\"My first kit was Premier and I\'m very excited to be getting behind Premier once more. It\'s going to be great fun \'taking it to the masses\' and finally realising a boyhood dream!\"

Craig Buckley, Managing Director of RWS Drums and Percussion, Premier\'s UK distributors, comments:

\"Martin is a drummer of great renown across the world and the fact that his experience and ability extends to much more than simply playing the drums was a large factor in putting this agreement together. We look for endorsers that can bring more than just playing ability and TV exposure to the brand, we are always on the look out for true drum professionals who can add value to the brand by imparting many aspects of advice and coaching that will be seen as essential and useful information for drummers who we hope aspire to own Premier Drums as a direct result of seeing such dedicated and established professionals as Martin choosing to own and play our drums. (...) We are delighted that he chose Premier as his weapon of choice.\"

The tuning, teaching and clinician expert\'s endorsement deal with Premier follows his adding to Meinl\'s artist roster in September this year. Martin has been using Meinl Generation X, Byzance Traditional, Byzance Brilliant, Byzance Dark Series, and Byzance Vintage Series cymbals ever since.