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16 Facts About Chuck Biscuits

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Chuck Biscuits was born on Charles Montgomery on April 17,1965 and is a retired Canadian drummer best known for his work across multiple punk rock and heavy metal bands.

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Chuck Biscuits later joined Danzig in 1987, playing on the band's first four albums as well as their first EP before leaving in 1994.

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Chuck Biscuits joined Black Flag in 1982 and toured with them for five months.

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Chuck Biscuits played with the Circle Jerks relatively briefly until he joined Floorlords.

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Chuck Biscuits planned to quit the music business and took art and electrical engineering courses when that band broke up.

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Chuck Biscuits briefly filled in on drums for a few shows for the Red Hot Chili Peppers during their Freaky Styley tour in 1986.

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In 1987, producer Rick Rubin invited Chuck Biscuits to become the drummer for Danzig.

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Chuck Biscuits joined Danzig in 1987 and appeared on the band's first four albums and one EP.

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Chuck Biscuits tried to rejoin the group but was rejected and forced to find another group to play with.

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In 1996 Chuck Biscuits hooked up with another big act from the punk scene, joining Social Distortion between the recording and release of the band's White Light, White Heat, White Trash album.

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Chuck Biscuits is credited on the album's liner notes, although Deen Castronovo's playing was featured on the record.

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Chuck Biscuits participated in a special concert held on December 28,1994, to honor the lifetime achievements of his brother Ken, who had died earlier in the year of a drug overdose.

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Chuck Biscuits's drumkit at the beginning of Danzig was a black Premier Resonator, though he switched to a chrome covered 1970s era Ludwig Classic maple kit for Danzig II, and continued with that kit to record and tour for Danzig III and Danzig IV.

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Chuck Biscuits used medium and rock ride cymbals as crashes.

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Chuck Biscuits' mainstay snare with Danzig was a Sonor steel model, though he used a Ludwig piccolo snare.

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For Social Distortion, Chuck Biscuits used a Boom Theory kit, including a Bridgedeck snare built by Al Adinolfi.