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Joel Gausten on Drums

About Me


Hello, and thank you for visiting this page.
I started playing drums when I was 9. By the age of 13, I was performing at clubs throughout the tri-state area.
I've had the very good fortune of working with several great bands over the years. I have appeared on 50+ albums, EPs and compilations.
This page will be continually updated to include several songs from my 23-year music career. I will also include videos and some stories about the music featured on this page.
I am the current drummer in EFFECTIONHATE (See Top Friends).
Here are just some of the people I've had the pleasure of working/performing with over the last two decades: Jerry Only, Doyle, The Misfits, Martin Atkins, Chris Connelly, Meg Lee Chin, Chris Haskett, Pigface, Bobby Steele, The Undead, Broken Heroes, Geza X, The Sixth Chamber, The Parasites, The Fiendz, Electric Frankenstein, Kung Fu Killers.
I also run a publishing company called GAUSTEN BOOKS. More information is available by clicking on the first page on my Friends List.
Electric Frankenstein DVD trailerThe UNDEAD live "I GO APE"
The UNDEAD with Michale Graves: "London Dungeon" LIVE AT CBGB!
The UNDEAD LIVE at Tompkins Square Park, July 2006:

My Interests

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Member Since: 30/03/2008
Band Website: gaustenbooks.com
Band Members:
Influences: Buddy Rich, Bill Ward, Martin Atkins, Brian Downey, Marc Bell, Paul Ferguson, Ted Parsons, Vinnie Signorelli
Record Label: No Balls (Germany) / Post Mortem (USA) / TSB (UK)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Book By JOEL GAUSTEN

..March 1, 2010 For Immediate Release Aerosmith, Kiss, Black Sabbath Members Featured in From Satan to Sabbath Interview Collection Author and veteran drummer Joel Gausten (Pigfac...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:21:00 GMT

15 Years Ago Today...

The songs that have been posted on this page since 2008 are from an extensive MISFITS rehearsal on February 25, 1995 (pics below). In celebration of the 15th anniversary of this recording, I've posted...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:55:00 GMT

Joel Gausten Explores SATANISM in New Book

Now available from  GaustenBooks.com:Words From The Third Side: Essays on Sex, Satan & SuccessA Satanic manifesto  31 years in the making.All memories lived. All stories true.WordsFrom T...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:35:00 GMT

Remembering Roxy Michaels

Roxy Michaels of THE UNDEADGone three years tomorrow. Loved and missed always. "None of those cool rock boys - those skinny, pale-skinned beauties you see slouching down the street in their...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:42:00 GMT

THE MISFITS Featuring JOEL GAUSTEN

July 4, 2008 For Immediate Release Rare MISFITS Demo Recording of "She" Posted Online Veteran Punk drummer Joel Gausten (Pigface/ The Undead/ Electric Frankenstein) has posted an unreleased MISFITS re...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:12:00 GMT

Olga De Volga (The Undead) Dead at 56

Got word this morning that Olga De Volga, one-time model and former bassist for one of the greatest CA punk bands ever, THE LEWD, died last week at the age of 56.I first came across The LEWD’s s...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:52:00 GMT

MISFITS 1995 DEMOS

The two MISFITS songs that appear on this page were recorded on February 25, 1995 at the band's rehearsal studio in Vernon, NJ. The lineup on this particular recording was Jerry Only, Doyle, Eric Weis...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:44:00 GMT