"Will Champion William Champion is an English musician, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. He is best known as the drummer and backing vocalist for the rock band Coldplay. William Champion was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England, and was brought up in the Highfield suburb of the city, close to the University of Southampton, where his father, Timothy Champion, is a professor of archaeology; his mother, Sara Champion, was also an archaeologist. As a youth, Champion's musical influences included Tom Waits, Nick Cave and traditional Irish folk music. He learned to play piano and violin when he was 8 and he learned to"
"July 2017, Champion and Alicia got married. Jared has also been know to start a fire using a Bow Drill. Jared Champion Jared Champion (born February 27, 1983) is the drummer for American rock band Cage the Elephant. Born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, he now lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife and daughter. In high school, Champion, with current bandmate Matt Shultz, were in a cover band called Liquid Twilight. Champion needed a singer for the cover band, so Shultz agreed to do it. It is unknown when they broke up. However, Champion and Shultz left Liquid Twilight because"
"Jared Champion Jared Champion (born February 27, 1983) is the drummer for American rock band Cage the Elephant. Born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, he now lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife and daughter. In high school, Champion, with current bandmate Matt Shultz, were in a cover band called Liquid Twilight. Champion needed a singer for the cover band, so Shultz agreed to do it. It is unknown when they broke up. However, Champion and Shultz left Liquid Twilight because they wanted to write original music. After Liquid Twilight came to an end, Champion–along with Matt and Brad Shultz–were in"
"the band's second studio LP, ""Thank You, Happy Birthday"", Champion's appendix burst during a concert while touring with Foo Fighters. While being hospitalized, former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters' frontman, Dave Grohl, took Champion's place as the drummer for 3 shows during the tour. In 2014, while touring to promote Cage the Elephant's third studio LP, Melophobia, Champion took family leave. Kyle Davis, drummer for Nashville band Chrome Pony, took his place during the shows Champion missed. In March, 2014, Champion played drums on Juliette Lewis' EP, Future Deep, that was produced by bandmate Brad Shultz. From June 5–8, 2017,"
"Will Champion played the drums and Martin on the piano which they recorded in a little wooden room. After Guy Berryman's bass was recorded, guitarist Jonny Buckland added the guitar section. In recording the piano section of the track, the band used two microphones—one was brighter-sounding and the other had a fuller sound. Nelson, who wanted to keep the song simple, chose the fuller sound microphone for the mixing. ""Trouble"" was mixed in New York by American mix engineer Michael Brauer. The initial mixed version, which was sent back to the band and Nelson, fell short of their desired quality,"
"in Praise and plays bass in Nerve Endings and Peace. Champion (band) Champion was a straight edge hardcore punk band that was formed by vocalist Jim Hesketh, and guitarist Chris Williams, in the spring of 1999 in Seattle, Washington. Jim and Chris formed Champion and after a few months of shows, the band released its first demo on cassette and went on a West Coast tour of the United States. In the early days the band was plagued with constant line-up changes, but in 2000 the majority of the core lineup came together to release the ""Come Out Swinging"" EP"
"Will Hunt William Martin Hunt (born September 5, 1971) is an American drummer, who has played for many bands, including Evanescence, Skrape, Dark New Day, Black Label Society, Device, Crossfade, Rival City Heights, and as a touring member for Staind and Static-X. Actually one of Will's earliest bands was in Axe Attack around 1988 in Tallahassee, Fl. Will was the second drummer in Tallahassee band, Witt's End, a cover band that played several club gigs. This was the first band for all the members of Witt's End that actually got paid, making it the first 'pro' band for all of"
"Champion (band) Champion was a straight edge hardcore punk band that was formed by vocalist Jim Hesketh, and guitarist Chris Williams, in the spring of 1999 in Seattle, Washington. Jim and Chris formed Champion and after a few months of shows, the band released its first demo on cassette and went on a West Coast tour of the United States. In the early days the band was plagued with constant line-up changes, but in 2000 the majority of the core lineup came together to release the ""Come Out Swinging"" EP on Platinum Recordings (Germany). After playing with American Nightmare Timbomb"
"Articles about the ""Bright Red Chords"" V.S. ""Domino"" lawsuit: In 2015 Will Loomis embarked on a full length rock album, working with bassist Reggie Hamilton (Warren Zevon), keyboardist Dave Palmer (Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart), guitarist Kirk Hellie (Ringside) and drummer Norm Block (Plexi). The album is currently being shopped to major labels. E-magazine Blurt Online said the following of the band, ""Loomis & the Lust, as the quartet in question is known, is a smart, lean and energetic band of twenty-somethings who look backwards through the lens of classic pop and rock while retaining a contemporary sound that steers blessedly"
"tour with Trapt. Hunt uses Pearl Drums, Vater drum sticks, Zildjian cymbals and Remo drumheads. DRUM SETUP Drums Pearl Masterworks ZILDJIAN CYMBALS Cymbals Zildjian Z3 Electronics Will Hunt William Martin Hunt (born September 5, 1971) is an American drummer, who has played for many bands, including Evanescence, Skrape, Dark New Day, Black Label Society, Device, Crossfade, Rival City Heights, and as a touring member for Staind and Static-X. Actually one of Will's earliest bands was in Axe Attack around 1988 in Tallahassee, Fl. Will was the second drummer in Tallahassee band, Witt's End, a cover band that played several club"
"Will Calhoun William ""Will"" Calhoun (born July 22, 1964) is an American drummer who is a member of the rock band Living Colour. Calhoun was born in the Bronx, New York. He moved to Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music, where he graduated with a degree in music production and engineering. He received the Buddy Rich Jazz Masters award for outstanding performance as a drummer. Though best known as the drummer of the rock band Living Colour, Calhoun has also played with Jungle Funk and HeadFake, recorded jazz albums as a leader, and appeared with Pharoah Sanders, B.B."
