Racci Shay

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Racci Shay
Birth name Racci Shay Hart
Born (1973-12-04) December 4, 1973 (age 44)
LaGrange, Georgia, United States
Genres Rock, punk rock, horror punk industrial
Instruments Drums
Years active 1989–present
Associated acts

Racci Shay (born Racci Shay Hart December 4, 1973) is an American drummer. He is most famous for his involvement with the Genitorturers, Dope, horror punk band Wednesday 13 [1] and most recently the touring drummer for Murderdolls. He has been featured in the "Vic Firth Artist Spotlight", featuring an interview taken with him, at a live show with Wednesday 13 in New York City.

Genitorturers American industrial metal band

The Genitorturers are an industrial metal band from the United States, with influences extending into the 1990s hardcore punk and electronic music. They proclaim themselves to be "The World's Sexiest Rock Band".

Dope (band) American nu metal band

Dope is an American heavy metal band from New York City, New York formed in 1997.

Murderdolls were an American horror punk and heavy metal band, founded during 2002 in Hollywood, California. The band line-up consisted of core members Wednesday 13 and Joey Jordison, while former members included Ben Graves, Acey Slade, Eric Griffin and Tripp Eisen.

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Recently married to Kat Roberts from Liverpool, England after her involvement with his band The Luchagors on their most recent tour. He is now recently a former member in the band the Murderdolls.

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Shay is the brief subject of an interview in Let's Spend the Night Together: Backstage Secrets of Rock Muses and Supergroupies by Pamela Des Barres. [2]

Pamela Des Barres American groupie, author and magazine writer

Pamela Des Barres is a former rock and roll groupie, musician, actress, author and magazine writer.

Musical career

Shay has played in several bands starting with Shok L'amour in 1992 and then Synical. In 1997, he joined the Genitorturers. [3] During his time in the Genitorturers, Shay joined Grim Faeries guitarist Mikee Plastik (current collaborator with Pete Jones of PIL) in a side punk project The Infamous Plastic People, doing a handful of dates with Melt Banana, Marky Ramone, and Fear. In 2001 Racci left the Genitorturers [3] (replaced by Angel) to join the industrial group Dope. [4] He stayed with Dope until 2005 (replaced by Daniel Fox) when he quit. He then joined Wednesday 13's new band along with fellow Synical member Eric Griffin. He later parted with Wednesday 13 due to personal issues. Shay stated in a recent interview with Joey Jordison he is the new drummer for Murderdolls. Since joining Murderdolls, Shay has performed on Stateside and International tours and/or festivals with several major artists, such as Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Guns N' Roses, Queens of the Stone Age, Slash, Primus, Slayer, and Iron Maiden.

Synical are an alternative rock act based in Hollywood, California, formed in 1989 by Brian Haught and continuing on today. Guitarist Eric Griffin later went on to play with the band Murderdolls .

Wednesday 13 American musician

Joseph Michael Poole is an American singer and musician best known by his stage name Wednesday 13. As well as his solo career, he is known for being the frontman of Murderdolls. He has also played in several other bands, including Maniac Spider Trash, Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13, Bourbon Crow, and Gunfire 76.

Eric Michael Griffin is an American rock guitarist. He is most famous for playing bass in the horror punk band Murderdolls (2002–2004) and guitar in Wednesday 13 (2006–2007). He is now living in Los Angeles.

Since he was with Dope, Shay has played Pearl drums, commonly with a two bass drum configuration. He used to play with Alchemy cymbals but currently uses Zildjian. His most recent configuration is unique in that he uses three floor toms arranged in the fashion of traditional toms. To facilitate this he uses a left-footed double pedal to position his bass drum by his hi-hat, enabling him to continue playing right-footed. He also uses Vic Firth Metal sticks.

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Vic Firth American musician

Everett Joseph "Vic" Firth was an American musician and the founder of Vic Firth Company, a company that makes percussion sticks and mallets.

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Discography

References

  1. ↑ KENNEDY, Adam (February 2016). "Wednesday 13 at Think Tank in Newcastle". National Rock Review .
  2. ↑ Des Barres, Pamela (2007). "Static Beth". Let's Spend the Night Together: Backstage Secrets of Rock Muses and Supergroupies. Chicago Review Press. pp. 367–370. ISBN   9781556526688.
  3. 1 2 Sharpe-Young, Garry (2005). New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Zonda Books. p. 152. ISBN   978-0-9582684-0-0.
  4. ↑ http://www.ctpost.com/default/article/Dope-deals-hard-rock-mayhem-43197.php
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