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Christopher River Hesse is the drummer
Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
 for the American rock band Hoobastank
Hoobastank

Hoobastank is an American alternative rock band best known for their 2004 hit "The Reason " and other hits "Crawling in the Dark" and "Running Away"....
. He was born on January 26, 1974 in Humboldt County, California
Humboldt County, California

Humboldt County is located on the far North Coast, California of California. In the 2000 census , the list of California counties had a population of 126,518....
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His mother and father were both active musicians and encouraged him at an early age to follow in their footsteps. He started at age 5 with piano which he kept until his mid-teens when guitar and drums became more enticing. Somewhere in-between he also took vocal and guitar lessons, broadening his musical horizons.






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Christopher River Hesse is the drummer
Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
 for the American rock band Hoobastank
Hoobastank

Hoobastank is an American alternative rock band best known for their 2004 hit "The Reason " and other hits "Crawling in the Dark" and "Running Away"....
. He was born on January 26, 1974 in Humboldt County, California
Humboldt County, California

Humboldt County is located on the far North Coast, California of California. In the 2000 census , the list of California counties had a population of 126,518....
.

His mother and father were both active musicians and encouraged him at an early age to follow in their footsteps. He started at age 5 with piano which he kept until his mid-teens when guitar and drums became more enticing. Somewhere in-between he also took vocal and guitar lessons, broadening his musical horizons. In middle school he decided to pick up the drums thinking that his father had played them his whole life, maybe there was something to it, thus beginning his career as a drummer. Chris's experience in piano helped him excel in all types of percussion, bells, tympani and many others. He joined every school band and orchestral group his small town had to offer. Through these groups he met a talented clan of musicians from a neighboring town. He began playing with these kids, forming a handful of different bands.

Chris Hesse signed on with Yamaha in 2001 but their relationship did not begin there. He worked at a drum shop during college where he first became familiar with Yamaha drums. He not only noticed that they consistently sounded better than the rest of the drums in the shop, but they also sold 3 times more than anything else in the shop.