Elias Mallin (born March 23, 1981,

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, United States) is an American musician, who played drums for metal/post-hardcore band

Opiate for the Masses Opiate for the Masses was an American rock band from Los Angeles, California in 1999. History Opiate for the Masses was founded in 1999 by singer Ron Underwood, drummer Elias Mallin, guitarist/keyboardist Jim Kaufman, and guitarist Dustin Lyon. ...

from 1999 until 2005, a band which he had formed with fellow students of

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. He was one of the founding members of My Darling Murder, a metal band formed with friends Andy Gerold (former touring bassist for

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) and Tim Kelleher (former touring bassist for

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). My Darling Murder broke up in 2006, according to a statement released by the band itself, and in the fall of that year, Mallin joined

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on the road as their touring drummer. He has since mid-2007 been featured in interviews, photo shoots, and press as a full member of Kill Hannah. Although a full-time member in

, Mallin has also been performing as the live drummer for

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since her Spring 2010 appearance on

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. He also performed as the hired gun in

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from late 2009–2010 before joining Kesha forever. Mallin, Gerold, and Kelleher reformed My Darling Murder, with singer Jared Woosely. They recorded an EP with producer

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in early 2011. The Ep was never officially released. In 2012 Mallin joined platinum selling rock band

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for a short stint along with super group

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(led by James "Munky" Schaffer from Korn). Elias returned to

in late 2012. After Kesha's tour cycle for the Warrior album ended Mallin joined platinum selling pop duo

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in February 2014 while also recording drums for the new

album record (set for release in 2015 on Interscope Records). In 2015 and 2016 he continued playing with

and

while also playing/touring with Andrew Watt,

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, and others. In 2017 Mallin currently plays for

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and

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and is expected to continue touring with

Drum kit

Mallin plays a Tama kit. He has stated he was obsessed with playing a Tama kit when growing up. Currently on the road with Ke$ha, Elias uses a hybrid kit consisting of his Tama drums and Roland trigger pads. While on tour with Kill Hannah, Hollywood Undead, My Darling Murder, and any other act just a 5 piece Tama B/B kit is used; 10", 12", 16" toms, 22" bass drum, and 14" Bubinga or B/B snare. Elias sponsors Tama drums, Paiste cymbals, Vic Firth drum sticks, and Evans drum heads.

Influences

Elias experimented with many drumming styles, including fusion, afro Cuban, and metal. He has cited

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and especially drummer

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as strong influences on his playing style amongst Dave Elitch, Steve Gadd, and Chris Coleman.

Television appearances

Elias has performed on ''Saturday Night Live'', ''MTV EMAs'', ''X Factor'', ''American Idol'', ''Conan O'Brien'', "MTV Movie Awards", "Radio Disney Music Awards", ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', ''Carson Daly'', MTV Japanese ''VMAs'', ''The Today Show'', "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon", "The Billboard Awards", "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon", "Good Morning America", "The View", "Live With Kelly And Michael", "Kid's Choice Awards", "MTV World Stage", ''Steven's Untitled Rock Show'' on FUSE, amongst many other award shows, late night television (national and international), and specialty shows for MTV2, FUSE, MTVU and other national and international television programs.

References

External links

My Darling Murder

Kill Hannah

Kesha

Hollywood Undead

2013 Audio Interview with Elias Mallin from the podcast I'd Hit That

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