Joey Muha is a Canadian drummer, best known for his YouTube videos, many of which have millions of views and have been featured on multiple websites.[2][3] He is a member of the industrial metal band Threat Signal,[4] death metal band Jungle Rot.[5] and pop band Liteyears.[6] He has also played for bands associated with Nuclear Blast Records, Victory Records, MapleMusic Recordings, etc.
Joey Muha | |
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 Muha playing with Jungle Rot during the 2015 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joseph Douglas Muha |
| Born | July 15, 1992 |
| Origin | Port Dover, Ontario, Canada[1] |
| Genres | Groove metal, death metal, thrash metal, progressive metal, pop, pop rock, metalcore |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Nuclear Blast, Victory Records |
Biography
editMuha 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,[7] and has since moved on to different bands. He was taught by his local drum teacher, Adam Reid,[8] 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.[9]
History
editMuha played with the band Our Lady of Bloodshed from 2009 through 2014. From 2011 through 2014 he played with Hamilton, Ontario progressive death metal band OPTICS,[10] recording on their self-released self-titled EP in 2011.[11]
Muha got his first taste of U.S. touring while playing drums with Victory Records artist Farewell to Freeway during their 2011 U.S. tour.[12]
In 2012 Muha joined Nuclear Blast Records death metal band Threat Signal.[4] During this time he also played with Cornwall, Ontario metalcore band Cynicist,[13] appearing in their 2013 music video for "Ashes Remain,"[14] and filling in throughout their 2014 East coast tour.[15]
In June 2015 Muha announced that he would leave Threat Signal to join the ranks of Victory Records death metal artist Jungle Rot full-time,[5][16][17][18] immediately after which the band began recording their Eighth studio album, Order Shall Prevail, featuring Muha on the drums.[19][20] 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.[21][22]
In August 2015, Muha announced his departure from Jungle Rot. Muha has since returned to playing with Threat Signal, as well as with Sumo Cyco.
Muha's equipment
editMuha is currently endorsed by Vic Firth Drumsticks,[23] MEElectronics,[24] Protection Racket, Gibraltar Hardware and Sabian Cymbals. He uses Yamaha Drums, Vic Firth Drumsticks, Sabian Cymbals, Trick Pedals, Gibraltar Hardware, MEEaudio monitors and Yamaha electronics.
Current tour kit
edit- Drums Yamaha Recording Custom Series Kit
- 10"X9" Tom
- 12"x10" Tom
- 16"x14" Floor Tom
- 18"x16" Floor Tom
- 22"x18" Bass Drum
- 14"x5.5" Snare Drum
- Cymbals Sabian and Zildjian
- 14" Sabian HHX Stage Hi Hats
- 16" Sabian HHX Stage Crash
- 17" Sabian HHXplosion Crash
- 18" Sabian AAX Chinese
- 18" Sabian AAX Chinese Brilliant
- 19" Sabian AAX Dark Crash
- 20" Zildjian Scimitar Ride
- Drumheads – Evans
- Toms: EC2 Clear
- Bass: EMAD
- Snare: Genera HD-Dry batter – Hazy 300 Clear resonant
- Other
References
edit- ^ a b "Interview: Joey Muha". September 18, 2013.
- ^ "Pokémon Meets Metal Drums!". February 12, 2015.
- ^ "JOEY MUHA 'THREAT SIGNAL'S' DRUMMER EXTRAORDINAIRE!".
- ^ a b "Threat Signal adds new drummer".
- ^ a b "Drummer Joey Muha Exits Threat Signal, Joins Jungle Rot". June 15, 2015.
- ^ "Welcome".
- ^ "Joey Muha on Metal Archives". Metal-Archives.com. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
- ^ "Joey Muha Interviewed". Metal Drumming Mastery. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
- ^ "Joey Muha on Sound Analysis". Sound Analysis. September 18, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
- ^ "OPTICS".
- ^ "Optics Optics EP".
- ^ "Joey Muha – Late Night Media Productions". June 2012.
- ^ "Cynicist".
- ^ "CYNICIST – Ashes Remain". YouTube.
- ^ "Brutal Beatings Volume XIV". Archived from the original on March 1, 2014.
- ^ "Threat Signal drummer exits band joins Jungle Rot".
- ^ "Interview: Jungle Rot's Dave Matrise talks Mayhem, new album". July 13, 2015.
- ^ "Staying Underground: Jungle Rot". July 21, 2015.
- ^ "Jungle Rot – Order Shall Prevail".
- ^ "10 Minutes of Mayhem with Dave Matrise of JUNGLE ROT".
- ^ "On the Beat With Joey Muha of Jungle Rot: Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival". July 17, 2015.
- ^ "Slayer, King Diamond, Code Orange, Jungle Rot & more on 2015 Rockstar Mayhem Fest tour (dates)". April 13, 2015.
- ^ "Vic Firth Artist Roster".
- ^ "MEE audio".