Joey Castillo
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Joey Castillo (born March 30, 1966) is an American drummer currently playing in Queens of the Stone Age. He joined the band in 2002 after the departure of Dave Grohl. A native of southern California, Castillo began playing drums at age fifteen, influenced by War, Al Green, Led Zeppelin, and Black Flag. Prior to Queens, he’d completed an eight-year tenure with Danzig, preceded by stints with Wasted Youth, Sugartooth, and the Mark Lanegan Band. Castillo joined Queens of the Stone Age without an audition, playing through half a song at an informal rehearsal before being offered the gig.
Castillo uses an LP[disambiguation needed] jam block. The penetrating tone of the jam block appears solo at the outset of the Queens of the Stone Age hit Little Sister from the album Lullabies to Paralyze, Castillo’s first album with the band. Castillo uses Vic Firth drum sticks, DW brand drums, pedals and hardware and has recently switched from using Paiste cymbals to Zildjian cymbals.
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[edit] External links
- MisfitsCentral.com - band bio of Joey Castillo
- LPmusic.com - LP Music page of Joey Castillo
| Danzig |
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| Glenn Danzig |
| Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein | Kenny Hickey | Steve Zing | Johnny Kelly |
| Former members: John Christ | Tom Orio-Nist | Dave Kushner | Tommy Victor | Jeff Chambers | Joe Fraulob | Todd Youth | Eerie Von | Josh Lazie | Rob Nicholson | Howie Pyro | Jerry Montano | Chuck Biscuits | Mark Chaussee | Joey Castillo | Charlee Johnson | Bevan Davies |
| Official discography |
| Studio albums: Danzig (1988) | Lucifuge (1990) | How the Gods Kill (1992) | 4 (1994) | Blackacidevil (1996) | Satan's Child (1999) | I Luciferi (2002) | Circle of Snakes (2004) |
| Glenn's solo albums: Black Aria (1992) | Black Aria II (2006) |
| EPs: Thrall: Demonsweatlive (1993) | Sacrifice (1996) |
| Live albums: Live on the Black Hand Side (2001) |
| Box sets: The Lost Tracks of Danzig (2007) |
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| The Misfits | Samhain |
| Queens of the Stone Age |
| Joshua Homme | Joey Castillo | Troy Van Leeuwen | Alain Johannes |
| Dave Grohl | Nick Oliveri | Natasha Shneider | Dave Catching | Mark Lanegan | Alfredo Hernández | Gene Trautmann | Brendon McNichol | John McBain |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Queens of the Stone Age | Rated R | Songs for the Deaf | Lullabies to Paralyze | Era Vulgaris |
| EPs: Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age | Stone Age Complications |
| Singles: "If Only" | "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" | "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" | "No One Knows" | "Go with the Flow" | "First It Giveth" | "Little Sister" | "In My Head" | "Burn the Witch" |
| DVDs: Over the Years and Through the Woods |
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