Riley Breckenridge

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Riley Breckenridge
Breckenridge performing in 2009
Breckenridge performing in 2009
Background information
Born (1975-01-05) January 5, 1975 (age 47)
OriginOrange County, California, U.S.
Genres
Instruments
  • Drums
  • percussion
Years active1998–present
Associated acts
  • Thrice
  • Puig Destroyer
  • Less Art
  • Eightyonedays
Websitehermitology.com

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

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


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