Myles Heskett
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Myles Heskett (born November 21, 1977) is the drummer for Australian rock band Wolfmother.
Heskett grew up in Sydney's Northern Beaches, attending Barrenjoey High School. His mother was a primary school principal and his father, who died in 2004, was an artist. His sister, Corinne, studied costume at NIDA.
Prior to being in Wolfmother, he was a graphic artist, and designed the cover art for the band's first EP.
With Andrew Stockdale, Myles Heskett accepted Wolfmother's Grammy award for Best Hard Rock Performance (for the song "Woman") at the forty ninth annual Grammy awards ceremony in Los Angeles, 2007.
He endorses Ludwig drums and Zildjian cymbals.
[edit] Style of playing
Heskett's playing seems to directly follow, and at some times improvise upon, the rhythm laid out by Ross & Stockdale. Often in Wolfmother songs, Heskett will switch from a triplet orientation, to a typical quarter note or eighth note pattern, depending on what Ross and Stockdale are playing. This can be seen particularly well in the song "Joker & the Thief", in which a triplet oriented intro leads the quarter note oriented first verse, allowing for Heskett to switch between triplet fills, and a quarter note beat for the verses. The chorus of the song also features a triplet guitar rhythm backed by Heskett's own triplet orientated playing during the chorus. This type of playing can also be seen in other Wolfmother songs.
| Wolfmother |
| Andrew Stockdale | Chris Ross | Myles Heskett |
| Discography |
|---|
| Albums and EPs: Wolfmother (EP) | Wolfmother | Dimensions (EP) |
| Singles: "Mind's Eye" | "White Unicorn" | "Dimension" | "Woman" | "Love Train" | "Joker and the Thief" |
| Related content |
| ARIA Music Awards | Jackass: Number Two | Modular Recordings |
| Category:Wolfmother |
