Michael Jochum is an American

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drummer. Although a session musician early in his career, he gained more recognition as a touring member of the band

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. He started as a musician in the late 1970s as a member of the jazz rock/jazz fusion band, Kittyhawk. He also began performing on sessions for the likes of jazz musician David Pritchard, Ronnie Laws,

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, and

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. By the mid-1980s, he was playing alongside then-former

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members

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and Kerry Hatch in the band Zuma II, which had an eponymously titled record released by Pasha/

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. One of his first major contributions as a session musician was as the sole drummer on the self-titled debut album from songwriting/recording duo Boy Meets Girl. He later appeared on the majority of the tracks on the group's follow-up album, '' Reel Life'', including their most successful single, " Waiting for a Star to Fall," on which he is featured as one of two drummers. He also played drums in

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's ''World in Motion'' and toured with him for over four years. He is mostly known for his work as part of

's backing band. He played 2nd percussion and donned a pig mask during the ''See You on the Other Side'' and ''Family Values 2006'' tours, as well as their ''MTV: Unplugged'' performance. During the ''MTV: Unplugged'', Jochum was the lead drummer, since

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was then on hiatus. Jochum left the back-up band shortly after Korn's 2007 European Tour, due to setlist changes that did not involve Jochum's drumming. Jochum returned to the Korn world in November 2007 following

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's return to Slipknot. He was also a member of Jonathan Davis' acoustic solo tour band. He was back out of the band in 2008, replaced by

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for Korn's early 2008 European tour.

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