Paul Birnbaum was born July 17, 1967, in Boise, Idaho. He is best known for being the drummer of the early to late (active 1981–1986) eighties

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band Septic Death with the notorious artist Pushead.

Career

During the later years of which he went to drum for the band

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who by then had changed the band name to Attitude. Later in life he decided to go in a different direction and started a career as a professional body piercer making appearances in international body art magazines such as Savage. He currently owns his own tattoo/piercing shop, Imperial Body Art. After a 7-year break from music, due to a falling out with the nineties punk band he played guitar in Gordie Howe Trio Unit (also see: Haggis, Potato Potato), he regained his love of being in a band and now currently plays guitar in an early eighties influenced punk band called Little Miss and the No-Names (featuring the guitar player of Septic Death Jon Taylor) and drums in RAID (also featuring the guitar player from Septic Death Jon Taylor).

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20th-century American drummers 1967 births Living people Musicians from Boise, Idaho American male drummers 20th-century American male musicians {{US-drummer-stub