Joey Castillo
| Joey Castillo | |
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 Joey Castillo playing with Queens of the Stone Age at the Eurockéennes de Belfort 2011 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joseph William Castillo |
| Also known as | The Sexy Mexi, Joey C |
| Born | March 30, 1966 |
| Origin | Gardena, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Stoner rock, hard rock, alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, desert rock, punk rock, blues rock, heavy metal, garage rock revival, grunge, industrial rock |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion, piano, violin |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Associated acts | Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Mark Lanegan, Zilch, Wasted Youth, Goatsnake, Danzig, Sugartooth, Mark Lanegan Band, Desert Sessions, Son of Sam |
| Website | Official QOTSA Website |
| Notable instruments | |
| DW Drums Zildjian Cymbals Vic Firth Drum sticks Latin Percussion Remo Drum Skins |
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Joseph Willam "Joey" Castillo (born March 30, 1966, in Gardena, California) is an American drummer currently playing with Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal. He joined Queens of the Stone Age in 2002 after the departure of temporary drummer Dave Grohl.
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[edit] Musical career
A native of southern California, Castillo began playing drums at age fifteen, when his grandmother loaned him the money to buy a drumkit. Castillo's playing is influenced by War, Al Green, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones and Black Flag. Joey started off his drumming career by joining the Los Angeles punk band, Wasted Youth, in 1984. After recording two albums and several tours, he left Wasted Youth and joined Sugartooth in 1991. During the summer of 1994, he formed a short-lived punk rock band called Chronic Halitosis.[1] They played punk covers of bands like Misfits and Black Flag.[2] In 1994 Joey officially left Sugartooth and joined Danzig, having turned down previous offers from Slayer and Suicidal Tendencies.[3] In 1996, he was featured on Robert Trujillo's solo album, and in 1998 he joined Zilch.[4] He replaced Goatsnake's original drummer after his departure in 2001, but that was short lived when they split up shortly after.[5] In 2001 he did backing vocals and drums for some tracks on Son of Sam's album Songs From The Earth. Castillo joined Queens of the Stone Age without an audition, playing through half a song at an informal rehearsal before frontman Josh Homme walked out of the room, returned saying "I just fired the drummer. The tour starts tomorrow," and offered Castillo the gig. Castillo also played on Mark Lanegan's solo album Bubblegum and Eagles of Death Metal's second album Death by Sexy.[6]
[edit] Personal life
Castillo has two drumkits which belonged to Chuck Biscuits and considers them his most prized possessions. Castillo currently resides in Silver Lake, California.[7]
As of April 2011, he's become engaged to long time girlfriend, Pixie Acia, who formerly starred on TLC's hit show, L.A. Ink.
[edit] Drumming Style
Castillo is known for his hard hitting, simple style, providing a powerful background from which the rest of the members of his band can build the song from. However, despite seeming simplistic, he is said on numerous discussion groups [8] to be able to put a certain groove into his plays, which can be seen from Little Sister and his rendition of No One Knows, originally played by Dave Grohl. His live performances showcase the power he has behind the kit, such as the Queens of the Stone Age performance at Glastonbury Festival in 2011.
[edit] Equipment
Castillo uses DW drums with acrylic OCDP shells, DW pedals and hardware, Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks and LP equipment. Castillo is famous for his use of the LP Jam block. The tone of the jam block appears solo at the outset of the Queens of the Stone Age single "Little Sister" from the album Lullabies to Paralyze, Castillo’s first studio album with the band. However pre-Sugartooth he was known to use Tama drums, Paiste cymbals and Easton sticks.[9] Joey has expressed his dislike for wood shell snares, and most if not all live footage of this shows him using non-wood shell snares.
[edit] Era Vulgaris tour equipment
Castillo used larger sized tom drums than ever before, while using the smallest bass drum he has used yet. He has continued using Vic Firth drum sticks, DW drums with acrylic OCDP shells, DW pedals and hardware and has switched from using Paiste cymbals to Zildjian cymbals for the Era Vulgaris tour.
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DW Drums
DW Hardware
Vic Firth Sticks
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Zildjian Cymbals
Remo Heads
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[edit] Lullabies To Paralyze tour equipment
For the Lullabies tour, Castillo continued to use DW drums, Paiste cymbals and Remo heads. Though during this tour he started using Vic Firth sticks instead of Vater sticks. Joey also dropped his second floor tom and LP bongos during this tour and added on a LP jamblock to his drumkit. From this tour and on, he would use the toms to play "Better Living Through Chemistry" during the verses.
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DW Drums
DW Hardware
Vic Firth Sticks
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Paiste Cymbals
Remo Heads
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[edit] Songs For The Deaf tour equipment
Castillo used DW drums and hardware, Paiste cymbals and Remo heads during the Songs For The Deaf tour.
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DW Drums
DW Hardware
Vater Sticks
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Paiste Cymbals
Remo Heads
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[edit] Discography
| Year | Band or artist | Album |
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| 1986 | Wasted Youth | Get Out of My Yard! |
| 1988 | Black Daze | |
| 1994 | Sugartooth | Sugartooth |
| 1996 | Danzig | Blackacidevil |
| 1997 | Sugartooth | The Sounds of Solid |
| 1998 | Zilch | 3.2.1. |
| Bastard Eyes | ||
| Danzig | 6:66 Satan's Child | |
| 2001 | Zilch | Skyjin |
| Youjeen | Hey Clerks | |
| Danzig | Live on the Black Hand Side | |
| Son of Sam | Songs From The Earth | |
| 2002 | Danzig | I Luciferi |
| 2003 | Desert Sessions | Volumes 9 & 10 |
| 2004 | Mark Lanegan Band | Bubblegum |
| 2005 | Queens of the Stone Age | Lullabies to Paralyze |
| Over The Years And Through The Woods | ||
| 2006 | Eagles of Death Metal | Death by Sexy |
| 2007 | Danzig | The Lost Tracks of Danzig |
| Queens of the Stone Age | Era Vulgaris | |
| 2008 | Eagles of Death Metal | Heart On |
| 2009 | Hello=Fire | Hello=Fire |
[edit] References
- ^ "MisfitsCentral Bio of Chronic Halitosis". MisfitsCentral.com. http://www.misfitscentral.com/bands/chronic-halitosis.php. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
- ^ "Devilman138 talks with TODD YOUTH of DANZIG". the7thhouse.com. 2000. http://www.the7thhouse.com/news/Articles/d6_tyouth.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
- ^ Blush, Steven (October 1997). "Glenn Danzig". Seconds. http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=marticle&f=seconds.97. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "IMDb Biography for Joey Castillo". IMDb. 2005. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1844813/bio. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ "An Interview with Greg Anderson of Goatsnake". StonerRock.com. 2001. http://www.stonerrock.com/interviews/index.asp?InterviewID=52. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
- ^ "Joey Castillo Is "Walking The Walk"". Drum! magazine. 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928120359/http://www.drummagazine.com/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1077. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
- ^ "Break It Down: Joey Castillo of Queens of the Stone Age". Artist Direct. 2007. http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0,,4482559,00.html. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ [http:http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28769 Drummer World Discussion Group], Joey Castillo and his drumming techniques, performances and equipment are discussed.
- ^ "MisfitsCentral Bio of Joey Castillo". MisfitsCentral.com. http://www.misfitscentral.com/bios/joey-castillo.php. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Joey Castillo |
- LPmusic.com - LP Music page of Joey Castillo
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