Endorsements

Rob Rolfe (from Enter Shikari)

Luke Oswald

Lee Murray

We are pleased to welcome Lee to the Jobeky family. Lee is a very talented drummer with a wide ranging career; as can be viewed below in his own words:

Career history and achievements:

Lee Murray is the drummer with pop group Let Loose, who hit the heights of fame and topped the charts in the 1990s.

Let Loose reformed at the end of 2023 and are currently looking forward to a busy diary of live dates and festivals across the UK in 2025.

Lee is also involved in an upcoming campaign from The British Psychological Society, which is calling for better mental health support for music artists both during and after their music career ends.

Let Loose were acclaimed as the only ones who could actually play their instruments and write their own songs. Let Loose were acclaimed as the only ones who could actually play their instruments and write their own songs. Let Loose had a string of hits between 1993-1996 with

Crazy For You staying at Number 2 for weeks in 1994 and becoming one of the biggest selling singles of the 1990s. Other Top 30 hits included Seventeen, Everybody Say Everybody Do, One Night Stand, Best In Me, Take It Easy and Make It With You and they were named Best Newcomers of 1994 by The Sun, as well as much-missed pop mag Smash Hits. Let Loose entertained live audiences of 50,000 and played Radio 1 Roadshows and Top Of The Pops numerous times.

But after Let Loose went their separate ways in 1996, Lee struggled with adjusting to everyday life .. However, drumming once again came to the rescue and he went on to work as a drummer on TV with appearances with Westlife, Russell Watson, Ronan Keating and Lisa Stansfield, amongst others, and tour managed Holly Valance.

More recently, Lee set up his own drum school and specialises in using lessons to help people with their mental health and to help

neurodivergent children in particular. He has trained to level 2 in autism and child safeguarding to teach students with sensory challenges and special educational needs.

2025 sees them playing more summer festivals including

‘Britfest’ alongside UB40, Razorlight, Go West and 10CC.

I am the current drummer for the American based metal band Butcher Babies and I have been drumming for twenty one years. My career has taken me around the world performing in multiple countries and on major festival stages including Wacken in Germany, Reload Festival, and Daytona’s Welcome to Rockville. As a touring drummer, reliability and feel matter. That is why I choose Jobeky Electronic Drums. The fast fitting triggers and mesh heads make setup effortless and the quality speaks for itself. The feel is incredibly natural and the response is precise which allows me to play with the same intensity and dynamics I bring to every live show. Jobeky keeps up with me on stage, in the studio, and everywhere in between and I am proud to represent their drums.

ALI BROWN

Mind of Endurance – 150 Hours Guinness World Record
Allister Brown from Lisburn Northern Ireland is a 3 time Guinness World
Record breaking drummer with many world records to his name.
The first world record being 2003 achieving the record for the longest
individual drumming marathon of 58 hours 17 minutes. Which saw him invited
to London to sign the 100 millionth copy of the book in Tate Modern hosted by

Norris McWhirter.

Since then he has broken the 100 hour mark more than once. In 2008 he beat

the record of 86 hours by playing 102 hours 49 minutes.

In 2023 the current world record stood at 134.5 hours. It`s always been in Ali`s
head for a few years now to do 150 hours. A swan song as it were, 1 last long

stint hopefully at doing endurance drumming.

This is a very unique opportunity to document something that has never been
done before by any human in history, to prove to the world how to overcome
mental and physical endurance. From 8 -10 months training to the actual event
itself. This would also involve many things behind the scenes, such as the
science behind the preparation, nutrition, fitness etc etc.

Every world record attempt or drumathon event over the last 20 years has
involved many charities, raising thousands of pounds for those charities. All
with meaning and close to Alis heart. No such event would be done without

having a reason to do it for someone else.

This particular attempt raised awareness and money for 2 charities. MIND
mental health and NIPANC pancreatic cancer, in memory of losing his late
partner Sharon to cancer in Jan 2021 after looking after her for 3.5 years.
He wanted to give people hope, belief, to prove that what seems impossible,
can be made possible. Working together to accomplish something special, with
the mindset and support of people around you showing you are never to feel

alone.

On 16 th July 2023 Ali attempted to beat the world record and play for 150
hours, held in Lisburn. On the 22 nd July 2023 Ali had broken the world record by

playing 150 hours 1 minute.

A 3 rd official Guinness World Record for the Longest Drumming Marathon for

an Individual.

Raising almost £25,000 for the charities.

The 3 rd World Record Confirmed – Reflection

GWR approval.
When the record was approved and made official, I felt extremely emotional, a
sense of relief and what felt like a weight off my shoulders. Its reflects what
hard work has gone into the event but it represents the generosity and
comradery of everyone involved in making this happen. In my mind , I didn’t
want to let anyone down and receiving the certificate is just the icing on the
cake. It means that what happened in Lisburn July 2023 has officially become
part of history and it reminds me that what seems impossible can become
possible with the right people in your corner. Reminding myself what and who
I was doing it for, helped me overcome the mental and physical aspects of the
event.

