William Hunt was born on September 5,1971 and is an American drummer.
21 Facts About Will Hunt
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Will Hunt looks up to Tommy Lee, John Bonham, Peter Criss, Abe Cunningham, and Stewart Copeland as his influences to his drumming.
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Will Hunt was the second drummer in Tallahassee band Witt's End, a cover band that played several club gigs.
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Will Hunt would bring in fellow Device bandmate Virus on guitar who has played for Dope and Lords of Acid and on bass Dave Benedict from the Canadian band Default mention of Baxter Teal deepfield on guitars and Phillips brother Steven Calfy Ronin Starr on bass and Guitar back ups.
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Will Hunt has been involved with several bands on a temporary basis as a recording or live member.
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In 2008, Will Hunt filled in for Tommy Lee in Motley Crue for several dates when Lee suffered from tendinitis.
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Will Hunt joined Tommy Lee's rap metal side-project Methods of Mayhem as the drummer for their 2010 A Public Disservice Announcement album.
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In December 2010, Will Hunt was named as the new drummer for Eye Empire.
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Will Hunt replaced original Empire drummer Garrett Whitlock, but left in 2011.
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In May 2011, it was announced that Will Hunt would be taking over drumming duties for the scheduled Staind tour dates, taking place of the original drummer, Jon Wysocki, who had recently left.
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Will Hunt recorded drums on Stryper frontman Michael Sweet's 2016 solo album One Sided War.
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In May 2007, Will Hunt was named as a replacement for the departed Rocky Gray of Evanescence, and remained with the group through their The Open Door album tour, which ended in December 2007.
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Will Hunt remained active with Dark New Day while playing with Evanescence.
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Will Hunt performed with Evanescence in their 2009 one-off show at the Maquinaria Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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In February 2010, Will Hunt rejoined Evanescence when the band started pre-production of their self-titled third album.
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Synthesis was released in 2017 and Will Hunt embarked on tour with the band throughout 2018, including a joint tour with violinist Lindsey Stirling.
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In 2020, Will Hunt worked on the band's upcoming fourth album, The Bitter Truth.
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Will Hunt was a member of Black Label Society from 2010 to 2011, recording Order of the Black with the band.
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In 2013, Will Hunt contributed drums to White Noise Owl's EP Until We Meet Again which was produced by Ben Grosse and features musicians Pete Murray of Lo-Pro on vocals, John Fahnestock on bass, and Chris Shy on guitar.
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On March 1,2014, Will Hunt joined the Vasco Rossi band for the live tour Live Kom014 - Cambia-menti.
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Will Hunt uses Pearl Drums, Vater drum sticks, Zildjian cymbals and Remo drumheads.