Riley Breckenridge

James Riley Breckenridge (born January 5, 1975) is the drummer for the band Thrice. He plays C & C Custom Drums, and uses Vic Firth drumsticks, Zildjian cymbals, Remo drumheads, with Drum Workshop hardware and pedals.

Riley Breckenridge
Born (1975-01-05) January 5, 1975
OriginOrange County, California, U.S.
Genres
Instruments
  • Drums
  • percussion
Years active1998–present
Associated acts
  • Thrice
  • Puig Destroyer
  • Less Art
Websitehermitology.com

Biography

The older brother of Thrice bassist Eddie Breckenridge, Riley joined Thrice during the early days of the band on the recommendation of Eddie. He is also the co-host of the baseball and music podcast, The PRODcast.

Personal life
It kind of dawned on me that being 5-foot-9 and having a surgically repaired knee and not being out-of-this-world talented, the cards were stacked against me...I was better off getting a degree and focusing my time on music.

Breckenridge, in 2008, on his experience as a baseball player.[1]

Breckenridge, along with Morningwood lead singer Chantal Claret, wrote a monthly advice column called "Battle of the Sexes" in Alternative Press magazine for nearly 3 years; which was discontinued in the Winter of 2007.[2]

Breckenridge originally had aspirations of becoming a professional baseball player. He played two years as a walk-on at Pepperdine before his athletic career was unexpectedly cut short due to injuries he sustained playing football.[3]

On August 18th, 2015 Jennifer Shaw, wife of Breckenridge, gave birth to their first child, Jacob Miles Breckenridge.

Equipment

2011 Major/Minor Fall Headline Tour[4]

Q Drums
Galvanized Steel

  • 16x24" bass drum
  • 9x13" rack tom
  • 14x16" floor tom
  • 8x14" Q Brass Plate snare

Zildjian Cymbals

  • 15" A Avedis Hats
  • 20" K Crash Ride
  • 21" A Avedis Crash/Ride
  • 24" K Light Ride
  • 20" Crash of Doom

Hardware & Pedals

  • DW 9000 double bass drum pedals
  • DW 9000 hi-hat stand
  • DW 9000 cymbal stands

Heads

  • Bass drum: Coated Remo Powerstroke 3
  • Toms: CS Black Dots or Coated Remo Emperors
  • Snare drum: CS Coated or P77

Vic Firth Sticks

  • PUREGRIT 5B

Roland Electronics

  • SPD-SX sampling pad

References
  1. MLB Rocker prays for Angels Thrice drummer lives and dies with Halos
  2. CoreMusik. Thrice Archived 2010-10-13 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ESPN.
  4. "Riley Breckenridge of Thrice [Artist Setup]". Kick/Snare/Hat. Retrieved on 2011-11-16


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