Gene Trautmann (born 1966) is the drummer of Eagles of Death Metal and the former drummer for Queens of the Stone Age, and the Miracle Workers. Eagles of Death Metal (EofDM) is an American garage rock band formed by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. ... Queens of the Stone Age (QOTSA or simply Queens) are a hard rock band[4][1] from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. ... The Miracle Workers were a rock and roll band in the 1980s, who began as a garage rock revival band in Portland, Oregon and then moved to Los Angeles in 1986, upon which they incorporated more hard rock and alternative rock influences paralleling the grunge scene in Seattle. ...

Biography

Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Trautmann started playing along to records when he was 11 or 12. “The KISS Halloween special was sort of like that moment of clarity that told me I wanted to be involved and I had to do this for living,” he says. He began playing in punk bands in high school and eventually joined a group called the Miracle Workers, who were dedicated to reviving the first-generation punk of mid-’60s garage bands like the Sonics and the Count Five. After graduating in 1985 from Oregon Episcopal School, he followed the band to Los Angeles and played with it on several albums, in addition to touring the U.S. and Europe. Nickname: Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government  - Mayor Tom Potter Area  - City  145. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Main article: Secondary education High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory education. ... Miracle Workers is the name of a reality television show on ABC. It premiered on March 6, 2006. ... The term garage band has several meanings, all related in someway to music. ... This article is on the garage rock band The Sonics; see Seattle SuperSonics for the basketball team. ... The Count Five were a garage rock outfit from San José, California. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Oregon Episcopal School (also known as OES) is a private, coeducational college preparatory school in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ...

After Brant Bjork left Kyuss, Trautmann got the call from bandleader Josh Homme to come to the desert for an audition. Although he played with the group for two weeks, the gig eventually went to Alfredo Hernández, and Trautmann was heartbroken. Homme didn’t forget him, though; he called Trautmann again to play on half of 2000’s Rated R (Interscope), the second album by his new band, the Queens of the Stone Age, and Trautmann was a member of the touring group from June 1999 until September 2001. Brant Bjork is a drummer, producer, guitarist and one of the more notable figures in the stoner rock scene. ... This article is about the band Kyuss. ... Joshua (Josh) Homme (born May 17, 1973) is a United States musician from Palm Desert, California. ... Alfredo Hernández is an American drummer best known as a member of desert rock bands Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age. ... Rated R is a 2000 album by Queens of the Stone Age, containing a brief guest vocal by Rob Halford and the first appearence of former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan on a Queens of the Stone Age record. ... Queens of the Stone Age (QOTSA or simply Queens) are a hard rock band[4][1] from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. ...

Inspiration

Though he has always had wide-ranging tastes as a listener, Trautmann is particularly inspired as a musician by some of his stoner rock forebears. “To be honest, I listen a lot to what Brant Bjork has done, and also to what Alfredo Hernández has done,” he says. “Part of that is due to the fact that they worked with Josh, and what they did was really great. My main thing that I listen to what Brant Bjork does and what I aspire to is his right hand and the 16th notes on the ride cymbal — filling up the empty spaces with a shimmering cymbal sound. Conversely, stylistically, I really love the English rock drummers from the ’70s, like John Bonham and Mitch Mitchell. They were like jazz-trained guys playing in a rock medium with a lot of more finesse in their chops and the ability to do more subtle things. I guess that’s where my own path is more divergent from the straight-ahead thing. Stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music. ... Brant Bjork is a drummer, producer, guitarist and one of the more notable figures in the stoner rock scene. ... A Zildjian 22 Z Custom Power Ride A ride cymbal is a type of cymbal that is a standard part of most drum kits. ... For the Japanese rock band, see Cymbals (band). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century. ...

Style

The Queens are more melodic and more drone-oriented than Kyuss, and Homme drives his musicians hard to hit the limits of their creativity. “I like that,” Trautmann says. “I don’t want to be in a band where we get to rest on our laurels or where it becomes a formula, because then it becomes boring and my playing ultimately becomes boring. Basically, this is the best gig I’ve ever had. I love what I do with them, we travel extensively, and we tend to have a pretty grueling tour schedule—we play almost every day. It’s what I’ve always strived to do, and I get to do that now, and being involved in the recording process with them is better than anything I’ve done in the past.” It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Rock and roll. ... This article is about the band Kyuss. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music Musicians can be classified by their role in creating or performing music: A singer (or vocalist) uses his or her voice as an instrument. ... Historical records of events have been made for thousands of years in one form or another. ...