Joey Muha

Joey Muha

Joey playing with Jungle Rot during the 2015 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival
Background information
Birth name Joseph Douglas Muha
Born (1992-07-15) July 15, 1992
Origin Port Dover, Ontario, Canada
Genres Groove metal, death metal, thrash metal, progressive metal, pop, pop rock, metalcore
Years active 2006–present
Labels Nuclear Blast, Victory Records
Associated acts Threat Signal, Jungle Rot, Farewell to Freeway, Thought Beneath Film, Our Lady of Bloodshed

Joey Muha is a Canadian drummer from Port Dover, Ontario.[1] He is best known for his innovative YouTube videos, many of which have millions of views and have been featured on influential websites around the internet,[2][3] as a member of the Canadian industrial metal band Threat Signal[4] and Wisconsin death metal band Jungle Rot.[5] He has played for bands associated with Nuclear Blast Records, Victory Records, MapleMusic Recordings, etc.

Biography

Joey grew up in a small beach town in Southern Ontario named Port Dover.[1] He started playing drums around the age of 14 and has been playing in bands ever since. He initially started playing with his older brother, Willie,[6] and has since moved on to different bands. He was taught by his local drum teacher, Adam Reid,[7] for a brief period and then continued on his own. He has been recognized as covering a wide variety of genres and styles of drumming.[8]

History

Joey played with the band Our Lady of Bloodshed from 2009 through 2014. From 2011 through 2014 Joey played with Hamilton, Ontario progressive death metal band OPTICS,[9] recording on their self-released self-titled EP in 2011.[10]

Joey got his first taste of U.S. touring while playing drums with Victory Records artist Farewell to Freeway during their 2011 U.S. tour.[11]

In 2012 Joey joined Nuclear Blast Records death metal band Threat Signal.[4] During this time Joey also played with Cornwall, Ontario metalcore band Cynicist,[12] appearing in their 2013 music video for "Ashes Remain,"[13] and filling in throughout their 2014 East coast tour.[14]

In June 2015 Joey announced that he would be leaving Threat Signal to join the ranks of Victory Records death metal artist Jungle Rot full-time,[5][15][16][17] immediately after which the band began recording their Eighth studio album, Order Shall Prevail, featuring Joey on the drums.[18][19] Muha spent the summer of 2015 playing with Jungle Rot on the Victory Records stage for the entirety of the 2015 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival.[20][21]

In August 2015, Joey announced his departure from Jungle Rot.

Joey Muha's Equipment

Joey is currently endorsed by Vic Firth Drumsticks,[22] MEElectronics,[23] Trick Pedals and Sabian Cymbals. Muha uses Tama Drums, Vic Firth Drumsticks, Sabian Cymbals, Trick Pedals, Gibraltar Hardware, MEEaudio monitors and Roland electronics.

Current Tour Kit

External links

References

  1. 1 2 "Interview: Joey Muha".
  2. ↑ "Pokémon Meets Metal Drums!".
  3. ↑ "JOEY MUHA ‘THREAT SIGNAL’S’ DRUMMER EXTRAORDINAIRE!".
  4. 1 2 "Threat Signal adds new drummer".
  5. 1 2 "Drummer Joey Muha Exits Threat Signal, Joins Jungle Rot".
  6. ↑ "Joey Muha on Metal Archives". Metal-Archives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
  7. ↑ "Joey Muha Interviewed". Metal Drumming Mastery. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  8. ↑ "Joey Muha on Sound Analysis". Sound Analysis. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  9. ↑ "OPTICS".
  10. ↑ "Optics Optics EP".
  11. ↑ "Joey Muha - Late Night Media Productions".
  12. ↑ "Cynicist".
  13. ↑ "CYNICIST - Ashes Remain".
  14. ↑ "Brutal Beatings Volume XIV".
  15. ↑ "Threat Signal drummer exits band joins Jungle Rot".
  16. ↑ "Interview: Jungle Rot’s Dave Matrise talks Mayhem, new album".
  17. ↑ "Staying Underground: Jungle Rot".
  18. ↑ "Jungle Rot – Order Shall Prevail".
  19. ↑ "10 Minutes of Mayhem with Dave Matrise of JUNGLE ROT".
  20. ↑ "On the Beat With Joey Muha of Jungle Rot: Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival".
  21. ↑ "Slayer, King Diamond, Code Orange, Jungle Rot & more on 2015 Rockstar Mayhem Fest tour (dates)".
  22. ↑ "Vic Firth Artist Roster".
  23. ↑ "MEE audio".
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