Joey Muha is a Canadian drummer, best known for his

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videos, many of which have millions of views and have been featured on multiple websites. He is a member of the

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band

Threat Signal Threat Signal is a Canadian heavy metal band from Hamilton, Ontario. The band has had numerous lineup changes, with only Jon Howard remaining from the original incarnation. Their music is often classified as metalcore, melodic death metal, or g ...

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band Jungle Rot. and

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band Liteyears. He has also played for bands associated with

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, etc.

Biography

Muha grew up in a small beach town in

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named

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. He started playing drums around the age of 14 and has been playing in bands ever since. He initially started playing with his older brother, Willie, and has since moved on to different bands. He was taught by his local drum teacher, Adam Reid, for a brief period and then continued on his own. He has been recognized as covering a wide variety of genres and styles of drumming.

History

Muha played with the band Our Lady of Bloodshed from 2009 through 2014. From 2011 through 2014 he played with

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progressive death metal band OPTICS, recording on their self-released self-titled EP in 2011. Muha got his first taste of U.S. touring while playing drums with

artist Farewell to Freeway during their 2011 U.S. tour. In 2012 Muha joined

death metal band

. During this time he also played with

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metalcore band Cynicist, appearing in their 2013 music video for "Ashes Remain," and filling in throughout their 2014 East coast tour. In June 2015 Muha announced that he would leave Threat Signal to join the ranks of

death metal artist Jungle Rot full-time, immediately after which the band began recording their Eighth studio album, Order Shall Prevail, featuring Muha on the drums. Muha spent the summer of 2015 playing with Jungle Rot on the

stage for the entirety of the 2015 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. In August 2015, Muha announced his departure from Jungle Rot. Muha has since returned to playing with Threat Signal, as well as with

Sumo Cyco Sumo Cyco is a Canadian rock music, rock band from Hamilton, Ontario, consisting of lead vocalist Skye Sweetnam, guitarist Matt Drake, bassist Oscar Anesetti, and drummer Joey Muha. The band emerged as a punk-metal act in 2011 and has since rele ...

Muha's equipment

Muha is currently endorsed by

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Drumsticks, MEElectronics, Protection Racket, Gibraltar Hardware and Sabian Cymbals. He uses Yamaha Drums,

Drumsticks, Sabian Cymbals, Trick Pedals, Gibraltar Hardware, MEEaudio monitors and Yamaha electronics.

Current tour kit

*Drums Yamaha Recording Custom Series Kit **10"X9" Tom **12"x10" Tom **16"x14" Floor Tom **18"x16" Floor Tom **22"x18" Bass Drum **14"x5.5" Snare Drum *Cymbals Sabian and Zildjian **14" Sabian HHX Stage Hi Hats **16" Sabian HHX Stage Crash **17" Sabian HHXplosion Crash **18" Sabian AAX Chinese **18" Sabian AAX Chinese Brilliant **19" Sabian AAX Dark Crash **20" Zildjian Scimitar Ride *Drumheads – Evans **Toms: EC2 Clear **Bass: EMAD **Snare: Genera HD-Dry batter – Hazy 300 Clear resonant *Other **

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TD-3 Electronic Percussion Module and RT-10 trigger **Trick Dominator Pedals **

X5BN American Hickory drumsticks **MEEaudio M6 PRO monitors

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Muha, Joey Canadian male drummers 1992 births Living people 21st-century Canadian drummers 21st-century Canadian male musicians People from Norfolk County, Ontario