Joe Sirois

{{short description|American drummer (born 1972)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|1|25}}

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| origin = Andover, Massachusetts, United States

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| genre = Rock

| occupation = Drummer

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| past_member_of = The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

| associated_acts = The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Street Dogs, Bash & Pop

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Joe Sirois (born January 25, 1972){{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Mike |date=January 25, 2023|title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 25, 2023 includes celebrity Alicia Keys|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-25-2023-includes-celebrity-alicia-keys.html |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=Cleveland.com}} is an American drummer who is best known for having been a member of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Dave|title=Alternative rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&pg=PA495|accessdate=8 August 2011|date=2000-11-01|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-87930-607-6|pages=495–}} He also played drums for the Boston-based band Street Dogs from 2004 to 2007.

==Life and career==

Sirois, who grew up in Andover, Massachusetts, knew Bosstone's frontman Dicky Barrett from time shared at Bunker Hill Community College. He replaced original Bosstones drummer Josh Dalsimer on the band's first American tour and played on their second album, More Noise and Other Disturbances, and subsequent albums.

Sirois plays on Yamaha Maple Custom series drums with a twenty-inch kick, Sabian cymbals, a twelve-inch tom, a fourteen-inch tom, and a sixteen-inch tom.

The Street Dogs have recorded two albums with him, Back to the World and Fading American Dream. Joe has also drummed for punk rock bands Roll The Tanks, Jackson United, Bash & Pop, The Aggrolites, and Frank Black and the Catholics.

He currently drums for Bash & Pop.{{cn|date=January 2023}}