Drum-Off Grand Champ Jerome Flood II on Last Call with Carson Daly

On Wednesday, January 14th Guitar Center's Drum-Off '08 champion  
Jerome Flood II made his television debut with a performance on Last  
Call with Carson Daly.  This past Saturday the 22-year-old resident  
of Atlanta was crowned winner of Guitar Center's Drum-Off '08, the  
world's largest drum competition.  Flood and the five other  
finalists were judged by a panel of today's most prominent and  
acclaimed drummers including Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Kenny  
Aronoff, The Rev (Avenged Sevenfold), Danny Carey (Tool), and Trevor  
Lawrence Jr. (Snoop Dogg), Drew Hester (Foo Fighters/Joe Walsh), Atom  
Willard (Angels & Airwaves), Alan White (Yes),Thomas Pridgen (Mars  
Volta) and Frank Zummo (Street Drum Corps).

Check out Jerome on Last Call with Carson Daly here.

After battling through a total of five rounds of competition over the  
course of four months, Flood triumphed over nearly 5,000 contestants  
to become America's next top undiscovered drummer.  For his winning  
performance he takes home $45,000 in cash and prizes and joins the  
illustrious group of Guitar Center Drum-Off winners that includes  
past title-holders Cora "CC" Dunham (Prince; Drum-Off '02  
Champ), Eric Moore (Bobby Brown, Sly and The Family Stone, Suicidal  
Tendencies; Drum-Off '03 Champ), Tony Royster Jr. (Jay Z; Drum-Off  
'95 Champ) and Thomas Pridgen (The Mars Volta).

"The world is going to know about me thanks to this," said  
Flood.  "I'm really thankful to Guitar Center for this  
opportunity, because it's really changed my life."

Check out footage of Jerome's winning performance here.