Party, SXSW, The Sundance Festival, The Box, The Guggenheim Museum and most recently at Radio City Music Hall with Paul McCartney and Donovan. Aaron has also been pounding the skins for the soulful rocker Joey DeGraw and lovely blues & folk singer Lola Johnson. In 2011, Aaron took a foray into film scoring after being invited to compose a original music for "Billy Bates", a dark and sensual independent film by Jennifer Delia and Julie Pacino. The film premiered at the 2012-2013 Cannes, Toronto, Tribeca, Berlin and Sundance Film Festivals to solid reviews, inspiring Aaron's desire to continue composing for film and television.

Aaron has also toured, recorded or performed with: Duff McKagen, Circle Of Soul, Donovan, Brian May, David Lynch, Deborah Harry, Betty LeVette, Dizzy Reed, Carlos Alomar, Mitch Mitchell, Ronnie Sweetheart, Waddy Wachtel, Brett Bass, Slash, Kenny Aronson, The Fieros, Tony Lucca, Alesia Guarnera, Jakob Dylan, Luther Russell and The Wallflowers, Sean Koos, Jimi K. Bones, Tony Bruno, Gilby Clark, George Ennis, Rick James, Keith Golden, Leo LeBlanc, Sami Yaffa, Bernard Fowler, Rob Bailey, Richard Fortis, Teddy "Zig Zag" Andreadis, Hunt Sales, Jimmy Immergluck, Tommy Stinson, Kreg Ross, James H. Ashurst IV, Mike Doman, The Dead Kennedy's, Gavin DeGraw, Lou Reed, Kiyanu Kim, Mark Ford, Thommy Pryce, Danny Miranda, Gus Fafalios, Greg Smith, Kenny Aaronson and James Maddock.