Derek Grant
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| Derek Grant | |
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| Born | April 24, 1977 |
| Genre(s) | Punk Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Drums, acoustic guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Label(s) | Epic Records |
| Associated acts | Alkaline Trio The Suicide Machines The Vandals Walls of Jericho Good Charlotte |
Derek Grant is a multi-talented drummer for punk band Alkaline Trio, where he replaced Mike Felumlee. He has previously been a member of The Suicide Machines, Telegraph, Gyga, Thoughts of Ionesco, Remainder, Walls of Jericho,The Exceptions and Broken Spoke, a side band with Royce Nunley and Jay Navarro. Besides playing the drums, Grant is an accomplished guitarist and singer, and briefly toured with Face to Face as the bands guitarist. In addition, he frequently joins bassist Dan Andriano and guitarist Matt Skiba on vocals and also with songwriting duties. After Alkaline Trio went through a series of drummers in the early days and first 3 full length albums, Matt Skiba recently said that "If Derek was not in Alkaline Trio then there would be no trio". It appears now that Derek is here to stay and the line of drummers is now over.
He also used to fill in for Josh Freese and has played for him on many Vandals Tours up until 2004, when he took the same role with Good Charlotte during the later half of that year.
Derek married his long-term fiancee Theresa Stanton on Halloween 2005. He currently resides in Indianapolis.
[edit] Trivia
- He did the voice of a TV narrator in the movie Cake Boy.
- Grant plays custom drums made by C&C Custom.
- Derek auditioned for the Misfits in the mid nineties, but lost the position to Michale Graves.
- He and fellow band member Matt Skiba belong to the Church of Satan.
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