Alexei Rodriguez
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| Alexei Rodriguez | |
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 Rodriguez at the Ozzfest Meet-N-Greet in Mansfield, MA on 8/20/07
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| Birth name | Alexei Rodriguez |
| Origin | San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S.A. |
| Genre(s) | Heavy Metal Metalcore Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer |
| Associated acts | 3 Inches of Blood Walls of Jericho Catharsis Trial Ümlaut Endstand Otis Reem The Great White Void Bridge To Solace Wait In Vain |
| Website | Alexei's MySpace profile |
Alexei Rodriguez is a Puerto Rican drummer, best known for his time in Canadian heavy metal band, 3 Inches of Blood and the metalcore band Walls of Jericho.
In 1999 He recorded on the full-length, "Are These Our Lives?"(via Equal Vision Records) with Seattle hardcore outfit, Trial, under the assumed name, Jesus L. Pecador. From 1994-2002 he played for North Carolina-based anarcho-punk/hardcore band, Catharsis, with whom he completed 2 full-length albums, Samsara (1997) and Passion (1999), as well as a variety of EPs (often under pseudonyms). With Ümlaut he also played on a full-length, "Havok Wreakers"(2001) and EP, "Finland"(1999), appearing again in the "Total Disfuckincography" (2005) which included all the previously released recorded material, again under an assumed name (Baron Burri Von Blixen). In 2002 he also contributed lead and backing vocals to Finnish hardcore/punk band, Endstand on 2 tracks from their split EP with Kafka.
More recently Rodriguez was also the drummer for a Walls of Jericho, a Detroit metalcore band for whom he played on their 2nd full-length album, "All Hail The Dead" in 2004, as well as on the live video footage from the "Hellfest 2003" DVD, and the music video for the song, "There's No 'I' in 'Fuck You'". He was recruited into 3 Inches of Blood in 2005 after the departure of their 2nd drummer, Matt Wood. He recorded one album with 3 Inches of Blood, Fire up the Blades, before being fired from the band for assaulting Saxon drummer Nigel Glockler in November 2007[1]
He is currently working on new material under the band name, The Great White Void, based out of Berlin, Germany, featuring members of The Ocean Collective(Metal Blade Records) and MÖNSTER, and is scheduled to record drums for the upcoming full-length from Hungarians, Bridge To Solace (GSR records). He also appears on the new Trial Reunion/Retrospective double DVD out now (Panic Records), featuring footage from the 3 sold-out reunion shows the band played in 2005 in Seattle, London and Budapest. A full length record from Wait In Vain, due out in July 2008 features Rodriguez on all drum tracks, playing alongside fellow Trial alum, Timm McIntosh.
In February, 2008, He became associated with Dirty Icon Productions/Management, comprised of Logan Mader (ex-Machine Head/ex-Soulfly guitarist) and Lucas Banker (Junkie XL), and joined a new band, Death Pilot, under their direction. A full-length album is due out in early 2009 with co-production credits from Tomo Milicevic (30 Seconds To Mars guitarist).
