José Antonio Pasillas II (born April 26, 1976) is an American musician best known as the drummer and co-founder of alternative rock band

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Biography

José Pasillas is of Mexican descent. He grew up in Calabasas, California. He began playing drums in 1990. Later in 1991, José and friends

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, and

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(aka Dirk Lance; replaced by

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in 2003) began

in high school in the San Fernando Valley outpost of Calabasas. He endorses

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and Sabian cymbals. José has mentioned he has never had any formal training for the drums, which he says has positives and negatives. Some of his influences include

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of 311,

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, and

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of Primus. Before dedicating himself full-time to Incubus, he was a full-time art student (as was Brandon), and he continues to create designs in his free time.

Other Work

José recently mentioned recording drums with California band

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. He has also had a side project, Time Lapse Consortium, with bandmate

Equipment

* DW Drums & Sabian Cymbals: *Drums – DW Collectors Series Clear Acrylic with Gold Hardware **8X5 Rack Tom **10X5 Rack Tom **12X6 Rack Tom **16X13 Floor Tom **18X14 Floor Tom **20X18 Bass Drum **13x3 Rocket shells Carbon Fiber Znare **14x8 Rocket Shells Carbon Fiber Snare **18X6 Octoban *Cymbals – Sabian **HHX Evolution Hi-Hats 13" **HH Raw Bell Dry Ride 21" **HH Vintage Ride 21" (Used as a crash) **Prototype Crash 22" (Made Specifically For Him) **Vault Crash 20" **HH Cina kang 10" **HHX Chinese 18" **AAX Splash 8" **AAX Splash 10" **HHX Evolution Splash 12" *Drum Heads –

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**Toms: Clear Emperors – batter, Clear Ambassadors – resonant **Bass Drum: Clear Powerstroke 3 – batter, Standard DW Head – resonant **Snare: Emperor Coated and Coated Ambassador – batter, Ambassador – resonant *Hardware **DW Three Sided Curved Drum Rack **PDSRC15V Rack Clamp X20 **DWCP9700 Boom Arms X9 **DWCP9300 Snare Stand X2 **DWCP9100AL Pneumatic Airlift Throne X1 **DWCP9000 Single Pedal X1 **DWCP9900 DBL Tom Stand X1 **DWCP9500TB Hi Hat Stand X1 *Sticks –

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** Pro mark Hickory 2b tip

References

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on Instagram {{DEFAULTSORT:Pasillas, Jose 1976 births Living people American rock drummers American musicians of Mexican descent Chicano rock musicians Moorpark College alumni Musicians from California People from Calabasas, California Incubus (band) members Alternative metal musicians Nu metal drummers 20th-century American drummers American male drummers 21st-century American drummers Hispanic and Latino American musicians Time-Lapse Consortium members