Roy Mayorga

Roy Mayorga
Background information
Birth name Roy Maurice Mayorga
Also known as Rata
Born (1970-04-06) April 6, 1970
New York, New York
Genres Alternative metal, alternative rock, heavy metal, post-grunge, thrash metal, crust punk, punk rock, hardcore punk, groove metal
Occupation(s) Drummer, songwriter, producer, engineer
Instruments Drums, guitar, bass, keyboards
Years active 1985–present
Labels Roadrunner
Associated acts Stone Sour, Soulfly, Sepultura, Downset. Amebix, Ozzy Osbourne, Black President, Shelter, Nausea, Abloom
Website http://www.roymayorga.com
Notable instruments
DW Collector series
Sabian cymbals
Pro-Mark
Evans
PureSound

Roy Maurice Mayorga (born April 6, 1970 in New York City, New York) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the American hard rock band Stone Sour. He is of Ecuadorian and Cuban descent.

Musical history

Roy Mayorga was the original drummer for metal band Soulfly 1997-1999. Prior to joining Soulfly, he also played with New York Hardcore band Shelter in 1996. He also played drums for one of the most influential political bands from New York in the late 80s/early 90s, Nausea. Also Nausea was the band he did his first proper tour of Europe and U.S. and recorded his first album with in 1989 following. Mayorga played drums on the album 'The Hollowing' with metal band Crisis in 1996.[1]

He was briefly a member of the band Medication from 1999–2001, when he left the group to rejoin Soulfly with which he recorded 3 and toured with them soon after. He parted ways with the group in 2003.

In 2004 he helped create rock band ABLOOM as with vocalist Jasan Radford and lead guitarist Levon Sultanian. Also part of the band was Mike Doling (Snot, Soulfly) and John Fahnestock (Snot). Fahnestock left and was replaced by Marcelo Dias aka Marcello D. Rapp (Soulfly). The band is currently on hiatus but are looking to start up again in the near future.

In 2005 he appeared as one of the drummers on the Roadrunner United compilation CD, The All-Star Sessions, playing on "The Enemy", "The End" and "Baptized in the Redemption", all tracks being produced and musically written by Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares and Roy Mayorga. "The End" spawned a music video.

On another note Roy Mayorga also does classical film scoring. He has worked on films such as Legion (2004) and Shudder (2007) and when not on the road touring and is currently working on a solo record of that nature. Mayorga temporarily filled in behind the drumkit for Sepultura's 2006 European tour with In Flames following Igor Cavalera's absence.

He officially joined Stone Sour on May 10, 2006 as a replacement for Joel Ekman. He drummed for their second release, Come What(ever) May, released August 1. Roy is endorsed by DW (Drum Workshop), Evans, Pro-Mark, PureSound and was endorsed by Zildjian Cymbals but it can be seen in recent videos that he now uses Sabian.

He is the currently the drummer in Stone Sour and recently told Music Feeds TV that he has finally found his home.

In October 2013, the Belgian metal band Channel Zero announced that following the death of their drummer Phil Baheux, Roy will play the drums on their upcoming album.

Equipment

This set of equipment is based on Roy Mayorga's Wallpaper for DW's new publicity campaign "This is my Custom DW kit" and is as it follows. In the picture Roys Kit has Zildjian Cymbals instead of Sabian because he used Zildjian early on for the album, Come What(ever) May. Roy also used Vic Firth sticks early on too.

Drums

Cymbals

Hardware

Sticks

Drumheads

Guitars and Bass

Keyboards

Software

Discography
Producer/Engineer credits
  • 1994: Chaos B.C. remix (Sepultura)
  • 1995: Sun to Sun (The Spitters)
  • 1997: Kicks Joy Darkness (Karouac)
  • 1997: Eye for an Eye remix (Soulfly)
  • 1998: Tribe remix (Soulfly)
  • 2012: No Rules EP (Lody Kong)
  • Currently Roy engineers and mixes his own material at his private studio and has been working with other bands throughout the last couple years.
Film Score
  • 2004: Legion
  • 2007: Shudder

References

  1. ↑ MySpace.com - CRISIS - Los Angeles by way of New York City - Rock / Metal / Expérimentale - www.myspace.com/crisis

External links

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