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Joseph William Castillo (born March 30, 1966) is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known for being the drummer of the
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band
Queens of the Stone Age Queens of the Stone Age (commonly abbreviated QOTSA) is an American Rock music, rock band formed in 1996 in Palm Desert, California. The band was founded by vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme, who has been the only constant member throughout mul ...
from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a member of Circle Jerks,
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and Zakk Sabbath, with former bands including Danzig, Wasted Youth,
Eagles of Death Metal Eagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998. Founded by Jesse Hughes (vocals, guitar) and Josh Homme (drums), the band also includes a wide range of other musicians who perform both on the band's ...
,
California Breed California Breed was an English-American hard rock band based in Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2013, the band was a supergroup composed of bassist and vocalist Glenn Hughes, guitarist Andrew Watt, and drummer Jason Bonham. Following the b ...
,
Sugartooth Sugartooth is an alternative rock band that was formed in the early 1990s. Timothy Michael Gruse (guitar), Josh Blum (bass), Dave Fortman (guitar) and Joey Castillo (drums) formed the group after meeting each other in the Southern California ba ...
,
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, and
Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts Scott Richard Weiland (; né Kline, October 27, 1967 – December 3, 2015) was an American singer and songwriter. During a career spanning three decades, Weiland was best known as the lead singer of the rock band Stone Temple Pilots from ...
. From 1994 to 2002, Castillo was the drummer of Danzig, recording three studio albums with the band before joining Queens of the Stone Age in 2002 to tour in support of their breakthrough album, ''
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''. He recorded two albums, ''
Lullabies to Paralyze ''Lullabies to Paralyze'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on March 22, 2005. The album debuted at #5 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and sold 97,000 copies in America during its first week of release, ...
'' (2005), '' Era Vulgaris'' (2007), and half of '' ...Like Clockwork'' (2013) before being fired by founding member Josh Homme during the process. Since leaving Queens of the Stone Age and Homme side project
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in 2012, Castillo joined California Breed, replacing founding member
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, joined
Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts Scott Richard Weiland (; né Kline, October 27, 1967 – December 3, 2015) was an American singer and songwriter. During a career spanning three decades, Weiland was best known as the lead singer of the rock band Stone Temple Pilots from ...
, touring with the band before the singer's death in 2015, and joined three groups with former Queens of the Stone Age bandmate
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: supergroups Bloodclot (with John Joseph of
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and Todd Youth, former Danzig and Murphy's Law guitarist), Royale Daemons (with
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), and historic punk band
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. Castillo also has joined
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-led
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cover band Zakk Sabbath.


Musical career

A native of Gardena, California, Castillo began playing drums at age 15, when his grandmother loaned him the money to buy a drum kit. His playing is influenced by
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, Al Green,
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, the
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, and Black Flag. He started off his drumming career by joining the Los Angeles punk band Wasted Youth in 1984. After recording two albums and several tours, he left Wasted Youth and joined
Sugartooth Sugartooth is an alternative rock band that was formed in the early 1990s. Timothy Michael Gruse (guitar), Josh Blum (bass), Dave Fortman (guitar) and Joey Castillo (drums) formed the group after meeting each other in the Southern California ba ...
in 1991. During the summer of 1994, he formed a short-lived punk rock band called Chronic Halitosis. They played punk covers of bands like
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and Black Flag. In 1994, Castillo left
Sugartooth Sugartooth is an alternative rock band that was formed in the early 1990s. Timothy Michael Gruse (guitar), Josh Blum (bass), Dave Fortman (guitar) and Joey Castillo (drums) formed the group after meeting each other in the Southern California ba ...
and joined Danzig, having turned down previous offers from Slayer and
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. He worked as Chuck Biscuit's drum tech circa '90-'93 and finally replaced him as live drummer on the '94 tours, following the release of
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. From that point on, he was (with exception for Glenn) the only constant Danzig member for almost ten years, performing all percussion duties on Blackacidevil (1996), Satan's Child (1999) and I Luciferi (2002). In 1996, he was featured on
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's solo album, and in 1998 he joined
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. He replaced
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's original drummer after his departure in 2001, but that was short lived when they split up shortly after. Castillo auditioned for Guns N' Roses in 1997, but did not join the band. In 2001 he did backing vocals and drums for some tracks on
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's album Songs From The Earth. Castillo joined Queens of the Stone Age without an audition, playing through half a song (Avon) at a last-minute rehearsal when frontman Josh Homme reportedly walked out of the room, and returned saying "I just fired the drummer. The tour starts tomorrow," offering Castillo the gig, for which he remained for 10 years. Castillo also played on side projects including Mark Lanegan's solo album
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Vol. 9 & 10 and
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's second and third albums ''
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'' (2006) & ''
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'' (2008), touring with the latter. After leaving QotSA in 2012, Castillo has had great demand as a session player, touring musician as well as becoming a proper band member in numerous projects, as aforementioned. Notably, on June 25, 2017, Castillo, along with
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, Mariqueen Maandig Reznor,
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appeared as "The Nine Inch Nails" in Episode 8 of Twin Peaks: The Return on
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, performing an alternate live rendition of the song "She's Gone Away" which previously appeared on Nine Inch Nails' 2016 album "
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" In 2018, Joey joined The Bronx, after founding member Jorma Vik left to play with Castillo's former band Eagles of Death Metal. The following year, he toured in a session capacity with
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. In July 2021,
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band Circle Jerks announced that Castillo would be their new drummer and he would join them on their reunion tour to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their 1980 album, '' Group Sex''. The tour was originally announced in 2019 and planned for 2020 however it was postponed until 2021 due to the
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.


