Alexei Rodriguez

Alexei Rodriguez
Rodriguez at the Ozzfest Meet-N-Greet in Mansfield, MA on 8/20/07
Background information
Birth name	Alexei Rodriguez
Origin	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Genres	Heavy metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, black metal
Occupation(s)	Musician
Associated acts	Prong, 3 Inches of Blood, Walls of Jericho, KMFDM, Trial, Catharsis, Ümlaut, Endstand, Reem, The Great White Void, Between Earth & Sky, Wait In Vain, Chthonic, Hail the Night
Website	Alexei's MySpace profile

Alexei Rodriguez is a Puerto Rican drummer, once known for his time in Canadian heavy metal band 3 Inches of Blood and the metalcore band Walls of Jericho. He was the drummer for the New York-based band, Prong.

In 1999, he recorded on the full-length, "Are These Our Lives?" (via Equal Vision Records) with Seattle hardcore outfit, Trial, under the assumed name, Jesus L. Pecador. From 1994-2002 he played for North Carolina-based anarcho-punk/hardcore band, Catharsis, with whom he completed 2 full-length albums, Samsara (1997) and Passion (1999), as well as a variety of EPs (often under pseudonyms). With Ümlaut he also played on a full-length, "Havok Wreakers" (2001) and EP, "Finland" (1999), appearing again in the "Total Disfuckincography" (2005) which included all the previously released recorded material, again under an assumed name (Baron Burri Von Blixen). In 2002 he also contributed lead and backing vocals to Finnish hardcore/punk band, Endstand on two tracks from their split EP with Kafka.

Rodriguez was also the drummer for Walls of Jericho, a Detroit metalcore band for whom he played on their 2nd full-length album, "All Hail the Dead" in 2004, as well as on the live video footage from the "Hellfest 2003" DVD, and the music video for the song, "There's No 'I' in 'Fuck You'". He was recruited into 3 Inches of Blood in 2005 after the departure of their 2nd drummer, Matt Wood. He recorded one album with 3 Inches of Blood, Fire up the Blades, before being fired from the band for assaulting Saxon drummer Nigel Glockler in November 2007 (although Rodriguez was himself beaten up by bouncers following this incident).