Ray Mehlbaum is an American

United States

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 rock

Rock music

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 drummer

Drummer

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 and currently the drummer for Killing Bees.

Early life

Born in Los Angeles California, Mehlbaum was given his first drum set at age 9 as a gift from his uncle.He studied with Carmine Appice

Carmine Appice

Carmine Appice is an American rock drummer of Italian background and is the older brother of drummer Vinny Appice by 12 years. He received a classical music training and was influenced by the jazz drumming of Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa early on...

, Ed Shaughnessy, and Carl Tassi

Career

Mehlbaum has recorded and or performed with a variety of artists including Automatic 7

Automatic 7

-Beggar's Life:-At Funeral Speed:-Musical style:Automatic 7's style has been compared to Social Distortion, Jawbreaker and Face to Face. John Hulett cites Jawbreaker as Automatic 7's greatest influence, and says that the band are Jawbreaker fans....

, Robby Krieger

Robby Krieger

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 (Doors), Mato Nanji, Trever Keith

Trever Keith

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 (Face to Face

Face to Face (punk band)

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), Tony Franklin

Tony Franklin

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, Rhett Forrester

Rhett Forrester

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 (Riot

Riot

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), Spencer Davis

Spencer Davis

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, Michael White & The White

Michael White & The White

Michael White & The White is an American hard rock combo and occasional Led Zeppelin cover band, formed around singer Michael White.Michael White started his career in 1973...

, Killroy, Dave King (Flogging Molly

Flogging Molly

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) and Brett Gurewitz

Brett Gurewitz

Brett W. Gurewitz , nicknamed Mr. Brett, is the guitarist and a songwriter of Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the music label Epitaph Records and sister-labels ANTI-, Burning Heart Records, Fat Possum Records, and Hellcat Records...

 (Bad Religion

Bad Religion

Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1979. Their current line-up consists of Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz , Jay Bentley , Greg Hetson , Brian Baker and Brooks Wackerman . Gurewitz is also the founder of the label Epitaph Records, which has released almost all of the...

)