Patrick Muzingo

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Name = Patrick Muzingo


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Origin = Eagle Rock, California, USA
Genre = Hard rock, heavy metal, Punk rock, Cowpunk
Years_active = 1983–present
Label = Geffen Records, Cargo Records, Cleopatra Records, MCA Records, 510 Records, Toxic Shock, Universal Music Group, Mystic Records, Smart Recordings, Split 7 Records, Side One Dummy, Heatslick Records, Rhino Records, Deadline Records, Insane Industries, BYO Records
Associated_acts = The Atoms, Saint Vitus Dance Band, Section 8/Americas Hardcore, Tourist, Decry, Shanghai, Pirates of Venus, Junkyard, Battery Club, Catfish, Suckerpunch, Speedbuggy USA
URL = http://amowebdesign.com/drums
Current_Bands = Junkyard
Speedbuggy
Past Bands = See Below
Notable_instruments = Drums

Patrick Muzingo started playing the drums at the age of 12. Hailing from Los Angeles, California he grew up with a supportive family that boasted other musicians. Growing up in the 1970s and 80's brought the drummer into some amazing situations. Looking back Muzingo experienced the 1st wave of Pool skating, was one of the original Eagle Rock ramp (featured in Thrasher, Trans World skate mag and others) crew, witnessed many genres of music in its infancy including the 1st wave of Punk rock and the late 80's signing spree of rock bands in Los Angeles. Muzingo reflects back (from a 2005 interview) on growing up during these important times- "Its funny, I used to skate with so many now famous skaters. I even entered contests where I beat a few skaters that are now multi millionaires. With the music thing I saw friends go from living with various girlfriends to owning huge houses and selling multi platinum releases. I was in some pretty cool situations. I got to grow up with many now successful/ famous people. Unfortunately I saw many talented people fall to dependencies that lead to their own demise."

Skateboarding was a passion of his 'til 1983 when he had to make the decision to either go the distance skating or make the commitment to play drums full time. He decided to go the route of a musician which proved to be the right one. From 1985 to late 1986 he decided to call San Francisco home and was playing with The Pirates of Venus which featured members of Decry, Verbal Abuse and Tales of Terror. The then "SF sound" was not "paying the bills" so he decided to split back to LA. Within 2 hours of his arrival back home he was called by Chris Gates fro the Big Boys and Poison 13 (which he had met touring through Texas with Decry back in 1984) to join a then up and coming 6 month old Junkyard. Muzingo was already a fan of Gates so it was a no brainer. [ [http://www.ddays-revenge.com/JunkyardInterview.html Junkyard Interview ] ]

From 1986 until the present he has recorded for Junkyard as well as MCA artists Suckerpunch, Sex Pistol Steve Jones and Country rockers Speedbuggy USA. There were many other acts that he sat in with but none released anything worth mentioning.

Current

Currently he is working as a web designer in California and playing drums part time with Speedbuggy [ [http://www.speedbuggycowpunk.com/ : : Speedbuggy : : ] ] and Junkyard [ [http://www.junkyardblooze.com/ junkyardblooze.com ] ] . In 2005 Muzingo rediscovered skateboarding again thanks to his daughter.

Some bands that Muzingo has played with

The Atoms [ [http://www.mygnr.com/members/izzy.html Biography - Izzy Stradlin ] ] Members included Guitarist Guns n' Roses guitarist Jeff Isbell aka Izzy Stradlin, D.F.L. vocalist Monty Messex, Lip Service owner Drew Bernstein on guitar, Singer/Songwriter Mike Martt. The band opened up for many acts such as the original Misfits, Social Distortion, T.S.O.L., D.O.A., etc.

S.V.D.B. Members included: Guitarist Vic Makauskas of Painted Willie and Vocalist Brandon Cruz currently of The Dead Kennedys. The group put out 4 releases on Mystic Records from 1980-1983

The Tourists BYO Compilation "Something to Believe in". Song- "Memories"
BYO Records 1983

Americas Hardcore/Section Eight Founded by Lip Service owner Drew Bernstein on Guitar. Various releases on Mystic records. All Mystic drum tracks were played by Muzingo. He was later replaced by good friend Aaron Glascock who was credited on most of the Mystic tracks.

