Pierre de Haard, drummer in the Julian Sas band, lives in Germany. Since the end of the sixties, he has been playing various styles of music. Pierre, who is also known as the 'Boogie Machine', loves to improvise together with Julian.
In the Summer of 2005 Julian Sas decided to put his band on hold, and start with new musicians, including new drummer Rob Heijne of Ruben Hoeke Bluesband fame.