Devin Lebsack is an American drummer based in

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Career

Lebsack moved to Los Angeles after graduating with a Bachelor's in Professional Music from

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in 2001. As a co-founding member of the progressive rock band Velveteen, he recorded their first record "Brothers in Arms", but left shortly afterwards to begin work as a freelance musician. His first break came with the band (həd) p.e. in 2006. He joined the band for the

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world tour, and also recorded

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, their second release on Suburban Noize Records. During his tenure with (həd) p.e., he also appeared on ''Make It a Double'' for label mates

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, as well as OPM's Golden State of Mind. While touring in Europe with (həd) p.e., Lebsack became friends with

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, singer of the French band Sikh. The two would later go on to be members of the bands Overly Green, Censura! and Supermanic. During this time, Lebsack met producer

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, who hired him for the recording of ''Blood of my Enemies'', the debut album from Evan Seinfeld's band Attika 7. As a brief member of Attika 7, Devin appeared on the Discovery Channel TV show, “Devils Ride”. More recently, Lebsack has recorded and toured with a range of artists, including

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, White Wizzard and Voodoo KungFu. His latest work is with producer Ben Grosse on Voodoo KungFu's first U.S. release, ''Celestial Burial''.

Credits

Equipment

Evans

Vater

References

External links

Official Website of Devin Lebsack
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