BORN IN: Brussels, Belgium
LIVES IN: New York, NY
DRUMMING SINCE: 1994
BIGGEST INFLUENCE: Former teacher cesar Zuiderwijk
FAVOURITE ALBUM YOU PLAYED ON: One By One – Live In Japan
FAVOURITE ALBUM YOU DIDN’T PLAY ON: Appetite For Destruction
CAREER HIGHLIGHT: Touring Japan, almost yearly, for two decades
FAVOURITE SABIAN CYMBAL: AAX 20” Metal Crash

Born in Belgium in 1973 and based in New York City, Laurens Kusters has lived and breathed music his entire life. He picked up drums at age 14 and never looked back, co-founding European hardcore powerhouse Deviate in 1991.In 1994, he launched I Scream Records, a long-running independent label dedicated to punk, hardcore, and metal.A SABIAN artist since 1995, Laurens toured internationally with New York hardcore legends Skarhead for over a decade starting in the mid-2000s, while also teaching drums to the next generation at School of Rock.For more than two decades, he has been on the road as an international tour manager, working worldwide with heavyweights like Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Social Distortion, Rancid, and Jason Bonham.