What it means,
Having the record approved means the world to me. It’s a personal goal that I
have always wanted achieve. I have said for some years now that I know I can
reach the 150 hour mark and the fact that I could do it in memory of Sharon,
raise awareness and money for charity, mental health and pancreatic cancer
makes it very special. I have always done these type of events with a purpose
of helping others, knowing that the event would create a good following ,
enabling me to spread awareness far and wide. The World Records and
endurance drumming have become part of a forte of mine, so it was easy for
me to decide on taking this mammoth challenge on without doubting my
ability to reaching my target.
How hard was it to achieve?
Having the experience in breaking world records twice before, gave me an idea
of how to prepare for this event as best I could. I had to train for up to 10
months on this, thinking especially of sports nutrition and sleep deprivation. I
had to train my mind to overcome deprivation by staying up at weekends for
months on end to become used to the lack of sleep. For nutrition purposes it

was important to not use the likes of sugar or caffeine. This was because, once
consumed I would have a boost of energy but very quickly suffer the affects of
fatigue and the comedown would not be in my favor. I had to also keep in
shape in the gym, specific for the event.
My worst moments where the early hours of the mornings between 2 and 6
am. My body naturally wants to sleep or rest, but if I hadn’t had such a great
team behind me to keep me going through these times , I think I would have
had taken a lot more rest breaks that I had planned for resulting in possible
failure. This would have made it even more difficult for me in the later stages
of the event. I had previous nerve damage to my arms and I knew it would
become an issue at some stage. My right arm became very sore and we
managed as best we could. Thankfully we had an influx of physios due to an
appeal from Mark Taylor. Mentally struggling but being encouraged at my low
moments by my team with using the art of distraction allowed me to bank
many more minutes for breaks. For example telling me how much longer I
needed to play or how close I was, to being able to take a break. This meant I
could push myself to reach each of those breaks efficiently by getting another
hour under my belt.
No matter how tough the event became, as the days went on. I was always
able to remind myself just what my reasons for the doing such an event were. I
had to remind myself who I was doing it for and why. I thought of Sharon,
friends and their suffering through having a diagnosis of such a devastating
illness like Pancreatic Cancer and all those people currently suffering mentally
and painfully from the disease. Always having that in the forefront of my mind
from day one, allowed me to push myself through the tough times, knowing
that eventually I could possibly find myself in a better position to reach my
target.
I have always said the event was never about me but it was my way to do
something towards spreading hope, awareness and maybe help towards saving
lives. Doing this event allowed me to just that and knowing that I was maybe
able to help people become more aware of the symptoms of Pancreatic
Cancer, it gives me an incredible feeling inside.

Allister Brown short bio.

Allister born in Belfast in 1977 is a senior detailer for a structural steel engineering firm. Playing
drums as a much loved hobby Allister got his first kit at the age of 2. He broke the individual
drumming marathon in 2003 playing for 58 hours and 17mins, inviting him to sign the 100 millionth
copy of the Guinness Book of Records along with many other record breakers. In 2004 he then
achieved 78 hours in a drum marathon. In 2008 Allister broke the world record standing at 86 hours
by playing for 102 hours and 49 minutes. Allister has also reached the 100 hour mark as a group in
Portugal 2017 when 5 drummers from around the world met up and played together for the full 100
hours. All record attempts raising thousands of pounds for many charities close to his heart. Also
doing snare drum rolls, one of which lasted 22 hours in 2016 in memory of his cousin who passed
away of neuroblastoma at the age of 7.
Along with other drumming world record attempts Allister has played with many local bands such as
Universal Remedy, having the privilege to support The Futureheads, The Pigeon Detectives and
Supergrass.
In 2019 Allister played a 24 hour drum marathon on 13 th April for the NHS and Keyworkers raising
£2500. NHS is important to Ali as his late partner was suffering with a serious cancer illness and
dealing with treatment over the last 3 years. Sharon passed away in Jan 2021.
Allister then had the chance to took part in Drumathon 2020 for NHS charities together, which saw
the event raise more than £45,000 for the charity. Also taking part in 2021 Drumathon Live playing
for 24 hours. Playing along side the likes of drummers from Coldplay, Kaiser Chiefs, Simple Minds,
The Kooks, The Feeling, Hans Zimmer, Kasabian, Imagination, Odyssey, Spice Girls, Jamiroquai, The
Cure etc etc
Allister was back with the Drumathon family in 2022, which keeps getting bigger and bigger. The
event taking place saw Ali play to a 24 hour set of music with no breaks. Mental health has been
tough for Ali as he dealt with Sharons illness and recent passing, but is more focused than ever to
help others and raise awareness / money for various charities.
In 2023, Allister then took on the challenge of trying to break the Guinness World Record for the
third time, by trying to play for 150 hours. On 16 th July to 22 nd July 2023 , Allister officially broke the
world record standing at 134 hour by playing 150 hours 1 minute in memory / honour of his late
partner Sharon. He raised almost £25000 for NIPANC and MIND charities.
Drumathon – www.drumathon.live
Facebook : www.facebook.com/ali.brown.963
GWR website link – https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-marathon-
drumming-by-an-individual
Instagram – https://instagram.com/alib_drummer?igshid=MjEwN2IyYWYwYw==