Dominic Howard
Dominic Howard performing with Muse at the Mod Club Theatre, Toronto in 2004
Background information
Birth name	Dominic James Howard
Born	December 7, 1977 (1977-12-07) (age 29) Stockport, England
Genre(s)	Alternative Rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Drums
Years active	1988 - present
Associated acts	Muse

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Biography

Dominic was born in Stockport, not far from Manchester, in England. When he was around 8 years old he moved with his family to Teignmouth, a small town in Devon. He began playing drums at about the age of 11, when he was inspired by a jazz band performing at school. Stockport is a large town in the north west of England. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... Teignmouth sea front Teignmouth (IPA: ) is a town on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign in south Devon, England. ... “Devonshire” redirects here. ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century. ...

Dom's first band was named ...'Carnage Mayhem' ^{[citation needed]}, which he was in at school. Meanwhile, he befriended Matt Bellamy, who played guitar but didn't have a stable band. Not long after, Matt was faced with the chance of entering Dom's band. After two years of drop-outs, only Dom and Matt remained. Chris Wolstenholme then entered the scene, who played drums in Fixed Penalty, and with a great "spirit of sacrifice" he began to play bass. Matthew James Bellamy (born June 9, 1978 in Cambridge, England) is the lead singer, guitarist and pianist of rock group Muse. ... Christopher Wolstenholme (born Christopher Tony Wolstenholme, 2 December 1978, in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England) is the bassist for the rock band Muse. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is an electrically-amplified string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, or using a pick. ...

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In 2004, Dominic's father William came to watch Muse's performance at Glastonbury 2004, a concert which Matt Bellamy described as "the best gig of our lives" (Youtube 0:06)Just after their performance finished, William Howard collapsed from a heart attack and died. This pushed the band to the verge of breakup, but through support from his family and fellow band members, Dominic recovered, and Muse managed to continue their tour. shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury Festival or Glasto, is the largest [1] greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. ... Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ...

Style

Dominic is inspired by drummers like Stewart Copeland, Roger Taylor, Buddy Rich, Nick Mason, Tre Cool, Dave Grohl, and many more. Grohl can be outlined as a significant influence to Dominic. He has a wide taste in music - he is known to like Jimi Hendrix, Pavement, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Queen, dEUS, The Smashing Pumpkins, Primus, Rage Against the Machine, Green Day, and Nine Inch Nails. He is also left-handed, so his drumset is "reverse", arranged for his left-handedness. Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American musician. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Bernard Buddy Rich (September 30, 1917 Brooklyn, New York – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. ... Nicholas Berkeley Nick Mason (born January 27, 1944 in Birmingham, England) is the drummer for Pink Floyd. ... Tré Cool (Frank Edwin Wright III) (born December 9, 1972) is the percussionist for the rock group Green Day. ... David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio) is an American rock musician and songwriter. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Pavement was an American indie rock band in the 1990s. ... Radiohead are an English alternative rock band formed in Oxfordshire in 1986. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their avant-garde progressive rock music. ... Led Zeppelin were an English rock band who formed in 1968. ... Queen are an English rock band, formed in 1970 in London by Brian May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, with John Deacon joining the following year. ... dEUS is an indie rock band based in Antwerp, Belgium, currently consisting of Tom Barman (vocals and guitar), Klaas Janzoons (keyboards and violin), Stéphane Misseghers (drums), Alan Gevaert (bass) and Mauro Pawlowski (guitar and vocals). ... The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. ... Primus is a Grammy-nominated American rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s. ... Rage Against the Machine (a. ... Green Day is an American rock band band comprising three core members: Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, lead vocals), Mike Dirnt (bass, backing vocals) and Tré Cool (drums). ... “NIN” redirects here. ...

Equipment

Drum kits

Dom has an exclusivity contract with Tama. He has had several kits, many of which have been destroyed during performances. More recently he has famously used one of their transparent drum kits made from acrylic shells. Some of these drum sets include: Neil Pearts Tama Artstar drum kit Tama is a drum company owned by Hoshino Gakki Group. ...

