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Pete Parada
Pete Parada performing in 2016
Pete Parada performing in 2016
Background information
Birth namePeter Parada
Born (1973-07-09) July 9, 1973 (age 51)[1]
OriginArkport, New York, United States
Genres
OccupationMusician
InstrumentDrums
Years active1995–present
Websitepeteparada.com

Peter Parada (born July 9, 1973)[2] is an American musician who has been a member of several bands. Parada's drumming career began in 1995 when he joined L.A. band World In Pain on a recommendation from future Korn drummer Ray Luzier and then Steel Prophet in 1996 with whom he recorded one album a year later. Subsequently he joined Face to Face, Saves the Day and The Offspring, where he was a member from 2007 to 2021 and served as the band's second longest-serving drummer, behind Ron Welty. Parada was also associated with the metal band Engine and Rob Halford's solo project Halford, and briefly played drums in the punk band Alkaline Trio.

Career as a musician

Face to Face

After auditioning 25 different drummers to replace Rob Kurth,[3] Parada officially joined Face to Face in 1998. He was present on four albums with the band: Ignorance Is Bliss, Standards & Practices (both released in 1999), Reactionary (2000) and How to Ruin Everything (2002).

Saves the Day

Prior to Face to Face's break up, Parada joined Saves the Day in 2002 to replace former drummer Bryan Newman. He recorded two of the band's albums, In Reverie and Sound the Alarm. He also recorded "Bug sessions volume one", the first in a series of releases containing acoustic versions of their songs.

On March 28, 2007, it was announced that Parada had left the band.[citation needed]

The Offspring

Pete Parada along with Noodles, performing with The Offspring in 2009.

On July 27, 2007, The Offspring announced on their official website that Parada would be the band's new drummer, replacing Atom Willard, who departed to focus on Angels & Airwaves.[4] Josh Freese filled in as drummer in the studio for then-upcoming Offspring album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, as Parada had not been chosen yet as Willard's replacement. Parada toured with The Offspring in support of that album.

In June 2009, The Offspring guitarist Noodles told Billboard.com that The Offspring were planning to release a ninth album in 2010, and noted that Parada would be involved in the recording process.[5] Titled Days Go By, the album was eventually released on June 26, 2012. He became the first official Offspring drummer to play on an Offspring album since Ron Welty in 2000 (Conspiracy of One). Parada only played on four tracks on that album ("Turning into You", "Dirty Magic", "Dividing by Zero" and "Slim Pickens Does the Right Thing and Rides the Bomb to Hell"), while Josh Freese played on the rest. According to Holland, Freese played on the majority of tracks due to him living in California other than Parada who was also busy with some additional projects during the recording of Days Go By. Parada appeared on ten out of twelve tracks on the band's next album Let the Bad Times Roll (2021).

In August 2021, Parada announced on Twitter he was being fired from The Offspring. He claimed the reason for his firing was for declining to take a COVID-19 vaccine on the advice of his doctor, due to suffering from Guillain-Barre syndrome.[6] In November 2021, Holland and Wasserman detailed in an interview the "roadblocks" they kept running into when they looked into what it would take to tour with an unvaccinated member of the band, and they said the decision was taken "for the time being".[7] Nevertheless, in his tweet of August 2021, Parada said he was deemed "unsafe to be around" not only on tour, but also in the recording studio.[8]

Selected discography

Year Artist/band Album Song(s)
1995 World In Pain Various - The Fall And The Rise: Los Angeles "Cut"
1997 Steel Prophet Into the Void (Hallucinogenic Conception) Entire album
1999 Engine Engine Entire album
1999 Face to Face So Why Aren't You Happy? EP Entire album
1999 Face to Face Standards & Practices Entire album
1999 Face to Face Ignorance Is Bliss Entire album
2000 Face to Face Reactionary Entire album
2000 Halford Resurrection "The One You Love to Hate"
2002 Engine Superholic Entire album
2002 Face to Face/Dropkick Murphys Split Face to Face songs
2002 Face to Face How to Ruin Everything Entire album
2003 Saves the Day In Reverie Entire album
2003 Jackson Jackson Entire EP
2004 Jackson United Western Ballads Entire album
2005 Face to Face Shoot the Moon: The Essential Collection Songs from Reactionary and How to Ruin Everything
2006 Saves the Day Sound the Alarm Entire album
2006 Saves the Day Bug Sessions Volume One Entire album
2011 Hot Mess Learn to Sleep With the Light On Entire album
2011 Oceanography EP1 Entire EP
2012 The Offspring Days Go By "Turning Into You", "Dirty Magic", "Dividing By Zero" and "Slim Pickens Does the Right Thing and Rides the Bomb to Hell"
2014 The Offspring Summer Nationals Entire EP
2015 The Offspring Coming For You Single
2021 The Offspring Let the Bad Times Roll Entire album except "Let The Bad Times Roll" and "We Never Have Sex Anymore".

References

  1. ^ "Pete Parada". The Offspring Session. 2007-03-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  2. ^ "Pete Parada". The Offspring Session. 2007-03-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  3. ^ "face to face : 1991 - 2003". Face to Face's official website. Archived from the original on 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
  4. ^ "The Offspring have a new drummer". The Offspring's official website. 2007-07-27. Archived from the original on 2007-11-11. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
  5. ^ Graff, Gary (2009-06-19). "Offspring Plotting 'Rise And Fall' Follow-Up". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
  6. ^ Blabbermouth (2021-08-03). "THE OFFSPRING Drummer Claims He Was Fired For Refusing To Take COVID-19 Vaccine Due To His Pre-Existing Conditions". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  7. ^ "Interview with The Offspring: Dexter and Noodles talk punk again". The Shortlisted. 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  8. ^ "https://twitter.com/peteparada/status/1422226668895326209". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-11-26. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
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