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Brooks Wackerman
Wackerman with Avenged Sevenfold in 2017
Background information
Born
(1977-02-15) February 15, 1977 (age 47) Long Beach, California, U.S.
Genres
Heavy metal
progressive metal
hard rock
punk rock
hardcore punk
skate punk
funk metal
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Drums
Years active
1990–present
Member of
Avenged Sevenfold
Mass Mental
Big Talk
Formerly of
Bad Religion
Bad4Good
Suicidal Tendencies
Infectious Grooves
Fear and the Nervous System
Musical artist
Brooks Wackerman (born February 15, 1977)[1] is an American musician. He is the current drummer of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, which he joined in 2015. His first album with Avenged Sevenfold was The Stage (2016). He was previously the drummer for the punk rock band Bad Religion (2001 to 2015). Wackerman has also performed, either as a member or a session or touring member, with Blink-182, Bad4Good, Infectious Grooves, Glenn Tipton, Mass Mental, Suicidal Tendencies, The Vandals, Avril Lavigne, Korn, Kidneys (in which he sang and played guitar, releasing two albums), Fear and the Nervous System, Tenacious D, Farmikos, Tom Delonge, and Big Talk. His brothers, Chad Wackerman, and John Wackerman, are also drummers.
^Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
BrooksWackerman (born February 15, 1977) is an American musician. He is the current drummer of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, which he joined in...
John Wackerman and BrooksWackerman. Wackerman was raised in Seal Beach, California, in a family immersed in music. His father Chuck Wackerman, a drummer...
lead guitarist Synyster Gates, bassist Johnny Christ, and drummer BrooksWackerman. Avenged Sevenfold are known for their diverse rock sound and dramatic...
left the band following a serious shoulder injury and was replaced by BrooksWackerman (Suicidal Tendencies). In 2001, Bad Religion departed from Atlantic...
was announced as the new drummer for Infectious Grooves, replacing BrooksWackerman, and he is also currently in Suicidal Tendencies. Weinberg is the son...
Wackerman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: BrooksWackerman (born 1977), American musician and songwriter Chad Wackerman (born 1960)...
consisted of guitarist Thomas McRocklin, bassist Zack Young, drummer BrooksWackerman, and singer Danny Cooksey. Under Vai's guidance, the band released...
Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner, and drummers Amery Smith, Jimmy DeGrasso, BrooksWackerman, David Hidalgo Jr., Thomas Pridgen, Eric Moore, Dave Lombardo, Brandon...
late 2007. Vocalist Jonathan Davis hired drummers Terry Bozzio and BrooksWackerman as session musicians. The album was intentionally released without...
departed the band in 2001 due to a shoulder injury, and was replaced by BrooksWackerman. Around the same time, Gurewitz returned to the band for a third time...
Grooves members Dean Pleasants on lead guitar, Josh Paul on bass and BrooksWackerman on drums, who joined returning members Mike Muir and Mike Clark. This...
Pleasants, Josh Paul and BrooksWackerman had recorded their previous album Freedumb and their 1998 EP Six the Hard Way. Paul and Wackerman did, however, leave...
over eight years. The album also marked the first album to feature BrooksWackerman, who replaced former drummer Bobby Schayer. The Process of Belief was...
the time. He recruited Armand Sabal-Lecco as a second bassist and BrooksWackerman on drums to perform on Mass Mental's only album, How to Write Love...
Nervous System which would feature Shaffer doing vocals and guitars, BrooksWackerman of Bad Religion (who also performed on Korn's eighth album) on drums...
album, and BrooksWackerman was added as drummer. Each member used a pseudonym; Konesky as the Antichrist, Spiker as Charlie Chaplin, and Wackerman as Colonel...
friend Taylor Milne in 2011. As of 2015, John Spiker, John Konesky and BrooksWackerman are also members of the band. The band have released an eponymous debut...
released. The album would be certified Platinum by the RIAA in 2021. BrooksWackerman replaced Ilejay in 2015, and the following year the band released The...
Sivamani Roger Taylor of Duran Duran Steve Jansen of Japan (band) BrooksWackerman Gary Wallis Bill Ward Chad Smith Some users of Tama Octobans Stewart...
Muir Dean Pleasants Robert Trujillo Dave Kushner Jay Weinberg Past members BrooksWackerman Adam Siegel Stephen Perkins Josh Paul Eric Moore Jim Martin...
Muir – vocals Dean Pleasants – lead guitar Mike Clark – rhythm guitar BrooksWackerman – drums Josh Paul – bass (credited as "additional musician") Recorded...
of which reached the Billboard 200 top 100. Gurewitz returned and BrooksWackerman replaced Schayer in 2001, with this lineup's first album The Process...
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