Josh Eppard

As Weerd Science Studio albums • Friends and Nervous Breakdowns (2005) • Sick Kids (2011) Extended plays • From the Grave (2006, Internet release) • Red Light Juliet (2013, Internet release) • Red Light Juliet Broadcast 2: Steady Straight Lights/Sudden Dark Turns (2014, Internet release) • Red Light Juliet Broadcast 3: The Seer (2015, Internet release) Mixtapes • Unreleased 2000–2004 (2009) • "Weekend at Dirty's" (2011) Collaborations • Newborn (1999, under the group name Newborn with Bobby Delicious) • Leader 0ne (2001, under the group name Leader 0ne with Majestic) • "Bedroom Emcees" (2009, with Mazeman) • "Everywhere That We Go" (2010, with Rick Whispers) • "Tech Echoes" (2010, with Mazeman and Ant Mas) • "How to Be an Indie Rapper" (2011, with MC Lars) With 3 • Paint by Number (1999) With Coheed and Cambria • The Second Stage Turbine Blade (2002) • In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (2003) • ''Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness'' (2005) • The Afterman: Ascension (2012) • The Afterman: Descension (2013) • The Color Before the Sun (2015) • Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures (2018) • Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind (2022) • Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe (2025) With Fire Deuce • Children of the Deuce – Drums, as Deuce Newton With Terrible Things • Terrible Things (2010) With HELD. • Grey (2026) ==Drumming==

Eppard plays the drum set in the open-handed style. He uses a single bass drum pedal, which he insists gives a better groove. Gear Drums: Tama Drums • Starclassic Performer B/B • Shell Color: Champagne Sparkle (CHS) • 16"x22" Bass Drum • 8"x12" Tom Tom • 16"x16" Floor Tom • 5.5"x14" SLP Dynamic Bronze Snare (LBZ1455) • 5.5"x14" Vintage Poplar Maple Snare (LMPM1455FNFM) Hardware • Iron Cobra Power Glide Single Pedal (HP900PN) • Iron Cobra Lever Glide HH Stand (HH905N) • Roadpro Cymbal & Snare Stands (HC83BW & HS800W) • STAR Single Tom Stand (HTS108W) • 1st Chair Ergo-Rider Throne (HT730B) Cymbals (Sabian) Josh stated in a 2017 interview that he usually picks cymbals that he feels "fit the live set list". He also stated that he "like[s] to go between a Sabian 20″ HHX Stage ride, a 20″ HHX Stage crash, 14″ hi-hats, and a 18″ to 20″ China. I love the 19″ Paragon and the 18″ AAX China.". Sticks • Pro Mark Natural 5B (wood tip) with Pro Mark blue stick rapp Heads • Snare Evans Hybrid Coated Batter Head 14 in. • Toms Evans EC2S Clear Batter Drumheads 12 in and 16 in • Bass EMAD Clear 22 in, Custom Tama Reso Head Microphones (Live) • Shure SM57 (Snare) • Sennheiser 604 (Toms) • Shure 52 and 91 (Bass) • Neumann KM184 (Overheads) Previous Used Set up: C&C Custom Drums • Red Sparkle Kit • 6.5" x 14" Snare • 8" x 10" Rack Tom (sometimes a 9" x 12" Rack Tom) • 15" x 15" floor Tom • 18" x 22" Bass Drum Hardware • All DW 9000 series Boom Stands, Hi-Hat Stands, Tom Stands, Pedals and Throne. Cymbals (Sabian) • 13" AA Hi-Hats • 18" AA Chinese • 8" AA Splash • 21" AA Raw Bell Dry Ride (used as crash) • 21" AA Rock Ride In earlier days, Josh has used Zildjian, Paiste and a number of other cymbal brands. Heads • Snare (Remo Coated Emperor) • Toms (Pinstripes on tops, and Clear Ambassadors on bottoms) • Bass (Remo Powerstroke 3 with C&C Custom Logo Head on front) ==References==