• British racing green Starclassic Maple kit with chrome hardware.
• Brown fade Starclassic Maple kit with chrome hardware.
• Blue sparkle Starclassic Maple kit with chrome hardware (destroyed at the conclusion of the 2001 Origin of Symmetry / Dead Star/In Your World EP support tour, as seen on "Hullabaloo" DVD).
• Grey kit (unknown composition) with chrome hardware (as seen on the "Top Of the Pops" live performance and recording of Origin Of Symmetry). Its fate is unknown.
• Blue sparkle Starclassic Maple kit with chrome hardware (used during 2002 tour and Absolution recording). Its fate is unknown. At least one rack tom survived until 2003 as it was used at the Grouse Lodge sessions of the Absolution recordings.
• Silver sparkle Starclassic maple kit with chrome hardware (as seen in music videos for Hyper Music, Feeling Good, Plug In Baby and Dead Star).
• Custom chrome finished Starclassic Maple kit with black nickel hardware (as seen on the Absolution Tour DVD). At least four different instances of this kit have been acquired and subsequently destroyed by the band at the end of live shows, at the conclusion of the Earls Court 2004 performance, at the 2004 Glastonbury Festival and on two other occasions.
• Crystal ice (transparent) Starclassic Mirage kit with white nickel hardware. This kit is still in use.
• He has also played a Starclassic Bubinga kit.
• For recording he has used a blue DW kit.

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Drum sizes

• He previously used a 22x16" bass drum, 12x10" rack tom and 14x14" and 16x16" floor toms.
• His new chrome kits have a 22x18 bass drum, 12x8 rack tom, 14x12 and 16x13 floor toms with the last being a custom size.
• His newer still acrylic kits have a 24"x18" bass drum, 12"x8" rack tom, 14"x12" and 16"x14" floor toms. Also he uses a matching 14"x6" snare, a 20"x14" gong bass drum, and sometimes a 14"x6.5" Tama power metal snare. The rack tom, and bass drum are custom sizes.

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Snare drums

As well as alternating between using mainly Tama Starclassic Maple 14x6.5", to match his chrome kit and Ludwig LB417 Black Beauty 14x6.5" snare drums, he has a number of less prominent snares used for recording and video clips (for example the shallow snare used for recording Fury, the Starclassic Maple 14x5.5" that matched his silver sparkle kit used for the recording of Ruled By Secrecy, the brass snare in the Time Is Running Out video clip).

Cymbals

Dom uses a selection of Zildjian cymbals. Over the years his tastes in cymbals have changed - for example, on the Hullabaloo DVD he uses 13" A Custom Projection hi-hats, 8" A Custom splash, 11" FX Oriental "Trash" Splash, 18" and 19" A Custom Crashes, 18" FX Oriental China Trash and a 22" K Custom Ride, whereas more recent performances have seen the addition of a 20" FX Oriental Crash of Doom, hung above his hi-hats, and 14" K Custom Special Dry Hi-Hats replace - and contrast - the A Customs. Lately the A Custom splash has been changed out in favour of an 8" A Splash. He has discontinued using the Crash Of Doom as of the Black Holes period, and now uses a 22" K Custom Medium Ride in live situations (and for recording). The Zildjian logo as seen on the official website The Avedis Zildjian Company is the worlds largest manufacturer of cymbals. ... For the Japanese rock band, see Cymbals (band). ...

For recording he uses darker K or K Custom crashes while he often retains the brighter A Customs in live performances for their increased "cut" (Ks were used at Live 8).

Hardware

• He uses Tama Roadpro hardware.
• His drum stool is a Tama First Chair with back-rest.

Sticks

• He has used Zildjian Dennis Chambers signature series drumsticks, Shaw 5BN drumsticks and Promark 5BNs, as well as many others. Currently, he uses Vater's New Orleans Jazz sticks.

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Drum heads

As with most of his equipment Dom rarely sticks with any particular brand of drum head for very long. At Hullabaloo his toms have clear Remo Emperor batter heads while the Black Beauty snare has an Aquarian Hi-energy batter. His Ayotte kick has a Remo Powerstroke 3 batter and the Starclassic snare usually has either coated Emperor or coated Controlled Sound heads. Remo is the most prominent drumhead company in the United States, and their product is the most widely used. ...

External links

• Dominic Howard on MuseWiki
• A fansite dedicated to Dominic Howard