Brooks Wackerman
| Brooks Wackerman | |
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Brooks Wackerman performing live with Bad Religion.
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| Background information | |
| Born | February 15, 1977 |
| Genres | Heavy metal, progressive metal, hard rock, punk rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Capitol, Warner Bros., Epitaph, Emotional Syphon Recordings |
| Associated acts | Avenged Sevenfold, Bad4Good, Infectious Grooves, Suicidal Tendencies, the Vandals, Bad Religion, Kidneys, Tenacious D, the Innocent, Fear and the Nervous System, Mass Mental, Tom DeLonge |
Brooks Wackerman (born February 15, 1977) is an American musician, currently the drummer for the American heavy metal bands Avenged Sevenfold and Mass Mental, also known as the former drummer for Bad Religion, and is the younger brother of John Bob, and Chad Wackerman (formerly a member of Frank Zappa's band). He is the son of Chuck Wackerman, an educator in the Los Alamitos California Unified School District. Brooks is also a former student of Murray Spivack and Chuck Flores. After Wackerman's departure from Bad Religion, it was announced on November 4, 2015 that Wackerman would replace Arin Ilejay as the drummer for Avenged Sevenfold.
Wackerman started his musical career as a teen with a group called Bad4Good in 1991. Under Steve Vai's guidance, the band released one album in 1992 called Refugee, produced by Vai himself. However, the band disbanded shortly after. From 1993 to 2000, Wackerman was a member of Infectious Grooves, playing drums on the albums Groove Family Cyco in 1994 and Mas Borracho in 2000 as well as touring with the band. Shortly after his departure, he performed drums for the 2000 Vandals' album Look What I Almost Stepped In....
In 2001, he became the drummer for Bad Religion by replacing Bobby Schayer, who left the band due to a shoulder injury. He appeared on five albums with them (The Process of Belief, The Empire Strikes First, New Maps of Hell, The Dissent of Man and True North) as well as their 2013 EP Christmas Songs. On October 27, 2015, Brooks left Bad Religion after deciding it was time to pursue another path. At the time of his departure, Wackerman was Bad Religion's all-time longest-standing drummer, surpassing Bobby Schayer, who was in the band for ten years. He was also the youngest member of the band, with all of the other members being at least ten years his senior.
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