Personal life

Castillo currently resides in
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with his three children and his wife.


Equipment

Castillo currently uses
Tama drums Tama Drums, (from Japanese: (Kanji), (Kana), read as ) is a brand of drum kits and hardware manufactured and marketed by the Japanese musical instrument company, Hoshino Gakki. Tama's research and development of products, along with produc ...
, pedals and hardware,
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cymbals, Vater sticks and LP equipment. In 2018, he switched back to Tama after over ten years with
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's
Drum Workshop Drum Workshop, Inc. (also known as DW Drums or DW) is an American drum kit and hardware manufacturing company based in Oxnard, California. Current products by DW include drum sets, snare drums, and hardware. History Drum Workshop was founded ...
and five years with San Pedro's Q Drum Co. Pre-QOTSA he was known to use
Tama drums Tama Drums, (from Japanese: (Kanji), (Kana), read as ) is a brand of drum kits and hardware manufactured and marketed by the Japanese musical instrument company, Hoshino Gakki. Tama's research and development of products, along with produc ...
,
Paiste Paiste (English pronunciation: , ) is a Swiss musical instrument manufacturing company. It is the world's third largest manufacturer of cymbals, gongs, and metal percussion. is an Estonian word that means "shine". Apart from cymbals and gong ...
cymbals and Easton sticks. Castillo is famous for his use of the LP
Jam block A jam block is a percussion instrument developed as a modern, hard plastic version of the woodblock. They are popularly used for their durability when compared to the traditional woodblock. They were created by Martin Cohen, founder of Latin Per ...
. The tone of the jam block appears solo at the outset of the Queens of the Stone Age single " Little Sister" from the album ''
Lullabies to Paralyze ''Lullabies to Paralyze'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on March 22, 2005. The album debuted at #5 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and sold 97,000 copies in America during its first week of release, ...
'', Castillo's first studio album with the band. Castillo also has two drumkits which belonged to
Chuck Biscuits Chuck Biscuits (born Charles Montgomery on April 17, 1965) is a Canadian drummer best known for his work in several punk rock bands. Biscuits was a member of D.O.A. from 1978 to 1982, playing on the band's first two albums before briefly join ...
and considers them his most prized possessions.


