Yurislaw Zaneowski Ruleovich
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Like you've read before, Yuri is a very fast drummer, like it's said in the "Yuri Fan Page", he's able to do 250 bpm...
For his story, I put you an extract from this page, 'cause it's a very great story:

Well it seems that you guys would like to know some stuff about me. I guess I'll start off with the simple boring stuff. I was born on june third 1976 my parents names are Jack Leroy Ruley Jr and Wynesterberg. my full name is Yuri Zane Ruley. I moved around the united states quite a bit as a young child. my life was pretty normal, I got teased a lot, I looked up girls dresses. I was kind of a trouble maker, I remember always getting in trouble. everything was normal until about 1986 when my parents decided to get a divorce, that was a life changing experience as you can imagine. I live with my mom and soon to be stepfather, but my dad lives about an hour away and I try and see him whenever I can, although lately those times are few and far between, due mostly to the fact that we are touring almost constantly. but both my parents and extended family are very thrilled with what i'm doing, and they support me however they can. and now on to the most significant part of my life. as far back as i can remember i've always had a desire to know God, although as a little kid I never really had a means to learn about Him. I went to church with my friends every once in a while, but i was never really that motivated. as soon as I moved away from the friends that I went to church with, I never went, until almost five and a half years ago, when I met this guy that I used to skate with. we became pretty good friends and one day his mom asked me if I wanted to go to church with them, I said sure what the heck, about a year later it became evident to me that God was real, and I gave my life to Him in May of 1992. I'm still practically in shock at the talents he has given me, I said I want to play the drums, and not even three months later, me mike and andy formed mxpx. and then not even two years later we were on a record label making records, and a year later we were touring the country having fun and meeting lots and lots of people, when I sit back and think about it im just amazed. but even with all that I know that I would have none of it without God.



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