"a band that formed in 2001 called Perfect Confusion, which also included members Thomas Bullen (lead guitar)–who later joined Bowling Green band Sleeper Agent–and David Kem (bass). Although the band broke up in 2005, the members occasionally have reunions and perform at Tidball's, a Bowling Green bar and local music venue. After Cage the Elephant formed in 2006, Champion, along with the rest of the band, moved to the United Kingdom to gain moderate success with their self-titled debut LP, releasing in Europe on June 23, 2008, and in the United States on March 24, 2009. Following the release of"
"Slug Percussion, Heritage Cajon and Alclair In-Ear Monitors. John Richardson (drummer) John Louis Richardson (born May 13, 1964) is an American drummer who has worked in rock and alt-country with such artists as Gin Blossoms, Badfinger, Wilco guitarist Jay Bennett, and 2012 CMA Song of the Year nominee Will Hoge. He is also owner of Drum Farm Studio in Menomonie, Wisconsin. Born in Champaign, Illinois, John Louis Richardson started his professional career in 1980 with seminal Champaign-Urbana band The Martyrs. John was a founding member, along with fellow high school friends Kent Whitesell, Chris Bowe and Charles Andrews. The Martyrs"
"In 1998, Champion was featured at the Atlanta Fest Christian music festival. After the release of his 8th album Natural (his second for Brentwood Essential) Eric left the Nashville scene and moved with his new wife and child to Orlando, FL where he started working at the recording college Full Sail University. In 2005, Eric reappeared with 2 new projects, a new solo EP titled ""Unexpected"" and a Brit pop rock project called Rook which also included former GS Megaphone drummer Randall Shreve. Eric Champion Eric Champion (born May 12, 1970 in Valdosta, GA) is one of the pioneers of"
"Jason Champion Jason Lamar Champion (born May 1, 1973) is an American gospel musician. He started his music career, in 1992, with the group, Men at Large, but he left the group in 2007. The impetus for him was his burgeoning and newly blossoming relationship with Jesus Christ. He signed to EMI CMG, in 2008, which at the time was owned by Sony Music Entertainment. His first and only album to date, ""Reflections"", was released in 2008. This album charted on the ""Billboard"" Gospel Albums chart, and he got a Grammy Award nomination for it at the 51st Annual Grammy"
"John Richardson (drummer) John Louis Richardson (born May 13, 1964) is an American drummer who has worked in rock and alt-country with such artists as Gin Blossoms, Badfinger, Wilco guitarist Jay Bennett, and 2012 CMA Song of the Year nominee Will Hoge. He is also owner of Drum Farm Studio in Menomonie, Wisconsin. Born in Champaign, Illinois, John Louis Richardson started his professional career in 1980 with seminal Champaign-Urbana band The Martyrs. John was a founding member, along with fellow high school friends Kent Whitesell, Chris Bowe and Charles Andrews. The Martyrs reunited in 2010 for the re-release of their"
"27, 2011, DJ Champion posted an announcement on his website stating ""I ain't sick anymore"", and on April 13 another post on his website stated that he would be ""gradually resume performing in the coming weeks"". DJ Champion tours with a live back-up band normally composed of four guitarists, one bassist and a vocalist. Together they tour as ""Champion et ses G Strings"" (""Champion and his G Strings""). DJ Champion Maxime Morin (born c. 1969), is a multi-instrumentalist, better known for his work in electronic music under the name DJ Champion or simply Champion. Morin is based in Montreal, Quebec,"
"and have toured with Sevendust. In February 2010, it was announced that drummer Will Hunt, currently with Evanescence, would join Black Label Society for the recording of their new album as well as touring with the group. As of June 2010, Hunt is the full-time drummer of Crossfade and has recorded one album with them, We All Bleed, which is set for an April 2011 release via Eleven Seven Music. Despite the unreleased album not officially released via iTunes or physical CD format, it has been released via various torrent and blogging sites under the title of ""Vicious Thinking."" On"
