18 Facts About Pat Mastelotto

Lee Patrick Mastelotto was born on September 10,1955 and is an American rock drummer and record producer.

Pat Mastelotto has been a member of King Crimson, Stick Men, Mr Mister and OR.

Pat Mastelotto is a pioneer and continuing developer of a mixed acoustic-and-electronic drumming approach which he refers to as "traps and buttons", and which incorporates techniques and methods from rock, pop and electronic dance music styles.

Pat Mastelotto started playing the drums at the age of 10; by the time he was 16 he was playing in popular local bands and while still in high school commuted several hours to Lake Tahoe for gigs.

In 1982 Pat Mastelotto was a founding member of Mr Mister.

In 1991 Pat Mastelotto co-produced Peter Kingsbery's first solo album before being asked to join King Crimson.

Pat Mastelotto had been a member of King Crimson since 1994, resulting in him becoming their longest serving drummer.

Pat Mastelotto was the first of two drummers hired for the "Double Trio" line-up of the mid-1990s, the second being previous long-term King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford.

For King Crimson's 2008 lineup, the band returned to a double-drummer arrangement with Pat Mastelotto now joined by Gavin Harrison.

In each of these setups, Pat Mastelotto took on an extended percussionist role incorporating multiple sound effects, samples and programs.

During, and in parallel to, his King Crimson work, Pat Mastelotto has been an integral part of several King Crimson-related bands.

Pat Mastelotto produced, edited, mixed and played on the ProjeKct 3 and ProjeKct 4 releases by the band's "ProjeKcts" subgroupings, playing a particularly dominant role on the IDM-influenced ProjeKct 3.

Pat Mastelotto played with League of Crafty Guitarists who formed Fripp adjacent bands; one was California Guitar Trio.

Pat Mastelotto was one of the two drummers in the Crimson ProjeKct, a six-piece band which merged Stick Men with the Adrian Belew Power Trio in order to play King Crimson music from the 1980s to 2000s periods.

In 2015, Pat Mastelotto joined Carmelo Pipitone, Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari and Colin Edwin in a new heavy progressive rock band called OR.

Pat Mastelotto has continued to guest with Jay Terrien, Cock Robin, drummer Terry Bozzio, Mecca, Herd of Instinct, Tony Levin and the California Guitar Trio, and has contributed to major network television themes.

Since moving to Austin, Texas, Pat Mastelotto has worked with Austinites Storyville, Abra Moore,.

In 2007 Pat Mastelotto went on tour with The Flower Kings in Europe supporting their album The Sum Of No Evil, followed by an appearance at the enormous Creation of Peace festival in Kazan, Russia, with Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Eddie Jobson.