Christian John Brien grew up in Sydney as the youngest of five children , both his father and grandfather are former drummers . He started playing drums in 1980 , from 1986 he taught drum and percussion , and in 1988 he established his first drumming studio . In 1992 he joined a rock , funk and disco band , Swoop , which had formed as a duo , the previous year , with Roland P. Kapferer on lead vocals and Joshua Beagley on guitar and keyboards . He appears on all three of their studio albums , '' Thriller '' ( October 1993 ) , '' Woxo Principle '' ( November 1995 ) , and '' Be What You Is '' ( January 1999 ) . Their most popular single , " Apple Eyes " , was released in 1995 , which reached No . 9 on the ARIA Singles Chart . At the ARIA Music Awards of 1994 Swoop were nominated for ' Best New Talent ' for '' Thriller '' ; at the 1996 awards they were nominated for ' Song of the Year ' and ' Best Video ' for " Apple Eyes " , and for ' Best Pop Release ' for '' Woxo Principle '' . Late in 1999 Swoop disbanded
1996 awards
ARIA Music Awards of 1996
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