2018-Present

Tama Star Maple Drums (Gloss Natural Curly Maple Finh) *26"x14" Bass Drum *15"x12" Rack Tom *20"x18" Floor Tom *14"x8" Q Drum Co. Aluminum Plate Snare Tama Hardware *Tama HC52F "The Classic Stand" (3x) *Tama HH915D Speed Cobra 910 Hi-Hat Stand or HH55F "The Classic" *Tama HP910LN Speed Cobra 910 single pedal
Zildjian :''Zildjian leads here. For people with the surname, see Zildjian (disambiguation)'' The Avedis Zildjian Company, simply known as Zildjian (), is a musical instrument manufacturer specializing in cymbals and other percussion instruments. Founded ...
Cymbals *15" K Sweet Hi-Hats *20" K Dark Crash Thin *24" Z Heavy Power Ride *21" K Crash/Ride Vater “ROCK” Drumsticks
Remo Remo Inc. is an American musical instruments manufacturing company based in Valencia, California, and founded by Remo Belli in 1957. Products manufactured include drum kits, drumhead A drumhead or drum skin is a membrane stretched ov ...
Drumheads *Snare - Emperor X *Toms - Coated Emperors (Batter) / Clear Ambassadors (Resonant) *Bass - Coated Powerstroke P3 (Batter) / Smooth White and Ebony Powerstroke P3s (Resonant) Castillo has also been seen using Ebony Pinstripes and clear Controlled Sounds on his toms.


2013-2018

Q Drum Co drums (Clear seamless Acrylic or Black Stain Mahogany) *26"x14" Bass Drum *14"x10" Rack Tom *18"x16" Floor Tom *14"x8" Aluminum Plate Snare DW Hardware *DW 6710 straight cymbal stands (3x) *DW 5000 Hi-Hat Stand *DW 9000 bass pedal
Zildjian :''Zildjian leads here. For people with the surname, see Zildjian (disambiguation)'' The Avedis Zildjian Company, simply known as Zildjian (), is a musical instrument manufacturer specializing in cymbals and other percussion instruments. Founded ...
Cymbals *Zildjian 24-inch K Light ride *Zildjian 21-inch K Crash Ride *Zildjian 20-inch K Crash *Zildjian 16-inch K Light Hi Hats Vater Sticks *Vater Rock, Power 5B and Power 3A
Remo Remo Inc. is an American musical instruments manufacturing company based in Valencia, California, and founded by Remo Belli in 1957. Products manufactured include drum kits, drumhead A drumhead or drum skin is a membrane stretched ov ...
Heads *Snare: Remo Emperor X *Toms: Remo Clear Emperor's *Bass: Remo Clear Powerstroke III with Falam Slam


QOTSA Era Gear (2002–2012)


Reissue tours equipment (2010–2012)

DW Drums Jazz Series (Silver Sparkle) *24"x16" Bass Drum *14"x10" Mounted Tom *16"x16" Floor Tom (not used in 2011) *18"x16" Floor Tom *14"x8" Steel Sonor Snare formerly owned by
Chuck Biscuits Chuck Biscuits (born Charles Montgomery on April 17, 1965) is a Canadian drummer best known for his work in several punk rock bands. Biscuits was a member of D.O.A. from 1978 to 1982, playing on the band's first two albums before briefly join ...
DW Hardware *DW 6710 straight cymbal stands (x3) *DW 6500 Hi-Hat Stand *DW 9300 Snare Stand (x2) *DW 9000 Bass Drum Pedal *DW 9100AL Airlift throne
Zildjian :''Zildjian leads here. For people with the surname, see Zildjian (disambiguation)'' The Avedis Zildjian Company, simply known as Zildjian (), is a musical instrument manufacturer specializing in cymbals and other percussion instruments. Founded ...
Cymbals *Zildjian 24" A Medium Ride (2010) 24-inch K Light ride (2011) *Zildjian 21" K Crash Ride *Zildjian 19" K Custom Hybrid crash *Zildjian 14.25" K Custom Hybrid Hi-Hats
Vic Firth Everett Joseph "Vic" Firth (June 2, 1930 – July 26, 2015) was an American musician and the founder of Vic Firth Company (formerly Vic Firth, Inc.), a company that makes percussion mallet, percussion sticks and mallets. Biography Vic Firt ...
Sticks *Vic Firth Extreme 5B sticks
Remo Remo Inc. is an American musical instruments manufacturing company based in Valencia, California, and founded by Remo Belli in 1957. Products manufactured include drum kits, drumhead A drumhead or drum skin is a membrane stretched ov ...
Heads *Snare: Remo Controlled Sound Clear *Toms: Remo Controlled Sound *Bass: Remo Clear Powerstroke III with Falam Slam
Latin Percussion {{for, the company, Latin Percussion Latin percussion is a family of percussion, membranophone, lamellophone and idiophone instruments used in Latin music. Instruments Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican styles Folkloric and Santeria * Trap drums * Abakua ...
*LP160 Cyclops Tambourine Brass and Steel (as configured below) *LP1208-K Stealth Jam Block *LP Matador Wood Bongos Black/Chrome


