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 |
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.
Biography
[edit]Muha 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
[edit]Muha 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
[edit]Muha 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".