- Racci Shay
Infobox Musical artist | Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | Instrument =
Drum
Name = Racci "Sketchy" Shay
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Born =December 4, 1973
Home =LaGrange, Georgia
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Genre = Rock, Punk, Industrial
Associated_acts =Synical ,Genitorturers , Dope, Wednesday 13
Years_active = 1989 - present
URL =Racci Shay (born Racci Shay Hart in
LaGrange, Georgia ) is an American rockdrummer . He is most famous for his involvement with theGenitorturers , Dope, and most recently, Wednesday 13. He has been featured in the "Vic Firth Artist Spotlight", featuring an interview taken with him, at a live show with Wednesday 13 in NYC.Musical career
Racci has played in several bands starting with Shok L'amour in 1992 and then
Synical until 1997 when he joined theGenitorturers . In 2001 Racci left theGenitorturers (replaced by Angel) to join the industrial group Dope. He stayed with Dope until 2005 (again replaced by Angel) when he quit. He then joinedWednesday 13 's new band along with fellowSynical memberEric Griffin . Recently he has parted ways with Wednesday 13 following his alcohol problems sparked by his father's death towards the end of a mid-October 2007 tour. In the following months, Racci made it public on his myspace page why he had dropped out of Wednesday's tour support, as the details of the matter had been unknown until then. He went on to state that he has given up alcohol. He is currently looking to join an already established band and get back to touring.Since he was with Dope Racci has played Pearl drums, commonly with a two bass drum configuration. He used to play with Alchemy cymbals but currently uses
Zildjian . His most recent configuration is unique in that he uses three floor toms arranged in the fashion of traditional toms. To facilitate this he uses a left-footed double pedal to position his bass drum by his hi-hat, enabling him to continue playing right-footed. He also usesVic Firth Metal sticks.Pearl MMX Masters series drums (numerous finishes have been seen)
2x 24x18" bass drum
14x14" floor tom
16x16" floor tom
18x16" floor tom
14x12" marching snare drum
Trivia
* Racci is married
* He has at least 4 piercings, including 2 in his right nostril and two in his right ear
* Racci is also known as "Dr.Sketchy"
* In 2005 he quit Dope
* For 6 months Racci Played Bass for the band Dope
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