Josiah Wolf is a drummer and vocalist from

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. He is best known as the drummer, percussionist, and backing vocalist of the indie rock band Why?, of which his brother

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is the lead vocalist.

History

Josiah Wolf has been a member of Why? since 2005. His solo debut album, ''

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'', was released on

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in 2010. He toured the United States in promotion of the album.

Discography

Albums

* ''

'' (2010)

EPs

* ''The Josiah EP'' (2003)

Why?

* ''

Elephant Eyelash ''Elephant Eyelash'' is the first studio album by American band Why?. It was released by Anticon on September 26, 2005. Prior to the formation of the band in 2004, Yoni Wolf had used "Why?" as his stage name for his solo work. The title refers t ...

'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' Eskimo Snow'' (2009) * ''

Mumps, Etc. ''Mumps, Etc.'' is the fourth studio album by American band Why?. It was released by Anticon in the United States on October 9, 2012 and by City Slang in Europe on October 8, 2012. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted aver ...

'' (2012) * '' Moh Lhean'' (2017)

Contributions

Clouddead Clouddead (styled as cLOUDDEAD) was an American experimental hip hop group, consisting of Doseone (Adam Drucker), Why? (Yoni Wolf) and Odd Nosdam (David Madson). The group's name came from a nonsensical knock-knock joke Drucker's sister told hi ...

- "JimmyBreeze" from ''

'' (2001) * Clouddead - "Dead Dogs Two" from '' Ten'' (2004) * Jel - "All Day Breakfast" from ''

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'' (2006)

References

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