Igor Krupnik wrote in his essay Native Peoples of the Russian Far East, "Mastering the art of dog-sled driving by age 5, and skin or birch-bark tents construction, Simon's techniques date back to the cultures of this region as early as 2000 years ago.

Simon Plumpton ('drumwhore'). Ken Sleeps Naked/The Clangers/Chin Ho!/Chainsaws and Children/The Dave Keller Band/Old Jawbone/Trouble Doll/HappyTowne/The Eames Brothers Band/The Activists/Dictators/2nd Agenda/Elmore Mountain Blues Band/Su Napa/. He likes to float on the Bering straits in one of his massive bass drums-harpooning all who oppose him.