Pete Parada

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Pete Parada
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Pete Parada in 2016
Background information
Birth namePeter Parada
Born (1973-07-09) July 9, 1973 (age 50) [1]
Origin Arkport, New York, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Drummer
Years active1995–present
Member ofThe Defiant
Formerly of
Website peteparada.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. Parada joined YouTuber Tim Pool's band Timcast for their songs "Only Ever Wanted" and "Genocide" [3] and in 2023 co-founded the band the Defiant.

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Career

Face to Face

After auditioning 25 different drummers to replace Rob Kurth, [4] 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, Parada left the band.[ citation needed ]

The Offspring

Pete Parada along with Noodles, performing with the Offspring in 2009. NoodlesParada.jpg
Pete Parada along with Noodles, performing with the Offspring in 2009.

On July 27, 2007, the Offspring introduced Parada as the band's new drummer, replacing Atom Willard, who had departed to focus on Angels & Airwaves. [5] 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. [6] 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", "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).

On August 2, 2021, Parada revealed on Twitter that he was being fired from the Offspring. He stated 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–Barré syndrome. [7] In November 2021, vocalist Dexter Holland and guitarist Noodles 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". [8] 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. [9] Parada was replaced on tour by Josh Freese and was officially replaced in 2023 by Brandon Pertzborn.

The Defiant

In March 2023, Parada co-founded the band The Defiant which is fronted by former Mighty Mighty Bosstones singer Dicky Barrett and features Greg Camp of Smash Mouth, Johnny Rioux of Street Dogs and Joey LaRocca of The Briggs. The group originally planned to release their debut album in mid 2023. [10] They later announced an October 27, 2023 release to streaming services Deezer, Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music. [11]

Selected discography

YearArtist/bandAlbumSong(s)
1995World In PainVarious - The Fall And The Rise: Los Angeles"Cut"
1997 Steel Prophet Into the Void (Hallucinogenic Conception)Entire album
1999 Engine Engine
Face to Face So Why Aren't You Happy? EP
Standards & Practices
1999 Ignorance Is Bliss
2000 Reactionary
Halford Resurrection "The One You Love to Hate"
2002 Engine SuperholicEntire album
Face to Face/Dropkick Murphys Face to Face vs. Dropkick Murphys Face to Face songs
Face to Face How to Ruin Everything Entire album
2003 Saves the Day In Reverie
Jackson JacksonEntire EP
2004 Jackson United Western BalladsEntire 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
Bug Sessions Volume One
2011Hot MessLearn to Sleep With the Light On
Oceanography EP1Entire 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 Summer Nationals Entire EP
2015 Coming For You Single
2021 Let the Bad Times Roll Entire album except "Let The Bad Times Roll" and "We Never Have Sex Anymore".
2022 Timcast Non-album singles"Only Ever Wanted," "Genocide (Losing My Mind)"
2022The DefiantIf We're Really Being Honest"Dead Language," "Where Were you", "Where Did Lady Liberty Go?"
2024 Akira the Don Meditations Vol. II"Better than Justice"

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References

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  2. ↑ "Pete Parada". The Offspring Session. March 28, 2007. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Tim Pool's 'Only Ever Wanted' Rockets Up iTunes Music Chart". Hollywood in Toto. August 27, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
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  6. ↑ Graff, Gary (June 19, 2009). "Offspring Plotting 'Rise And Fall' Follow-Up". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
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  9. ↑ "I've got some unfortunate and difficult news to share. I know many of my close friends and family would've preferred to hear this privately first - and I apologize for the public nature of my disclosure, but I don't know how to have this conversation multiple times". Twitter. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  10. ↑ Defiant, The (March 6, 2023). "MEMBERS FROM THE OFFSPRING, SMASH MOUTH,THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES, STREET DOGS AND THE BRIGGS UNITE AND FORM THE DEFIANT". The Defiant. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  11. ↑ Highwire, The (October 26, 2023). "The Highwire with Del Bigtree Episode 343: THE DEFIANT". Rumble. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
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