Joe Seiders

{{short description|American drummer}}

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| birth_name = Joseph Paul Seiders

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|09|05}}

| birth_place = Winchester, Massachusetts, United States

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| associated_acts = The New Pornographers

| occupation = Drummer, singer, composer

| instrument = Drums, keyboard, accordion

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Joseph Paul Seiders (born September 5, 1980) is an American touring/session multi-instrumentalist best known as the drummer and backing vocalist for The New Pornographers from 2014 to 2025, when he was fired after being arrested for possession of child pornography.

Primarily a drummer, Seiders also sings, plays keyboards, accordion, and guitar. Seiders was born in Winchester, Massachusetts, and grew up in Derry, New Hampshire, attending Pinkerton Academy. Having a father who also played drums, he developed an interest in the drum kit at a very young age. He was also classically trained on piano from the age of five.{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.tlatr.com/?page_id=1337 |title=Joseph Seiders |publisher=TLATR.com |date= |accessdate=2015-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127233618/http://www.tlatr.com/?page_id=1337 |archive-date=2016-01-27 |url-status=dead }}

He has toured, recorded, and worked with a variety of artists, including The New Pornographers, Neko Case, Emitt Rhodes, John Oates, Tracy Bonham, Juliana Hatfield, Chris Mann, Gary Jules, Bleu, Josh Kaufman, Night Terrors of 1927, Val McCallum, among many others.{{cite web|url=http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2013/12/joe-seiders-beat-club-drummer-blog/#_ |title=Joe Seiders of Beat Club Drummer Blog | Modern Drummer MagazineModern Drummer Magazine |publisher=Moderndrummer.com |date= 2 December 2013|accessdate=2015-08-31}}

Seiders' percussion, accordion, and vocal talents were also featured in the 2015 Disney film, Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast.{{cite web|url=http://www.moderndrummer.com/article/january-2018-new-pornographers-joe-seiders/ |title=The New Pornographers' Joe Seiders |publisher=Moderndrummer.com |date=|accessdate=2019-02-25}}

Seiders is also known as an avid mixologist.{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-cocktail-drummer-the-new-pornographers-joseph-seiders?ref=scroll |title=The Cocktail Drummer: The New Pornographers' Joe Seiders |newspaper=The Daily Beast |publisher=Thedailybeast.com |date=10 December 2018|accessdate=2019-02-25 |last1=Watman |first1=Max }}