Brooks Wackerman

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Brooks Wackerman (born Tuesday, February 15, 1977) is the newest drummer for Bad Religion and the younger brother of Chad Wackerman (a session drummer who once played with Frank Zappa). He played under the direction of his father Chuck Wackerman in the Los Alamitos High School Jazz Band from 1991 to 1995 and also in middle school. He learned how to play at a very young age and demonstrated his skill in early bands, most notably with Bad4Good and when he became the drummer for Infectious Grooves. This later led to becoming the drummer for Suicidal Tendencies from circa 1997 to 2001.

Wackerman played drums for the Vandals album, Look What I Almost Stepped In... (released in 2000). He is the first-choice substitute for Vandals drummer Josh Freese, due to Freese's commitments with groups such as A Perfect Circle and Devo, to name a few.

In 2001, he became the latest drummer of Bad Religion by replacing Bobby Schayer due to an injury. He has appeared on The Process of Belief, The Empire Strikes First and their latest album New Maps of Hell.

Wackerman is also the frontman for Hot Potty.

He is currently drumming on Tenacious D's 2006-07 Tour.

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Discography
Bad Religion
Greg Graffin \| Brett Gurewitz \| Greg Hetson \| Brian Baker \| Jay Bentley \| Brooks Wackerman
Past members: Paul Dedona \| Tim Gallegos \| Jay Ziskrout \| Davy Goldman \| John Albert \| Lucky Lehrer \| Pete Finestone \| Bobby Schayer
Full-lengths: How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (1982) \| Into the Unknown (1983) \| Suffer (1988) \| No Control (1989) \| Against the Grain (1990) \| Generator (1992) \| Recipe for Hate (1993) \| Stranger Than Fiction (1994) \| The Gray Race (1996) \| No Substance (1998) \| The New America (2000) \| The Process of Belief (2002) \| The Empire Strikes First (2004) \| New Maps of Hell (2007)
EPs: Bad Religion (1981) \| Public Service (1981) \| Back to the Known (1984)
Live and compilation albums: 80-85 (1991) \| All Ages (1995) \| Tested (1997) \| Punk Rock Songs (2002)
Videos and DVDs: Along the Way (1992) \| Live at the Palladium (2006)
Concert Tours
Early Shows (1980-85) \| Suffer Tour (1988-89) \| No Control Tour (1989-90) \| Against the Grain Tour (1990-91) \| Generator Tour (1992) \| Recipe for Hate Tour (1993-94) \| Stranger Than Fiction Tour (1994-95) \| The Gray Race Tour (1996-97) \| No Substance Tour (1998-99) \| The New America Tour (2000-01) \| The Process of Belief Tour (2002-03) \| The Empire Strikes First Tour (2004-06)
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Mike Clark \| Dean Pleasants \| Ron Brunner, Jr. \| Steve Brunner
Former members: Mike Dunnigan \| Mike Ball \| Grant Estes \| Jon Nelson \| Rocky George \| Andrew Evans \| Louiche Mayorga \| Bob Heathcote \| Robert Trujillo \| Josh Paul \| Sean Dunnigan \| Amery Smith \| R. J. Herrera \| Jimmy DeGrasso \| Brooks Wackerman
Albums and EPs: Suicidal Tendencies \| Join the Army \| How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today \| Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu \| Lights...Camera...Revolution! \| Art of Rebellion \| Still Cyco After All These Years \| Suicidal for Life \| Six the Hard Way (EP) \| Freedumb \| Free Your Soul and Save My Mind
Compilations: F.N.G. \| Prime Cuts
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