Roy Mayorga

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Roy Mayorga
Background information
Birth name	Roy Maurice Mayorga
Also known as	Rata
Born	April 6, 1970 (1970-04-06) (age 41) New York, New York
Genres	Alternative metal, Alternative rock, Heavy metal, Post-grunge, Thrash metal, Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Groove metal
Occupations	Drummer, songwriter, producer, engineer
Instruments	Drums, guitar, bass, Keyboards
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Roadrunner
Associated acts	Stone Sour, Soulfly, Sepultura, Downset. Amebix, Ozzy Osbourne, Black President, Shelter, Nausea, Abloom
Website	http://www.roymayorga.com
Notable instruments
DW Collector series Sabian cymbals Vic Firth Evans

Roy Maurice Mayorga (born April 6, 1970 in New York City, New York) is the drummer for the hard rock band Stone Sour. He is of Ecuadorian and Cuban descent.

Musical history

Roy Mayorga was the original drummer for metal band Soulfly 1997-1999. Prior to joining Soulfly, he also played with New York Hardcore band Shelter in 1996. He also played drums for one of the most influential political bands from New York in the late 80s/early 90s, Nausea. Also Nausea was the band he did his first proper tour of Europe and U.S. and recorded his first album with in 1989 following. Mayorga played drums on the album 'The Hollowing' with metal band Crisis in 1996.^[1]

He was briefly a member of the band Medication from 1999–2001, when he left the group to rejoin Soulfly with which he recorded 3 and toured with them soon after. He parted ways with the group in 2003.

In 2004 he helped create rock band ABLOOM as with vocalist Jasan Radford and lead guitarist Levon Sultanian. Also part of the band was Mike Doling (Snot, Soulfly) and John Fahnestock (Snot). Fahnestock left and was replaced by Marcelo Dias aka Marcello D. Rapp (Soulfly). The band is currently on hiatus but are looking to start up again in the near future.

In 2005 he appeared as one of the drummers on the Roadrunner United compilation CD, The All-Star Sessions, playing on "The Enemy", "The End" and "Baptized in the Redemption", all tracks being produced and musically written by Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares and Roy Mayorga. "The End" spawned a music video.

On another note Roy Mayorga also does classical film scoring. He has worked on films such as Legion (2004) and Shudder (2007) and when not on the road touring and is currently working on a solo record of that nature. Mayorga temporarily filled in behind the drumkit for Sepultura's 2006 European tour with In Flames following Igor Cavalera's absence.

He officially joined Stone Sour on May 10, 2006 as a replacement for Joel Ekman. He drummed for their second release, Come What(ever) May, released August 1. Roy is endorsed by DW (Drum Workshop) and was endorsed by Zildjian Cymbals but it can be seen in recent videos that he now uses Sabian.

He is the currently the drummer in Stone Sour and recently told Music Feeds TV that he has finally found his home.

Equipment

This set of equipment is based on Roy Mayorga's Wallpaper for DW's new publicity campaign "This is my Custom DW kit" and is as it follows.

Drums

• DW Collector's Custom Maple Kit with Vertical Low Timbre in Black Ice FinishPly finish with Satin Chrome Hardware
• 24x18 Bass Drum
• 21x16 Gong Drum (left)
• 14x8 Rock-it Shell Snare
• 13x8 Rack Tom
• 14x9 Rack Tom
• 18x16 Floor Tom
• 20x16 Floor Tom
• 3-6x15 Rata Drums (as named by Roy Mayorga) (2 on top of gong drum, 1 in between the toms)

Cymbals

• Sabian
• 24" "Roy Mayorga" signature Ride (Special order from Sabian if interested)
• 19" HH crash or
• 20" AA medium crash or
• 15" AA rock hats (bottoms only) or
• assorted Radia Bells- 6",8",10",12"
• 22" HH China "Bill ward" signature

Hardware

• DW rack and Hardware
• DW 8000 series Double Bass Pedal.

Sticks

• Vic Firth American Classic ROCK drumsticks.

Drumheads

• Evans
• bass drum:
• EMAD II (on batter side)
• EQ 3 Resonant (front side)
• toms:
• Onyx or G2 coated (batter side)
• EC resonant or G1 clear (bottom)
• Snare drum:
• Reverse dot coated (batter side)
• Hazy 300 (snare side)
• Rata drums:
• G2 clear

Guitars and Bass

• Schecter
• Gibson

Keyboards

• Piano
• all vintage Synths:
• Sequential Circuits, Roland, Moog, Arp, Korg

Software

• Protools
• Logic 8
• Reason

Discography

References

External links

• Official website
• Roy Mayorga: The Soulfly Interview, Drum! Magazine, December 2002
• Interview with Musicfeeds TV during the 2011 Stone Sour Australian Tour
• [1], "Nausea", Cybergod live in Poland,1991