Joey Muha

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Joey Muha
Joey Muha Playing With Jungle Rot.jpg
Muha playing with Jungle Rot during the 2015 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival
Background information
Birth nameJoseph Douglas Muha
Born (1992-07-15) July 15, 1992 (age 29)
Origin Port Dover, Ontario, Canada [1]
Genres Groove metal, death metal, thrash metal, progressive metal, pop, pop rock, metalcore
Instruments Drums
Years active2006–present
Labels Nuclear Blast, Victory Records
Associated acts Sumo Cyco, Threat Signal, Jungle Rot, Farewell to Freeway, Thought Beneath Film, Our Lady of Bloodshed

Joey Muha is a Canadian drummer, best known for his YouTube videos, many of which have millions of views and have been featured on multiple websites. [2] [3] He is a member of the industrial metal band Threat Signal, [4] death metal band Jungle Rot. [5] and pop band Liteyears. [6] He has also played for bands associated with Nuclear Blast Records, Victory Records, MapleMusic Recordings, etc.

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Biography

Muha grew up in a small beach town in Southern Ontario named Port Dover. [1] He started playing drums around the age of 14 and has been playing in bands ever since. He initially started playing with his older brother, Willie, [7] and has since moved on to different bands. He was taught by his local drum teacher, Adam Reid, [8] for a brief period and then continued on his own. He has been recognized as covering a wide variety of genres and styles of drumming. [9]

History

Muha played with the band Our Lady of Bloodshed from 2009 through 2014. From 2011 through 2014 he played with Hamilton, Ontario progressive death metal band OPTICS, [10] recording on their self-released self-titled EP in 2011. [11]

Muha got his first taste of U.S. touring while playing drums with Victory Records artist Farewell to Freeway during their 2011 U.S. tour. [12]

In 2012 Muha joined Nuclear Blast Records death metal band Threat Signal. [4] During this time he also played with Cornwall, Ontario metalcore band Cynicist, [13] appearing in their 2013 music video for "Ashes Remain," [14] and filling in throughout their 2014 East coast tour. [15]

In June 2015 Muha announced that he would leave Threat Signal to join the ranks of Victory Records death metal artist Jungle Rot full-time, [5] [16] [17] [18] immediately after which the band began recording their Eighth studio album, Order Shall Prevail, featuring Muha on the drums. [19] [20] Muha spent the summer of 2015 playing with Jungle Rot on the Victory Records stage for the entirety of the 2015 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. [21] [22]

In August 2015, Muha announced his departure from Jungle Rot. Muha has since returned to playing with Threat Signal, as well as with Sumo Cyco.

Muha's equipment

Muha is currently endorsed by Vic Firth Drumsticks, [23] MEElectronics, [24] Protection Racket, Gibraltar Hardware and Sabian Cymbals. He uses Yamaha Drums, Vic Firth Drumsticks, Sabian Cymbals, Trick Pedals, Gibraltar Hardware, MEEaudio monitors and Yamaha electronics.

Current tour kit

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References

  1. 1 2 "Interview: Joey Muha".
  2. ↑ "Pokémon Meets Metal Drums!".
  3. ↑ "JOEY MUHA 'THREAT SIGNAL'S' DRUMMER EXTRAORDINAIRE!".
  4. 1 2 "Threat Signal adds new drummer".
  5. 1 2 "Drummer Joey Muha Exits Threat Signal, Joins Jungle Rot".
  6. ↑ "Welcome".
  7. ↑ "Joey Muha on Metal Archives". Metal-Archives.com. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Joey Muha Interviewed". Metal Drumming Mastery. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Joey Muha on Sound Analysis". Sound Analysis. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
  10. ↑ "OPTICS".
  11. ↑ "Optics Optics EP".
  12. ↑ "Joey Muha – Late Night Media Productions".
  13. ↑ "Cynicist".
  14. ↑ "CYNICIST – Ashes Remain".
  15. ↑ "Brutal Beatings Volume XIV". Archived from the original on March 1, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Threat Signal drummer exits band joins Jungle Rot".
  17. ↑ "Interview: Jungle Rot's Dave Matrise talks Mayhem, new album".
  18. ↑ "Staying Underground: Jungle Rot".
  19. ↑ "Jungle Rot – Order Shall Prevail".
  20. ↑ "10 Minutes of Mayhem with Dave Matrise of JUNGLE ROT".
  21. ↑ "On the Beat With Joey Muha of Jungle Rot: Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival".
  22. ↑ "Slayer, King Diamond, Code Orange, Jungle Rot & more on 2015 Rockstar Mayhem Fest tour (dates)".
  23. ↑ "Vic Firth Artist Roster".
  24. ↑ "MEE audio".
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