From the moment Tamora Gooding sat behind her cousin’s drum set at the tender age of eleven it was love at first beat. Since then she has played with numerous bands in varying situations. Starting with several cover bands in her native Connecticut, to the eclectic Boston rock-electronica outfit, All the Queen’s Men, to the highly revered Edith Piaf-tribute combo, Ziaf (featured in the French film biography of Ziaf’s long-time collaborator, Marguerite Monnot, In the Shadow of Piaf), Tamora has traveled the world following her passion for music.
Her talents have recently taken her beyond the realm of rock into the world of theater. She played the part of Schlatko in Hi Jinx’s 2011 production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and kept audiences on their feet in the Gold Dust Orphan’s unique 2011 – 2012 production of The Rocky Horror Show. After a five-year spell since her theatrical debut in Samurai 7.0, she has reunited with Beau Jest for the production of Ten Blocks On The Camino Real. Tamora was asked to contribute some programmed drum tracks for the movie TEN, a post-exploitation psychological thriller by Michael J. Epstein and Sophia Cacciola. These days she continues to keep herself blissfully busy playing in the instrumental rock band, Axemunkee, laying down hip-hop grooves with EJ Labb and keeping down the beat with one of Boston’s premiere rock acts, Gene Dante and the Future Starlets. She is truly a humble gem in the Boston music scene.
Tamora is endorsed by Grover Pro Percussion.
Her talents have recently taken her beyond the realm of rock into the world of theater. She played the part of Schlatko in Hi Jinx’s 2011 production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and kept audiences on their feet in the Gold Dust Orphan’s unique 2011 – 2012 production of The Rocky Horror Show. After a five-year spell since her theatrical debut in Samurai 7.0, she has reunited with Beau Jest for the production of Ten Blocks On The Camino Real. Tamora was asked to contribute some programmed drum tracks for the movie TEN, a post-exploitation psychological thriller by Michael J. Epstein and Sophia Cacciola. These days she continues to keep herself blissfully busy playing in the instrumental rock band, Axemunkee, laying down hip-hop grooves with EJ Labb and keeping down the beat with one of Boston’s premiere rock acts, Gene Dante and the Future Starlets. She is truly a humble gem in the Boston music scene.
Tamora is endorsed by Grover Pro Percussion.