Decry From 1983-1986 the band toured the US quite a few times and was featured on many radio shows such as Rodney on the Roq. Many bands opened for Decry such as Guns and Roses, L.A. Guns, Raw Power, Corrosion of Conformity, CH3 to name a few. In 1996 Cleopatra Records released a retrospective on the band. The Band is currently reformed with original singer Farrell Holtz. In 1990 original Decry bassist Todd Muscat (Kill for Thrills) joined Muzingo again as the bassist for Junkyard. [ [http://www.sleazegrinder.com/flashmetaldecry.htm flashmetaldecry ] ]

Shanghai Offshoot of Decry with original Symbol Six singer Eric Leach. Band worked extensively with Kim Fowley in 1987.

The Pirates of Venus Featured vocalist "Rats Ass" from punk legends Tales of Terror and guitarist Joie Mastrokalos from Verbal Abuse, Circle of Soul and Duff McKagan's solo band.

Battery Club Formed band with MTV V.J. Riki Rachtman

The Rhythm Slaves Formed with guitarist Brian Forsythe from KIX and Rhino Bucket [ [http://www.brianforsythe.com/bio.shtml Brian Forsythe - Bio - from Kix to Rhino Bucket and All the Bands In Between ] ] and bassist of Faster Pussycat.

Catfish Offshoot of The Rhythm Slaves with Brian Forsythe from KIX and Rail (singer) of Liars Inc.

High City Miles/Suckerpunch "Suckerpunch" was released in 1996 on 510/MCA records. The Band did spot touring with Cheap Trick, Bad Religion and US Bombs. Imprint label (510 records) folded in 1997. Band featured former members of Broken Glass and The Cult and current guitarist of Junkyard. Suckerpunch has also featured on many TV shows.

Smack/The Wyndham Stalls Band was featured on Howard Stern radio show before splitting up in early 2004.

Speedbuggy USA Too many releases to quote here. Extensive world tours for the last 8 years. In Dec. of 2007 Speedbuggy added a new drummer to their lineup, unbenounced to Muzingo. See bands website for more info [http://www.speedbuggyusa.com]

Junkyard The band existed between the years 1986-1992. Many tours of the USA and England headlining and opening up for the likes of Lynrd Skynyrd, The Almighty, The Black Crowes, The Supersuckers, Guns 'n Roses, Soul Asylum, Danzig, Social Distortion, Janes Addiction and many many more. [ [http://www.sleazeroxx.com/vault/1990jun.shtml Sleaze Roxx: Junkyard: Getting Ugly With Junkyard ] ] , [ [http://www.sleazegrinder.com/flashmetaljunkyard.htm flashmetaljunkyard ] ] , [ [http://www.sleazeroxx.com/bands/junkyard/junkyard.shtml Sleaze Roxx: Junkyard ] ] , [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRy9RLcoaSk YouTube - Junkyard - Simple Man ] ]

Junkyard disbanded in late 1992 only to reform again in 1999 to do a 5 city tour of Japan. Since 1999 they have done sporadic shows including the Serie Z Spanish music festival in mid 2003 and have released a live cd and a 6 song ep of new material. The band is currently scheduled for a dozen or so shows in the US and Spain for 2008 and 2009.

Current and Past Members of Junkyard included:
Brian Baker - formerly of Minor Threat, now with Bad Religion
Chris Gates- formerly of The Big Boys and Poison 13. The debut release on Geffen should be certified platinum by the end of 2009.

References

External links

*http://www.speedbuggyusa.com
*http://www.junkyardblooze.com
*http://www.myspace.com/junkyard
*http://www.sleazeroxx.com/bands/junkyard/junk.shtml