Heart On (Eagles of Death Metal) tour equipment (2008–2012)

DW Drums Classic Series (Brown to Black Duco) *22"x14" Bass Drum *16x16" Floor Tom *14"x8" Steel Sonor Snare formerly owned by
Chuck Biscuits Chuck Biscuits (born Charles Montgomery on April 17, 1965) is a Canadian drummer best known for his work in several punk rock bands. Biscuits was a member of D.O.A. from 1978 to 1982, playing on the band's first two albums before briefly join ...
DW Hardware *DW 6710 straight cymbal stands (x3) *DW 6500 Hi-Hat Stand *DW 9300 Snare Stand *DW 9000 Bass Drum Pedal *DW 9100AL Airlift throne
Zildjian :''Zildjian leads here. For people with the surname, see Zildjian (disambiguation)'' The Avedis Zildjian Company, simply known as Zildjian (), is a musical instrument manufacturer specializing in cymbals and other percussion instruments. Founded ...
Cymbals *Zildjian 16" Oriental China *Zildjian 15" A Crash *Zildjian 14" New Beat Hi-Hats
Vic Firth Everett Joseph "Vic" Firth (June 2, 1930 – July 26, 2015) was an American musician and the founder of Vic Firth Company (formerly Vic Firth, Inc.), a company that makes percussion mallet, percussion sticks and mallets. Biography Vic Firt ...
Sticks *Vic Firth Extreme 5B sticks
Remo Remo Inc. is an American musical instruments manufacturing company based in Valencia, California, and founded by Remo Belli in 1957. Products manufactured include drum kits, drumhead A drumhead or drum skin is a membrane stretched ov ...
Heads *Snare: Remo Controlled Sound Clear *Toms: Remo Controlled Sound *Bass: Remo Clear Powerstroke III with Falam Slam
Latin Percussion {{for, the company, Latin Percussion Latin percussion is a family of percussion, membranophone, lamellophone and idiophone instruments used in Latin music. Instruments Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican styles Folkloric and Santeria * Trap drums * Abakua ...
*LP160 Cyclops Tambourine Steel (on hi-hat) and Brass (bass drum mounted) *LP1207 Jam Block (on stand)


Era Vulgaris tour equipment (2007–2008)

