Phil Westwood or “Pesky” as he’s known in the drumming circle, picked up a pair of drumsticks at the tender age of seven. ever since that day he’s never looked back and has enjoyed playing Drums & Percussion in almost every Genre possible, from Brass Bands and Orchestras to Big Band Jazz, Blues, Rock & heavy Metal. But has now settled in the formidable shoes of one of his drumming idols, Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) Playing for a few well known & respected Pink Floyd Tribute Bands.
Phil is the retail manager at Nicko McBrain’s Drum One where his experience, engineering background, attention to detail and passion for all things drum related are bringing in customers from all over the world.
Phil also is the founder & brain child (along with good friend Alex Lindley) behind the Manchester Drum Show, which opened its doors for the first time in 2014 to a great response, so much so that has become an annual event on the drumming calendar, and sowed the seed for the now much bigger UK Drum Show.
With an experience of travelling the globe drumming over the past 30+years, Phil still enjoys both playing and going to see live bands across the UK.