Peter Moffett (drummer)
American drummer
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Peter Moffett is an American drummer who has played for the punk rock bands Government Issue, Burning Airlines, and Wool.[1] He has worked as a drum tech for The B-52s, Alanis Morissette and Kelly Clarkson's drummer Lester Estelle II.[2] Critics have described him as "a 'listening' drummer" with a "minimal but aggressive" style who "plays for the song", shifting between odd time signatures and rock beats, and using one idea for a song's foundation while keeping other ideas in reserve.[3][4] Joe Wong describes his signature style as balancing "jagged, angular rhythmic invention with arena rock bombast".[2]
Personal life
Moffet's mother was a mechanical artist and his father was a technical writer for Applied Physics Laboratory and member of the American Federation of Musicians who played piano. Moffet was raised Catholic and stopped attending church after his confirmation; he describes himself as a "recovering Catholic". He started playing drums in junior high school, having wanted to play since elementary school. His early musical influences include Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Dead Kennedys.[2]
Moffet realized he was gay when he was five[2] and publicly came out to The Advocate magazine in 1999 at the age of 34.[5] He identifies as a bear and credits the tolerant attitude of the indie rock scene with saving his life.[1]