Castillo used larger sized tom drums than ever before, while moving to a smaller bass drum, the opposite of the ''Lullabies''-era configuration. He continued using
Vic Firth Everett Joseph "Vic" Firth (June 2, 1930 – July 26, 2015) was an American musician and the founder of Vic Firth Company (formerly Vic Firth, Inc.), a company that makes percussion mallet, percussion sticks and mallets. Biography Vic Firt ...
sticks, DW drums with OCDP clear acrylic shells, DW pedals and hardware, but switched from using
Paiste Paiste (English pronunciation: , ) is a Swiss musical instrument manufacturing company. It is the world's third largest manufacturer of cymbals, gongs, and metal percussion. is an Estonian word that means "shine". Apart from cymbals and gong ...
to
Zildjian :''Zildjian leads here. For people with the surname, see Zildjian (disambiguation)'' The Avedis Zildjian Company, simply known as Zildjian (), is a musical instrument manufacturer specializing in cymbals and other percussion instruments. Founded ...
cymbals. DW Drums *22"x18" Bass Drum with rail consolette cymbal mount for Cup Chime *14"x12" Mounted Concert Tom *18"x16" Floor Concert Tom *14"x6.5" Cast Bronze Snare with wood top hoop DW Hardware *5000TD Delta3 Turbo Single Bass Drum Pedal, 9000 Series Pedal (2008) *5500TD Delta Turbo Hi-Hat Stand *9300 Snare Drum Stand (x2) *6710 Straight Cymbal Stand (x3) *9101 Low Drum Throne
Vic Firth Everett Joseph "Vic" Firth (June 2, 1930 – July 26, 2015) was an American musician and the founder of Vic Firth Company (formerly Vic Firth, Inc.), a company that makes percussion mallet, percussion sticks and mallets. Biography Vic Firt ...
Sticks *Vic Firth American Classic Series X5A & X5B
Zildjian :''Zildjian leads here. For people with the surname, see Zildjian (disambiguation)'' The Avedis Zildjian Company, simply known as Zildjian (), is a musical instrument manufacturer specializing in cymbals and other percussion instruments. Founded ...
Cymbals *13.25" (early 2007), 14.25" Zildjian K Custom Hybrid Hi-Hats *17" Zildjian K Custom Hybrid Crash (early 2007), 19" K Custom Hybrid Crash *24" Zildjian K Light Ride *18" Zildjian K Crash Ride (early 2007), 21" K Prototype Crash *18" Zildjian K China (on song for song basis) *13" Paiste Mega Cup Chime (2007)
Remo Remo Inc. is an American musical instruments manufacturing company based in Valencia, California, and founded by Remo Belli in 1957. Products manufactured include drum kits, drumhead A drumhead or drum skin is a membrane stretched ov ...
Heads *Snare: Remo Emperor X (2007), Remo Clear Controlled Sound (2008) *Toms: Remo Controlled Sound *Bass: Remo Controlled Sound with Falam Slam
Latin Percussion {{for, the company, Latin Percussion Latin percussion is a family of percussion, membranophone, lamellophone and idiophone instruments used in Latin music. Instruments Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican styles Folkloric and Santeria * Trap drums * Abakua ...
*LP160 Cyclops Tambourine Brass and Steel (as configured below) *LP1207 Stealth Jam Block (Black) Additional Joey also used
Rtom Moongel is a translucent blue, sticky, gel-like substance produced by the drum practice products company RTOM. It has been incorporated into several products and come in packs of four or six which can applied to a drumhead or cymbal to diminish t ...
Moongel on Toms and Snare and Remo 0 ring on Snare


Lullabies To Paralyze tour equipment (2005–2006)

For the ''Lullabies'' tour, Castillo continued to use DW drums,
Paiste Paiste (English pronunciation: , ) is a Swiss musical instrument manufacturing company. It is the world's third largest manufacturer of cymbals, gongs, and metal percussion. is an Estonian word that means "shine". Apart from cymbals and gong ...
cymbals and
Remo Remo Inc. is an American musical instruments manufacturing company based in Valencia, California, and founded by Remo Belli in 1957. Products manufactured include drum kits, drumhead A drumhead or drum skin is a membrane stretched ov ...
heads. Though during this tour he started using
Vic Firth Everett Joseph "Vic" Firth (June 2, 1930 – July 26, 2015) was an American musician and the founder of Vic Firth Company (formerly Vic Firth, Inc.), a company that makes percussion mallet, percussion sticks and mallets. Biography Vic Firt ...
sticks instead of Vater. Joey also dropped his second floor tom and LP bongos during this tour and added on an LP jamblock to his drumkit. From this tour and on, he would use the toms to play "Better Living Through Chemistry" during the verses. During the Lullabies tour Joey started removing his bottom heads on both his toms To achieve the "concert tom" sound which gave his toms a punchy, fatter sound DW Drums *26"x20" Bass Drum *13"x10" Rack Tom *16"x14" Floor Tom *14"x6.5" Cast Bronze Snare with wood top hoop DW Hardware *5000TD Delta3 Turbo Single Bass Drum Pedal *5500TD Delta Turbo Hi-Hat Stand *9300 Snare Drum Stand (x2) *6710 Straight Cymbal Stand (x3) *9101 Low Drum Throne
Vic Firth Everett Joseph "Vic" Firth (June 2, 1930 – July 26, 2015) was an American musician and the founder of Vic Firth Company (formerly Vic Firth, Inc.), a company that makes percussion mallet, percussion sticks and mallets. Biography Vic Firt ...
Sticks *Vic Firth American Classic Series X5B
Paiste Paiste (English pronunciation: , ) is a Swiss musical instrument manufacturing company. It is the world's third largest manufacturer of cymbals, gongs, and metal percussion. is an Estonian word that means "shine". Apart from cymbals and gong ...
Cymbals *14" 2002 Medium Hi-Hats *19" Black Rude Thin Crash *20" Black Rude Thin Crash *24" 2002 Ride
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Heads *Snare: CS Coated Power Dot on top or Emperor X, Remo Ambassador Snare Side on bottom *Toms: Coated Emperor tops, Clear Ambassador bottoms (Later in the tour Joey replaced the Coated Emperors with CS Clears on tops but removed the bottoms for the Concert Tom sound) *Bass: Clear Powerstroke 3 on batter, DW Ambassador resonant side
Latin Percussion {{for, the company, Latin Percussion Latin percussion is a family of percussion, membranophone, lamellophone and idiophone instruments used in Latin music. Instruments Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican styles Folkloric and Santeria * Trap drums * Abakua ...
*LP160 Cyclops Tambourine Brass (mounted off cymbal stand next to floor tom) and Steel (mounted on bass drum rim, interchanged with jam block) *LP1207 Jam Block (Red) Additional Joey also used
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Moongel on Toms and Snare and Remo 0 ring on Snare


