Samuel Joseph Fogarino (born August 9, 1968) is the drummer of the band

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. He has played in bands such as the Holy Terrors, Gus, the Wahoos, Napoleon Solo, the Ton-ups and the Last Night.

Biography

Fogarino began to play the drums at the age of 13. In the early 1990s, Fogarino played with the South Florida act the Holy Terrors as part of a music scene that also produced

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, Jack Off Jill,

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and

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. Manson asked him to join his band at one point, but Fogarino turned him down. In 1996, Fogarino left south Florida to move to Gainesville (where he played in a band called Gus, replacing Jason Lederman), then finally settled in New York City in 1997. He first met guitarist Daniel Kessler in 1998 when he was selling vinyl in Beacon's Closet, a clothing store in

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. With more than 10 years playing experience, he joined

in 2000 after original drummer

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left the band. Fogarino played his first show for Interpol on May 20, 2000 at the

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formerly of

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worked as drum tech for Sam Fogarino from 2001 to 2011. In early 2006, Fogarino joined with former

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frontman

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to form a side-project band called the Setting Suns. Since then, the duo have changed their name to Magnetic Morning and released a six-track EP on iTunes. In May 2010, Fogarino composed an accompanying soundtrack to Athens, GA Canopy Studio's "Fractured Fairy Tales" aerial dance performance. On April 2, 2013, Fogarino released his debut side project EmptyMansions snakes/vulture/sulfate via

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. He enlisted

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( the Secret Machines,

) to produce the record and Duane Denison (

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) to play lead guitars.

References

External links

Pitchfork Media article on the Setting Suns

Magnetic Morning website
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