Kris Thomas has been mesmerizing audiences with his mastery of contemporary drumming styles such as Rock, Funk, Reggae, Worldbeat and Salsa for over twenty years. He spent nearly two decades as the drummer for legendary Hawaiian artist; Willie K and 15 years with The Celtic Tigers at Mulligan's on the Blue in Wailea Maui.

He also worked with Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac and his two Hawaii based bands; Mick Fleetwood's Island Rumors Band and Mick Fleetwood's Blues Band from 2009 - 2013.

Some of his many influences include Neil Peart, Alan White, Carter Beauford, Phil Collins, and the various drummers from Santana.

While at the University of Milwaukee, Kris studied electronic music composition, video production / editing, and percussion including Master classes with Danny Gottlieb of the Pat Metheny Group. He also was highly involved with theatrical productions, performed for school functions, and taught private lessons. Kris composed intriguing musical soundscapes utilizing keyboard, flute, voice, effects, as well as acoustic, electronic and world percussion. His pieces have been in video soundtracks and played on radio stations throughout the Pacific Northwest. He also performed with The Haines/Kanter Project, Soringhart, Rob Tobias, The Shelley James Band, Flying Colours and played in jam sessions with percussionist, Mingo Lewis.

In 1998 Kris relocated to Maui, Hawaii where he performed with the salsa band Rio Ritmo for over three years and has been fortunate to jam with many talented musicians such as Pat Simmons of the Doobie Brothers, Steven Stills, Randy Travis, Prince, Francine Reed, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson and The Planetary Bandits. Kris has drummed and engineered on the Willie Nelson Live on Maui CD.

Kris currently plays and records on four different drum sets; a Yamaha maple custom vintage finish kit, a DW Exotic wood collectors series kit, a Roland V-Drum electronic kit and a world drum kit, which consists of a life long collection of over 70 world percussion instruments.

In 2015 Kris played percussion on the debut CD by The Kalama Brothers of California as well as recorded, produced and performed on the CD for Cue Source Music, Polynesian Percussion.

He is presently working on a new solo CD of his own compositions and new performances with Jimmy Dillon, John Cruz, Adrian Trevino and the May Lee Band. Due to Covid-19 restrictions all preformances are on hold.