Q:Facts: - instrument: drums - years active: 1987 -- 2007 - birth name: ronald welty - origin: long beach , california , united states - genre: punk rock , skate punk - birth date: 1 february 1971 - name: ron welty - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - label: nemesis bullet , epitaph , columbia , band-aid on a - associated acts: the offspring steady ground - occupation: musician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ron welty .
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ronald '' ron '' welty -lrb- born february 1 , 1971 in long beach , california -rrb- is the former drummer for the american punk rock band the offspring .of all the band 's drummers , welty 's tenure was the longest , as he was in the band from july 1987 to march 2003 .he had replaced their second drummer james lilja , and was only 16 at the time of his joining .however , he left to form his band steady ground , in which he played drums and co-produced .his departure was announced on march 18 , 2003 on the offspring 's official website .he had played on the offspring 's first six studio albums before departing , which were their self-titled album , '' ignition '' , '' smash '' , '' ixnay on the hombre '' , '' americana '' , and '' conspiracy of one '' .he left the band when they were in the midst of writing and recording '' splinter '' , their seventh studio album released in december 2003 .on february 26 , 2006 , steady ground released three demos on myspace , entitled '' everyone 's emotional '' , '' i ca n't contain myself '' , and '' you better close your eyes . ''in 2007 , the band released the studio album '' jettison '' , and in the same year they broke up .