Morgan Rose

Morgan Rose
Background information
Birth name	Morgan Jay Rose
Born	(1968-12-13) December 13, 1968
Genres	Alternative metal, heavy metal, nu metal
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, producer
Instruments	Drums, vocals, guitar
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Warner Bros., 7 Bros.
Associated acts	Sevendust, Iron Steel, Methods of Mayhem, Call Me No One, Korn
Website	alienfreakwear.com

Morgan Jay Rose (born December 13, 1968) is an American drummer, record producer and founding member of the Atlanta-based alternative metal band Sevendust. He is also responsible for much of the background unclean vocals. Recently he joined Call Me No One and recorded debut album, and it was released on June 5, 2012 via Asylum. Morgan Rose is vice president of Imagen Records.

Early life

Rose's father was a guitarist and his mother, who followed the Raspberries in the 1970s, took her young son to see David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust tour, which he witnessed while sitting on the shoulders of a security guard. He credits his father with teaching him guitar and claimed that he was able to play Jimi Hendrix’s "If 6 Was 9" when he was three years old.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Rose began his music career in the early 1990s in the band Snake Nation, alongside Vinnie Hornsby. In late 1992, Rose and Hornsby joined forces with Lajon Witherspoon, who was at that time in a R&B band called Body & Soul, and formed Rumblefish, which was changed Crawlspace then to Sevendust after a name rights issue. Morgan Rose is one of the most respected and most innovative drummers in the industry, being voted by Drum magazine and Drummerworld as one of the top 100 drummers of all time. He is also one of the most charismatic members of the band,^{[citation needed]} and often writes lyrics and is the backup vocalist when playing live. Australia's Rolling Stone voted him as the "hottest drummer" in history, thanks to a poll that was taken in 2003. In 2004, Morgan Rose voted no. 1 metal drummer by Modern Drummer magazine.^[1] He also is ranked no.32 in Hit Parader's top 100 bassist and drummers all time.^{[citation needed]}

Rose features guest vocals on American heavy metal band Neverset track, "Take It All Away".^[2]

Alien Freak Wear is his own small line of clothing with a few tee shirts, hoodies and many other items, including his signature drum sticks.

Due to Tommy Lee injuring his hand in August 2009, Morgan filled in on drums in place of Lee, in Mötley Crüe, for five shows on Crüe Fest 2 from August 14 to August 19. Also Rose was recruited to replace Ray Luzier pulled double duty on the last few shows of the first leg of the Music As A Weapon V tour, sitting behind the kit for co-headliners Korn.^[3]

Eye Empire has tapped Morgan Rose to record the drums on the band's debut album, Moment of Impact.^[4]

In June, 2012, Rose began working with The Infinite Staircase (Karina Esparza) at Architekt Music, as both the drummer and producer of their next album.

On September 5, 2012, Sevendust went to studio to begin recording its ninth album for an early 2013 release.^[5] The latest album, Black Out the Sun was released on March 26, 2013.

Hobbies

Morgan is a sports fan. He enjoys watching football, hockey and baseball games, and occasionally meets the athletes. He also enjoys playing video games with his Sevendust bandmates.^{[citation needed]}

Equipment

Rose plays Pearl Masterworks Series Drums, Evans Drum Heads and Zildjian Cymbals, as well as DDrum electronics, specifically their tube trigger. He is a large supporter of the new Pearl Vision Sets. He also uses Vater Drumsticks, with two signature models, the Alien Freak (double butt end), the Whiplash, which is similar to a 2B stick and Motu DP software.^[6]

• Pearl Masterworks Series Drums & Zildjian Cymbals:
• Drums — Broken Glass Finish All shells are 6-ply, 2 Inner Plies Maple/4 Outer Plies Mahogany
  • 10x10" Tom
  • 12x10" Tom
  • 14x14" Floor Tom
  • 16x16" Floor Tom
  • 22x18" Bass Drum
  • 14x5" Morgan Rose Signature Snare
  • 10x6" Snare (additional)
  • 6x8" Concert Tom
  • 8x8" Concert Tom

• Cymbals — Zildjian ^[7]
  • 14" 14" A Quick Beat Hi-Hats
  • 22" A Ping Ride Ride
  • 20" Z3 Custom Medium Crash
  • 19" Z Custom Rock Crash
  • 18" Z Custom Medium Crash
  • 19" K Custom Hybrid China
  • 14" K Mini China
  • 11" K Custom Hybrid Splash
  • 9" K Custom Hybrid Splash
  • 9.5" Zil-Bel
  • 6" Zil-Bel

• Hardware — Pearl
  • B1000 Boom Cymbal Stand (x9)
  • C1000 Straight Cymbal Stand (x2)
  • T2000 Double Tom Stand (x2)
  • TC1000 Tom/Cymbal Stand (x4)
  • H1000 Hi-Hat Stand
  • S2000 Snare Stand
  • P2002C Double Pedal
  • CLH1000 Closed Hi-Hat
  • D2000 Throne
  • PPS37 perc. holder (x4)

Personal life

Rose was married to musician Rayna Foss the former bassist for the band Coal Chamber. They have since divorced. Together they have one child, a daughter named Kayla Moray Rose, born October 5, 1999. Rose then married Teri Harrison, with whom he has a son, Jack Rose, born in January 2008. They have since divorced.^[8]

Discography

Sevendust

• Sevendust (1997)
• Home (1999)
• Animosity (2001)
• Seasons (2003)
• Next (2005)
• Alpha (2007)
• Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow (2008)
• Cold Day Memory (2010)
• Black Out the Sun (2013)

Iron Steel

• Devil May Care EP (2008)

Call Me No One

• Last Parade (June 5, 2012)

Other appearances

• Letters by Butch Walker - Drums (2004)
• Let the Truth Be Known by Souls of We - Drums (2008)^[9][10]
• "A Song for Chi" (2009)
• Counting the Hours by Digital Summer - Backing vocals in "Playing The Saint", guest drummer on "Anybody Out There" and "Use Me." (2010)
• Moment of Impact by Eye Empire - Drums (2010)^[11]
• Moving Forward EP by Annandale - Drums (2012) ^[12]
• Pitch Black by Josh Willis - Drums (2012) ^[13]
• No Amends by The Infinite Staircase - Producer, Drums, Backing Vocals (October 15th, 2013) ^[14]
• Morgan Rose with Zakk Wylde, Kevin Martin, John DeServio and The Infinite Staircase teamed up to write and record a song in an effort to help raise money for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. The song was recorded at Architekt Music in Butler, New Jersey and was released, as an iTunes exclusive, on January 8, 2013 via Vanity Music Group.^[15]

Produce

• Outta Control EP by "Neverset" (2009)
• Demons EP by "Candlelight Red" (2012)^[16]
• Reclamation by "Candlelight Red" (2013)

References

External links

• Morgan Rose interview on drummagazine.com
• Pearl Artists Morgan Rose
• Alien Freak Wear - Official Morgan Rose Website
• Morgan Rose - Alien Freak
• IMDB.com
• Drummerworld.com