• Geoff Hicks is an earthy, organic drummer along the lines of Levon Helm, Steve Jordan and Steve Ferrone. Driven by the song, not the ego, Geoff constantly strives for a strong groove-orientation.

• Born in a snow drift in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1972, Geoff soon after started pounding out rhythms on his dad’s old orange marble Ludwig’s (like Ringo’s). His father’s vast LP collection provided endless fascination for Geoff, who first got into Coltrane and Roland Kirk and then moved into CSNY and Bowie.

• Years later, after moving to Vancouver, Geoff got involved with West Van’s “She Stole My Beer”, a rollicking, sweaty, Southern-Rock party band that inexplicably found itself signed to MCA Records in 1995 after endlessly criss-crossing Canada and the Northern U.S. After that period, Geoff toured Canada with Linda McRae (Spirit Of The West), and then moved into the drum chair for The Paperboys for more endless touring of Canada & the U.S., with fun overseas tours of Germany, Scandanavia, and the U.K.. Geoff appears on two Paperboys C.D’s, “Dilapidated Beauty” and “Tenure”.

• Since 1995, Geoff has been a busy freelance drummer, touring and recording with Barney Bentall, Harry Manx, Steve Dawson, Ridley Bent, Jim Byrnes, Craig Northey (The Odds, Colin James), Steven Drake, Jesse Valenzuela (Gin Blossoms), Dustin Bentall, The Sojourners, Coco Love Alcorn, Bocephus King, Ox (Mark Browning), Craig Jacks, Wyckham Porteous, Ndidi Onukwulu, Bob Kemmis, The Seams, Wayne Lavalee, Cameron Latimer, Wendy Bird, and the list goes on......

• Since 2005, Geoff has been performing with Canadian blues/rock legend Colin James. The band has toured Europe, playing festivals from Spain to Switzerland, sharing the stage with the likes of Little Richard and Los Lobos. The band completed a successful tour of Canada in 2006 in support of Colin’s C.D., “Limelight”, selling out rooms like Toronto’s venerable Massey Hall.