Samantha Maloney
| Samantha Maloney | |
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Samantha Maloney on tour with Peaches in 2006.
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| Background information | |
| Born |
December 11, 1975 Queens, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Heavy metal, hard rock, electronic, alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Labels | Equal Vision, Columbia, Geffen, Beggars XL, Vinnie Boom Boxx |
| Associated acts | Shift, Hole, Mötley Crüe, Scarling., Eagles of Death Metal, Peaches, Chelsea Girls, The Ingenues, Brother Clyde, Cherri Bomb |
| Website | samanthamaloney |
| Notable instruments | |
| Sonor Drums | |
Samantha Maloney (born December 11, 1975) is an American musician best known for playing in the bands Shift, Hole, Mötley Crüe, Eagles of Death Metal, and in Peaches' live band "The Herms".
Maloney received her first drum-kit at the age of five. Drumming immediately became a significant part of her life. At the age of fourteen she enrolled at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City, and for the next three years studied percussion extensively.
At the age of sixteen, she auditioned for the post-hardcore band Shift as a replacement drummer and the band gave her the position permanently.
While playing in Shift, Maloney excelled on her school's basketball team, and in 1993, had to decide whether or not to pursue a serious basketball career with college scholarship offers or to continue drumming in her band Shift. Samantha chose to stick with Shift who released two independent records on Equal Vision Records in 1994 and 1995. Two years later, Shift signed to Columbia Records and made their major-label debut album titled, Get In. Following the album's release the band toured.
In 1998, Maloney was offered an audition in Los Angeles for the role of drummer in Hole, a position vacated by Patty Schemel. With her audition a success she was accepted by the band and so officially joined up with Hole, leaving Shift behind to join the band. At 22, Maloney was on the road with Hole at the height of their popularity, playing sold out arenas and touring extensively in the U.S., Australia, Japan, and the United Kingdom whilst also appearing on television and in magazines, as well as Hole's recordings and videos.
In 2000, Hole went on hiatus and Maloney was offered the drum chair for Mötley Crüe to fill in for then drummer Randy Castillo, who was ill at the time. She is the drummer on the New Tattoo live DVD from the New Tattoo tour. The title of the DVD is Motley Crue – Lewd, Crued & Tattooed.
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