Pork Pie Percussion is a drum company started in 1987 by Bill Datamore. Pork Pie's motto

Motto

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 is "Made by an American."

History

In 1987, Bill Detamore started making drums as a hobby. This hobby quickly evolved into a full service drum company. Each drum is signed by Bill Detamore with the date it was made. Pork Pie drums are made by hand in Canoga Park California. At this time, 2006, Pork Pie employs 9 people so it is still a fairly small company. Bill Detamore still is a hands on owner. He still cuts every bearing edge and does all of the paint jobs on the drums.

Recently, Pork Pie has introduced the Little Squealer line, the Piglite acrylic line and the Big Black brass snare drums. The Big Black drum as well as the Little Squealers are made in Taiwan. Piglite drums are made in California. The Little Squealer line has grown from one snare drum to a 4 piece drumset and 4 assorted snare drums. The Little Squealer line has been a great success for the company.

In addition to drum manufacturing, Pork Pie also offers a complete line of services that include drum restoration, customizing, and refinishing. Bill Detamore has done customizing for many big bands from Van Halen

Van Halen

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 to Yes

Yes (band)

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 and Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac

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 to Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson

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, Blink 182 and Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses

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.

Drumset lineup

Pork Pie offers three types of drumsets. The Little Squealer line is a mid line drum that is made in Taiwan. The Piglite line are acrylic shelled drums hand-crafted in California. Everything else is hand-crafted and made-to-order. The quality has always been very high.

Notable drummers

• Keith Hanson
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   of The House Harkonnen
• Marky Ramone
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   of The Ramones
• Butch Norton of The Eels
• Byron McMackin of Pennywise
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• Eric Green of Twenty Minutes To Vegas
• Scott Raynor
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   of Blink-182
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• Rory Koff of No Use For a Name
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• Jevin Kaye of Much The Same
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• Damon DeLaPaz
  Damon DeLaPaz
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   of Fenix TX, Ape Machine, Demasiado