Songs for the Deaf tour equipment (2002–2004)

Castillo used DW drums and hardware,
Paiste Paiste (English pronunciation: , ) is a Swiss musical instrument manufacturing company. It is the world's third largest manufacturer of cymbals, gongs, and metal percussion. is an Estonian word that means "shine". Apart from cymbals and gong ...
cymbals and
Remo Remo Inc. is an American musical instruments manufacturing company based in Valencia, California, and founded by Remo Belli in 1957. Products manufactured include drum kits, drumhead A drumhead or drum skin is a membrane stretched ov ...
heads during the
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tour, occasionally using PDP kits for one-off performances. DW Drums (Ebony Satin Stain, Broken Glass) *24"x18" Bass Drum *13"x11" Rack Tom *16"x14" Floor Tom *18"x16" Floor Tom *14"x6.5" Cast Bronze Snare Drum DW Hardware *5000TD Delta3 Turbo Single Bass Drum Pedal *5500TD Delta Turbo Hi-Hat Stand *9300 Snare Drum Stand (x2) *9710 Straight Cymbal Stand (x2) *9700 Straight/Boom Cymbal Stand *9101 Low Drum Throne Vater Sticks * Vater Rock and Power 5A
Paiste Paiste (English pronunciation: , ) is a Swiss musical instrument manufacturing company. It is the world's third largest manufacturer of cymbals, gongs, and metal percussion. is an Estonian word that means "shine". Apart from cymbals and gong ...
Cymbals *15" 2002 Sound Edge Hi-Hats *18" 2002 Medium Crash *20" 2002 Medium Crash *24" 2002 Ride (All White by Lollapalooza 2003)
Remo Remo Inc. is an American musical instruments manufacturing company based in Valencia, California, and founded by Remo Belli in 1957. Products manufactured include drum kits, drumhead A drumhead or drum skin is a membrane stretched ov ...
Heads *Snare: CS Coated Power Dot on top, Remo Ambassador Snare Side on bottom *Toms: Coated Emperor tops, Clear Ambassador bottoms *Bass: Clear Powerstroke 3 on batter, DW Ambassador resonant side
Latin Percussion {{for, the company, Latin Percussion Latin percussion is a family of percussion, membranophone, lamellophone and idiophone instruments used in Latin music. Instruments Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican styles Folkloric and Santeria * Trap drums * Abakua ...
*LP160 Cyclops Tambourine Brass *LP201A-2 Generation II Bongos


Discography


References


External links


LPmusic.com
- LP Music page of Joey Castillo {{DEFAULTSORT:Castillo, Joey 1966 births American people of Salvadoran descent American rock drummers Tambourine players Queens of the Stone Age members Danzig (band) members People from Gardena, California Living people American heavy metal drummers American punk rock drummers 20th-century American drummers American male drummers California Breed members Goatsnake members Zilch (band) members Wasted Youth (American band) members Eagles of Death Metal members