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drummer Ray Luzier and then Steel Prophet in 1996 with whom he recorded one album a year later. Subsequently he joined Face to Face, Saves the Day and

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, where he was a member from 2007 to 2021 and served as the band's second longest-serving drummer, behind Ron Welty. Parada was also associated with the metal band

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's solo project Halford, and briefly played drums in the punk band

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. He has also toured with

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. Parada joined YouTuber Tim Pool's band Timcast for their songs "Only Ever Wanted" and "Genocide" and in 2023 co-founded the band the Defiant.

Career

Face to Face

After auditioning 25 different drummers to replace Rob Kurth, Parada officially joined Face to Face in 1998. He was present on four albums with the band: '' Ignorance Is Bliss'', '' Standards & Practices'' (both released in 1999), ''

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'' (2000) and '' How to Ruin Everything'' (2002).

Saves the Day

Prior to Face to Face's break up, Parada joined Saves the Day in 2002 to replace former drummer Bryan Newman. He recorded two of the band's albums, ''

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'' and '' Sound the Alarm''. He also recorded "Bug sessions volume one", the first in a series of releases containing acoustic versions of their songs. On March 28, 2007, Parada left the band.

The Offspring

On July 27, 2007,

introduced Parada as the band's new drummer, replacing Atom Willard, who had departed to focus on

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filled in as drummer in the studio for then-upcoming Offspring album, '' Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace'', as Parada had not been chosen yet as Willard's replacement. Parada did not record due to contract issues but did tour with the Offspring in support of that album. In June 2009, The Offspring guitarist

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told Billboard.com that the Offspring were planning to release a ninth album in 2010, and noted that Parada would be involved in the recording process. Titled '' Days Go By'', the album was eventually released on June 26, 2012. He became the first official Offspring drummer to play on an Offspring album since Ron Welty in 2000 ('' Conspiracy of One''). Parada only played on four tracks on that album (" Turning into You","Dirty Magic", "Dividing by Zero" and "Slim Pickens Does the Right Thing and Rides the Bomb to Hell"), while

played on the rest. According to Holland, Freese played on the majority of tracks due to him living in California other than Parada who was also busy with some additional projects during the recording of ''Days Go By''. Parada appeared on ten out of twelve tracks on the band's next album '' Let the Bad Times Roll'' (2021). On August 2, 2021, Parada revealed on Twitter that he was being fired from the Offspring. He stated the reason for his firing was for declining to take a COVID-19 vaccine on the advice of his doctor, due to suffering from

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. In November 2021, vocalist Dexter Holland and guitarist Noodles detailed in an interview the "roadblocks" they kept running into when they looked into what it would take to tour with an unvaccinated member of the band, and they said the decision was taken "for the time being". Nevertheless, in his tweet of August 2021, Parada said he was deemed "unsafe to be around" not only on tour, but also in the recording studio. Parada was replaced on tour by Josh Freese and was officially replaced in 2023 by Brandon Pertzborn.

The Defiant

In March 2023, Parada co-founded the band The Defiant which is fronted by former

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singer Dicky Barrett and features Greg Camp of

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, Johnny Rioux of

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and Joey LaRocca of

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. The group originally planned to release their debut album in mid 2023. They later announced an October 27, 2023 release to streaming services Deezer, Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.

Selected discography

References

External links

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Pete Parada – BandToBand.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parada, Pete 1973 births American punk rock drummers American male drummers Living people The Offspring members People from Steuben County, New York Face to Face (punk band) members Jackson United members Halford (band) members Engine (American band) members Alkaline Trio members 20th-century American drummers 21st-century American drummers Saves the Day members Timcast people Drummers from New York (state)