"Willie Wilson (drummer) Willie Wilson (born John Andrew Wilson, 8 July 1947) is an English rock drummer, known for his work with Pink Floyd and his long-time association with their guitarist, David Gilmour. In mid-1965, Wilson joined Jokers Wild, a Cambridge band that included his school-friend David Gilmour on guitar, Dick Parry (later to work with Pink Floyd) on saxophones, and, after a while, Rick Wills (subsequently with Foreigner and Bad Company) on bass. In mid-1967, Gilmour, Wills and Wilson travelled to France. The trio performed under the band name Flowers, then Bullitt, but were not successful. After hearing their"
"his 22nd Tamworth Country Music Festival, he surprised many with his ""Emergence"" CD which had a wide range of musical styles of 11 original songs. In 2017, Champs is headlining the show ""All Star Musical Comedy Showcase with Greg Champion & Friends"" at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Greg Champion Greg Champion is an Australian songwriter, guitarist, radio personality and athlete. Born in Benalla, Victoria, Champion is most recognised for his work as part of the Coodabeen Champions as a songwriter and guitarist. Greg often appears on the program writing songs about both Aussies rules football and cricket. He is"
"Awards in the Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album category. Champion was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 1, 1973, as Jason Lamar Champion, the only child and son of father Leonard Franklin Champion (December 29, 1952 – May 1, 1992), and mother Miriam Champion (""née"", Banks). His father died on his nineteenth birthday. His music career got started in 1992, with the band Men at Large, however he left the group in 2007 because he experienced the conviction of Jesus Christ upon his life through a comment made by his fellow band member. This eventually lead him to sign with"
"focusing on mellotron, keys and fairy dusting, rather than using drums as a main instrument"" in the new Double Quartet configuration, thus becoming the band's first full-time keyboardist ever. For the US Autumn 2017 tour dates in October–November, he was replaced by the Seattle-based musician Chris Gibson. He rejoined in 2018. Bill Rieflin William Frederick ""Bill"" Rieflin (born September 29, 1960) is an American musician. Rieflin came to prominence in the 1990s for his work mainly as a drummer with many notable groups (particularly in the industrial rock and industrial metal scenes) including Ministry, the Revolting Cocks, Lard, KMFDM, Pigface,"
"Collin Leijenaar Collin Leijenaar is the drummer for progressive rock/metal bands Affector, Dusk, Dilemma, Kayak and the former live drummer for Neal Morse. Affector is a progressive rock/metal band founded by German guitar player Daniel Fries and Collin Leijenaar. They are signed with Inside Out Music / Century Media and their debut album Harmagedon has been released on May 21 in Europe and on May 22 in the rest of the world. <br> Line-up: <br> Guest musicians on keys: <br> Also featured on the album is Polish Sinfonietta Consonus Orchestra. Dilemma is a progressive rock band from The Netherlands. Their"
"year, the band supported the Foo Fighters, who were on tour supporting their new album ""Wasting Light"". In October, drummer Jared Champion's appendix suddenly burst, requiring immediate medical attention. Dave Grohl, the Foo Fighters' frontman and former drummer of Nirvana, temporarily filled in for Champion while he was recuperating. The band's hit song ""Shake Me Down"" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video in September 2011. The group's audience expanded widely throughout 2011. Although they were formed in the 2000s, the band earned the top spot in ""Rolling Stone""'s ""Reader's Poll: The Best New Artist"
"Roy Boulter Roy Boulter (born 2 July 1964, Liverpool) was the English drummer in the Liverpool-based pop group The Farm. He joined the band in 1997, enjoying success with the number one album, ""Spartacus"", and hits such as ""Groovy Train"" and ""All Together Now"". The Farm re-formed (despite never formally splitting up), occasionally touring and playing festivals. In 2011 the band provided the nucleus of The Justice Tonight Band, joined by Mick Jones (The Clash), Pete Wylie (The Mighty Wah!) and Andrew Davitt (Johnny Boy, Paul Weller, Manic Street Preachers, B.A.D.). The band was formed to raise awareness about the"
"drums… It was probably right about the time that ""Time's Up"", the second Living Colour record, came out. You could tell the guy had ridiculous chops, but he knew when to lay back and not display them."" Will Calhoun William ""Will"" Calhoun (born July 22, 1964) is an American drummer who is a member of the rock band Living Colour. Calhoun was born in the Bronx, New York. He moved to Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music, where he graduated with a degree in music production and engineering. He received the Buddy Rich Jazz Masters award for outstanding"
