Michael Roponus is best known as skinsman for the bands Demians, Om Mani, and Hacride.



Mike Roponus joined Hacride in February 2010, after original drummer Olivier Laffond decided to depart.



Mike Roponus started music theory when he was six in the local music school. He picked up the drum sticks when he was eight in order to study the first rudiments on the snare drum. Percussion like timbales, xylophone and vibraphone came along the learning process. From ages eight to sixteen he played in a local drum corps doing parades and concerts. When Mike was fifteen, he seriously started playing the drum kit.



After several degrees obtained in the famous Dante Agostini School, Mike decided to go for the metal adventure...