Rob Oswald
{{short description|American drummer}}
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1964}}
| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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| instrument = Drums
| genre = Stoner rock
Rock
| occupation = Musician
| years_active = 1996–2012
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Robert Oswald (born 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American drummer. Oswald is best known as the former drummer for Karma to Burn.{{cite web | access-date=2010-08-09 | archive-date=2017-09-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906115435/https://myspace.com/karmatoburn | url=http://www.myspace.com/karmatoburn | title=Karma to Burn | work=www.myspace.com | url-status=live}} He has previously been a member of various bands including Year Long Disaster, Mondo Generator, Nebula, Buttsteak, Lee Harvey Keitel Band, Caffeine Driven Stress Magnets and Jade. He currently resides in the Laurel Canyon area of Los Angeles with the rest of his band mates.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2010-05-13|title=Karma to Burn Interview: Rich Mullins Reveals Tours with The Sword and Monster Magnet, Merger with Year Long Disaster, Future Recording with John Garcia and More|url=http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2010/05/13/karmatoburninterview|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402084552/http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2010/05/13/karmatoburninterview/|archive-date=2019-04-02|access-date=2020-09-04|website=The Obelisk}}
In a 2012 Facebook post, Oswald announced that he had retired from music.https://www.facebook.com/#!/roboswaldbatteria?fref=ts {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528112339/https://www.facebook.com/#!/roboswaldbatteria?fref=ts|date=2019-05-28}} {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}
Discography
=Karma to Burn=
- Wild, Wonderful Purgatory (Roadrunner Records, 1999)
- Almost Heathen (Spitfire Records, 2001)
- Appalachian Incantation (Napalm Records, 2010)
- V (Napalm Records, 2011)
=Mondo Generator=
- Cocaine Rodeo (2000, Southern Lord)
=Nebula=
- Heavy Psych (2009, Tee Pee Records)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100506082837/http://roboswald.us/ www.roboswald.us]
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Category:Musicians from Baltimore
Category:20th-century American drummers
Category:American male drummers
Category:Mondo Generator members
Category:Karma to Burn members
Category:Year Long Disaster members
Category:20th-century American male musicians
Category:Drummers from Maryland
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