Andy Hurley

Andy Hurley
Hurley performing with Fall Out Boy in 2014
Background information
Birth name	Andrew John Hurley
Born	(1980-05-31) May 31, 1980 (age 36)
Origin	Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.
Genres	Pop punk hardcore punk alternative rock pop rock heavy metal metalcore
Occupation(s)	Musician, drummer, vegan
Instruments	Drums, percussion, vocals
Years active	1996–present
Associated acts	Fall Out Boy The Damned Things Enabler Married to 7 men FocusedXMinds Burning Empires Project Rocket Racetraitor Arma Angelus Earth Crisis The Kill Pill xFor Death or Gloryx Vegan Reich SECT
Notable instruments
C&C Custom drums Sabian cymbals Vic Firth sticks

Andrew Hurley (born May 31, 1980) is an American musician and drummer. He is best known as the drummer of the Chicago-based rock band Fall Out Boy. Prior to Fall Out Boy, Hurley played in several hardcore punk bands. He joined Fall Out Boy as the full-time drummer in 2003 and was in the band's lineup until its hiatus in 2009. Following that, he formed the heavy metal supergroup The Damned Things with Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman; the group went on hiatus after its debut album, Ironiclast (2010), due to band members focusing on their original bands' new album cycles. Hurley moved on to hardcore punk band Enabler which released a debut album and toured in 2012. Fall Out Boy regrouped and announced a new album and tour on February 4, 2013. The band's fifth studio album, Save Rock and Roll, was released April 16, 2013, with the punk EP PAX AM Days announced on September 30 and was released on October 15 the same year. The band's sixth studio album American Beauty/American Psycho was released on January 16, 2015 and debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200.

Hurley was born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. He was brought up by his mother, who worked as a nurse; his father died when he was five. Hurley attended Menomonee Falls High School and played percussion in bands, though his first instrument was the saxophone. After high school, he attended University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, double-majoring in anthropology and history. He identifies himself as an anarcho-primitivist, explaining that this means he believes that humans are supposed to live the way they lived prior to 10,000 years ago. When asked about this in the February 2007 issue of Alternative Press, he said that his career contradicted his beliefs, but at the same time, he had to make a living.