"Chilton, John Herald, Chip Taylor, Ben Vaughn, Laura Cantrell, Kate Rusby, Belle & Sebastian, Looper, Future Pilot A.K.A., The Hermit Crabs, The Pastels, Radio Sweethearts, Michael Shelley, Cheeky Monkey, Frank Blake, Speeder, Astro Chimp, BMX Bandits, Attic Lights and Harry Pye. Francis MacDonald Francis Macdonald (born 11 September 1970) drums with Teenage Fanclub. He makes music for filmmakers and TV and manages Camera Obscura and The Vaselines. On March 30, 2015 he released ""Music For String Quartet, Piano And Celeste"" described by Classic FM as ""sublime, minimalist classical music"". It debuted at Number 12 in the Official Classical Artists Album"
"George Sluppick George Peter Sluppick (born January 14, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. to George Thomas Scott Sluppick and Rosa Lee Deckard) is an American touring and session drummer, best known for his association with bands such as The City Champs, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, Sha Na Na, JJ Grey & Mofro and the Chris Robinson Brotherhood. Under his father's tutelage and his mother's large record collection, George learned very quickly how to play with a band and at 7 years old, made his first public performance at the Goodlett Elementary School carnival in Memphis. During high school, George played in"
"Neil Cooper (drummer) Neil Cooper (born 1 August 1971 Derby, England) is best known as the current drummer with Therapy?, a hard rock band from Northern Ireland, and formerly of The Beyond, a hard rock band from England. Cooper uses, and is endorsed by, Mapex drums. He also uses Paiste cymbals. Cooper was a founding member of The Beyond in 1988. The band signed with EMI Records and released two albums, entitled ""Crawl"" and ""Chasm"", the latter being recorded in New York City with Jim Thirlwell. The band toured throughout the UK, Europe and US with Therapy?, Red Hot Chili"
"Andrew Champion Andrew ""Champion"" (born Andrew Jennati Ataie; June 4, 1970) is a notable East Bay California vocalist who sang in such bands as Screw 32, Hopelifter, End Of The World, Shadowboxer, Highwire Days, two stints in the Dance Hall Crashers early incarnations, and most recently Curse The Cannons. Growing up in the East Bay straightedge and hardcore community in San Ramon and Berkeley, he was involved in the San Francisco scene of the early eighties prior to the East Bay becoming popular in the mid to late eighties as well. Working as a volunteer in almost every capacity at"
"Eric Champion Eric Champion (born May 12, 1970 in Valdosta, GA) is one of the pioneers of mid 90's Christian pop and modern rock. In the beginning of his musical career, he was a pop singer. His music had the flair of many of his Christian pop contemporaries but with more of a Michael Jackson/ Kenny Loggins vocal approach meets futuristic techno dance sounds. Although his first album was released when he was only 18 years old, one of Eric's biggest albums during his pop phase was Vertical Reality which went on to sell nearly 100,000 units. In 1996, with"
"story in a 2014 edition of ""Living Blues"". Grady Champion Grady Champion (born October 10, 1969) is an American electric blues harmonicist, singer, guitarist and songwriter. He has released eight albums to date. His influences include Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson II, and Koko Taylor. His ""rough, raspy vocals"", complement his ""authentic Mississippi juke joint blues and... modern ultra produced dance party soul and R&B"". AllMusic noted that ""Champion, along with young innovators like Shemekia Copeland and Shawn Pittman, is one of the brighter beacons in the future of blues music"". Champion was born in Canton, Mississippi, United States, the"
"suggested Chris Wrenn of Bridge Nine Records check out the band. After a couple of calls Champion joined the label Bridge 9 Records and recorded another EP, entitled ""Count Our Numbers"", followed by the re-release of ""Come Out Swinging."" They toured hard on these records and traveled with American Nightmare, Death Threat, The First Step, Comeback Kid, Terror, Slapshot, and Sick Of It All. They toured all over the US, Europe, Japan, Australia, and South Korea. Champion's full-length LP, ""Promises Kept,"" was released on Bridge 9 Records. Right after this Andy joined and completed the core lineup of the band."