Sara Lund (born 1973) is a drummer from Washington State best known for drumming for the Olympia, Washington trio

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for a decade until their break up in 2002. Lund was playing for Witchypoo when she joined Unwound in 1992 after Brandt Sandeno, Unwound's original drummer, quit. Lund started playing drums in school band and got her first drum set when she was fourteen. She has played drums in bands ever since. She is entirely self-taught other than school band. She has been called "one of the most unconventional, inventive, original drummers of the past twenty years." Her setup is: * 1971 three-piece black oyster pearl Ludwig 12/15/22 with a Rogers Powertone snare *

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cymbals: **14″ 1960s hi-hats **17″ K Dark Crash **18″ 1960s or ’70s crash **21″ 1960s ride * Vader Manhattans 7A drumsticks She also plays a number of different percussive instruments including "cowbell, Korean temple block, African agogo bells, ribbon crasher, Vibra-Slap, maracas, tambourine, cabasa, jingle bells, goat nails." She has also played drums for the

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and the percussion ensemble Secret Drum Band. She is currently a member of Nocturnal Habits and

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and teaches drumming lessons.

Personal life

Lund grew up in Indiana and moved to Olympia, Washington briefly as a child in the mid-1980s and then back again as an adult in 1991. She currently lives in

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. She has a master's degree in Library Science from the

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and BA in Liberal Arts from

The Evergreen State College The Evergreen State College is a public liberal arts college in Olympia, Washington. Founded in 1967, it offers a non-traditional undergraduate curriculum in which students have the option to design their own study towards a degree or follow a p ...

. She has one son with Aaron Beam from

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References

External links

Personal site

Unwound website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lund, Sara Living people American women drummers American rock drummers 1976 births Musicians from Washington (state) University of Washington Information School alumni Evergreen State College alumni Musicians from Portland, Oregon 21st-century American women