Brooks Wackerman

Brooks Wackerman

Brooks Wackerman performing live with Bad Religion.
Background information
Born (1977-02-15) February 15, 1977
Genres Heavy metal, hard rock, punk rock
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Drums, percussion
Years active 1990–present
Labels Capitol, Warner Bros., Epitaph, Emotional Syphon Recordings
Associated acts Avenged Sevenfold, Bad4Good, Infectious Grooves, Suicidal Tendencies, The Vandals, Bad Religion, Kidneys, Tenacious D, The Innocent, Fear and the Nervous System, Mass Mental, Tom DeLonge

Brooks Wackerman (born February 15, 1977) is an American musician, currently the drummer for the American heavy metal bands Avenged Sevenfold and Mass Mental, also known as the former drummer for Bad Religion, and is the younger brother of John Bob, and Chad Wackerman (formerly a member of Frank Zappa's band). He is the son of Chuck Wackerman, an educator in the Los Alamitos California Unified School District. Brooks is also a former student of Murray Spivack and Chuck Flores. After Wackerman's departure from Bad Religion, it was announced on November 4, 2015 that Wackerman would replace Arin Ilejay as the drummer for Avenged Sevenfold. Arin left after difficulties 'fitting in' with the band.

By the time he left Bad Religion in 2015, Wackerman was their all-time longest-standing drummer, surpassing Bobby Schayer, who was in the band for ten years. He was also the youngest member of the band, with all of the other members being at least ten years his senior.

Career

Early career

Wackerman started his musical career as a teen with a group called Bad4Good in 1991. Under Steve Vai's guidance, the band released one album in 1992 called Refugee, produced by Vai himself. However, the band disbanded shortly after. From 1993 to 2000, Wackerman was a member of Infectious Grooves, playing drums on the albums Groove Family Cyco in 1994 and Mas Borracho in 2000 as well as touring with the band. Shortly after his departure, he performed drums for the 2000 Vandals' album Look What I Almost Stepped In....

Bad Religion (2001-2015)

In 2001, he became the drummer for Bad Religion by replacing Bobby Schayer, who left the band due to an arm injury. He appeared on five albums with them (The Process of Belief, The Empire Strikes First, New Maps of Hell, The Dissent of Man and True North) as well as their 2013 EP Christmas Songs. On October 27, 2015, Brooks left Bad Religion after deciding it was time to pursue another path.[1]

Tenacious D (2006-2015)

In 2006, for The Pick of Destiny tour, Wackerman was selected to feature as the drummer for Tenacious D due to his previous work on The Vandals' Look What I Almost Stepped In... album, which both Jack Black and Kyle Gass cameo on. He would go on to play for Tenacious D at various festivals as well as support act and benefit concerts throughout 2008 to 2011. in 2012, Wackerman played with Tenacious D again on their Rize of the Fenix tour where he got the nickname "Thunderskin" from Jack Black for comical remark, making appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. They also performed at the 2012 Rock Am Ring Festival. Wackerman also appeared in the music videos for their songs "Roadie" and "Rize of the Fenix". He would perform on their 2012 EP Tenacious D Jazz and their 2015 live album Tenacious D Live.

Avenged Sevenfold (2015-present)

On November 4, 2015, it was revealed that Brooks was the new drummer for Avenged Sevenfold.[2] Like Arin, but unlike the rest of the band members, he currently does not have a pseudonym. He first appeared on their October 2016 release "The Stage".

Other Projects (2006-present)

Alongside Terry Bozzio, he contributed drums and percussion for Korn's untitled album. He is the frontman for Hot Potty. Wackerman is also the drummer for The Innocent, a thrash metal band featuring bassist Ryan Sinn (formerly of Angels & Airwaves and The Distillers), vocalist Brandan Schieppati (Bleeding Through) and guitarist Dave Nassie (No Use for a Name). In March 2008, Wackerman joined Korn guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer's newest solo project, experimental industrial rock band Fear and the Nervous System,[3] alongside vocalist Steve Krolikowski (Repeater), Billy Gould (Faith No More), Leopold Ross (Error), and Zac Baird (Korn, Billy Goat).[3] Brooks also played drums for Avril Lavigne. Brooks filled in for Travis Barker in Blink-182's 2013 tour of Australia in the Soundwave festival as well as their sideshows. Brooks was hired to record drums on former Blink-182 member Tom DeLonge's debut solo album "To The Stars", appearing on the track "New World".[4]

He formerly fronted Kidneys alongside fellow Tenacious D's band member, John Spiker. Initially his brother, John Wackerman played with Kidneys, but he would later be replaced by Todd Hennig (Death By Stereo). A full-length self-titled album was released in 2007, and another album in 2012 entitled 'Hold Your Fire' is available for digital download. The band split ways in 2012.

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  2. ↑ "Avenged Sevenfold announce new drummer".
  3. 1 2 "KORN Guitarist Launches Fear and the Nervous System Project". Blabbermouth.net.
  4. ↑ "Blink-182's Tom DeLonge Shares 'New World' From 'To The Stars'". billboard.com.
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