Paul Michael Berryman is an Australian musician who played
drums
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for
alternative rock
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ers,
the Superjesus
The Superjesus are an Australian rock band formed in Adelaide in late 1994. Their debut album, ''Sumo'' (February 1998), peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart, their second album, ''Jet Age'' (October 2000) reached No. 5 and their ...
(1994–2004, 2013–16),
and
Faker (2003–08).
Nathan Hudson of Faker explained why Berryman had replaced founding drummer Andrew Day, "We could record something that would get people interested, but people would come to see us and go, 'Well, it's not convincing, it's not the band I heard on record'. When
errymanjoined, the musical bar was lifted and it became more about the music and the songs."
He was later a member of Miss Mandaband and then Vicious. After his second stint with
the Superjesus
The Superjesus are an Australian rock band formed in Adelaide in late 1994. Their debut album, ''Sumo'' (February 1998), peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart, their second album, ''Jet Age'' (October 2000) reached No. 5 and their ...
, Berryman relocated to the United States in April 2016.
References
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20th-century Australian musicians
21st-century Australian musicians
Alternative rock drummers
Australian rock drummers
Faker (band)
Living people
Male drummers
The Superjesus members
Year of birth missing (living people)