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nick 2007 . oshiro during the cannibal killers tour in june static-x , seether nick oshiro reprise , warner bros. . 183 non_vocal_instrumentalist 29 july 1978 drums industrial metal , alternative metal , nu metal nickoshiro.jpg nick oshiro
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nick oshiro

nick oshiro -lrb- born july 29 , 1978 -rrb- is an american musician , best known as the former drummer of the industrial metal band static-x .
he has previously played with the south african post grunge band/alternative metal seether .
he started out with a drumkit made by his father as he stated in an interview with tama .
it was made of pots and pans , of which his father made a whole kit from .
already at the age of nine , he wanted to be a rockstar after seeing a whitesnake video .
he then created a large following in his home town of las vegas , nv .
leaving seether in 2003 , he joined static-x as a touring drummer but eventually became a full-time member .
while on tour on april 11 , 2007 in abilene , texas he broke his hand and was back in four weeks .
nick oshiro uses a tama drumkit -lrb- it 's a starclassic maple in blue galaxy fade -rrb- , sabian cymbals , vater drumsticks and remo drumheads .
some of his influences are abe cunningham , morgan rose and tim alexander .
