Interpol’s Sam Fogarino has been drumming professionally for nearly 20 years.
Fogarino played with the South Florida act, The Holy Terrors as part of a music scene that also produced Marilyn Manson, Jack Off Jill, Saigon Kick and The Mavericks.
He was asked to join Marilyn Manson after the departure of Sara Lee Lucas in 1995. He turned them down and moved to New York instead. In 1996, Fogarino left South Florida to move to Gainesville (played in a band called Gus, with Jason Lederman), then finally settled in New York City in 1997. He first met guitarist Daniel Kessler in 1998 when he was selling vinyl in Beacon’s Closet, a clothing store in Brooklyn. With more than 10 years playing experience, he joined Interpol in 2000 after original drummer Greg Drudy left the band. Fogarino played his first show for Interpol on May 20, 2000 at the Mercury Lounge.
In early 2007, Fogarino joined with former Swervedriver frontman Adam Franklin to form a side-project band called The Setting Suns. Since then, the duo have changed their name to Magnetic Morning and released a six-track EP on iTunes.
Read Sam’s blog post here about drumming and influences:
http://samfog.com/journal/in-moving-forward.html
Always nice to see someone mention this greatly under-estimated band. Everyone has been comparing Interpol/Editors and co. with Joy Division but the real steal is from The Chameleons. This is true for early U2 as well…
I hope I can catch Burgess at du Nord at the end of the month. Last time (Lyon in 2006) was a blast!
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