Greg Drudy
{{short description|American musician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| origin = United States
| instrument = Drums
| genre = Indie rock, screamo, post-hardcore
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| years_active = 1993–present
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Greg Drudy is an American musician, primarily known for playing drums in several indie rock and screamo bands in the 1990s and 2000s.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/interpols-apart/2008/02/21/1203467263110.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1|title=Interpol's apart|last=Mathieson|first=Craig|date=February 22, 2008|newspaper=The Age|accessdate=December 13, 2009}}
Career
Drudy started his career on drums practicing with the defunct band Quid Pro Quo in a Tampa warehouse next door to fellow warehouse owners Cannibal Corpse and Brutality. Drudy was the drummer for the bands Southpaw (with vocalist Kaleb Stewart){{Cite web |title=Kaleb Stewart |url=https://musicbrainz.org/artist/34b2aa8e-9a07-4f82-993f-c065afe8f91c |access-date=May 3, 2022 |website=MusicBrainz}} and Saetia,{{cite web |title=SAETIA |url=http://www.level-plane.com/php/band_detail.php?band_id=29 |work=level-plane.com |accessdate=August 11, 2009 |archive-date=September 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921043151/http://www.level-plane.com/php/band_detail.php?band_id=29 |url-status=dead }} and was the original drummer for the band Interpol. He left Interpol in 2000 and was replaced by Sam Fogarino. He formerly played drums for Hot Cross{{cite web |title=HOT CROSS |url=http://www.level-plane.com/php/band_detail.php?band_id=5 |work=level-plane.com |accessdate=August 11, 2009}}{{cite web |title=Hot Cross Profile Page: Biography, Interview and Album Reviews |url=http://www.musicemissions.com/artists/Hot+Cross |work=musicemissions.com |publisher=Music Emissions |accessdate=August 11, 2009}} and runs both Level Plane Records and Enucleation Records. Drudy is a graduate of New York University. He is married.{{cite web |title=Interview with Level Plane Records |url=http://www.adequacy.net/2007/05/interview-with-level-plane-records/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616014009/http://www.adequacy.net/2007/05/interview-with-level-plane-records/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 16, 2011 |date=May 30, 2007 |work=adequacy.net |accessdate=August 11, 2009}}
References
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Category:American rock drummers
Category:New York University alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Interpol (band) members
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