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Derek Grant is the drummer for punk band Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio is a punk rock band from Chicago, consisting of Matt Skiba on guitar/Singing, Dan Andriano on bass guitar/Singing, and Derek Grant on Drum kit/backing vocals....
, where he replaced Mike Felumlee
Mike Felumlee

Mike Felumlee, a native of Crystal Lake, Illinois , is chiefly known as the former drummer for the influential rock band The Smoking Popes. He is known to a lesser extent for his stint of several years as drummer in the band Alkaline Trio and for his solo music....
. He was previously a member of The Suicide Machines
The Suicide Machines

The Suicide Machines were an United States punk rock band formed in March 1991 in Detroit, Michigan and disbanded in May of 2006. During the course of their career the band released six full-length albums on the labels Hollywood Records and Side One Dummy Records....
, Telegraph, Gyga, Thoughts of Ionesco, Remainder, Walls of Jericho, The Exceptions
The Exceptions

The Exceptions is the team name chosen by a group of home computer loving European teenagers who started writing their own demonstration computer programs for the Atari ST computer in the 1980s....
 and Broken Spoke, a side band with Royce Nunley
Royce Nunley

Royce Nunley currently sings lead vocals in Blueprint 76. He founded Blueprint 76 in 2002 after eight years in The Suicide Machines. He owns and runs Ringside Recording Studios and Broken Spoke Records in Detroit, Michigan....
 and Jay Navarro. Besides playing the drums, Grant is an accomplished guitarist and singer, and briefly toured with Face to Face
Face to Face (punk band)

Face to Face is a punk rock/Melodic Hardcore band from Victorville, California, California formed in 1991 by frontman Trever Keith.Originally known as "Zero Tolerance", Keith had been the only constant member of the band during their years of touring and recording albums....
 as the bands guitarist. In addition, he frequently joins bassist Dan Andriano
Dan Andriano

Daniel Michael Andriano is the bassist and co-vocalist for the punk band Alkaline Trio. Formerly the bassist for the ska-punk band Slapstick and singer/bassist for Tuesday , Andriano joined the band after original bassist Rob Doran left in late 1997....
 and guitarist Matt Skiba
Matt Skiba

Matthew Thomas Skiba is the lead singer and guitarist of Alkaline Trio. He has previously been a member of various bands including Jerkwater , Blunt, and The Traitors ....
 on vocals and also with songwriting duties.






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Derek Grant is the drummer for punk band Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio is a punk rock band from Chicago, consisting of Matt Skiba on guitar/Singing, Dan Andriano on bass guitar/Singing, and Derek Grant on Drum kit/backing vocals....
, where he replaced Mike Felumlee
Mike Felumlee

Mike Felumlee, a native of Crystal Lake, Illinois , is chiefly known as the former drummer for the influential rock band The Smoking Popes. He is known to a lesser extent for his stint of several years as drummer in the band Alkaline Trio and for his solo music....
. He was previously a member of The Suicide Machines
The Suicide Machines

The Suicide Machines were an United States punk rock band formed in March 1991 in Detroit, Michigan and disbanded in May of 2006. During the course of their career the band released six full-length albums on the labels Hollywood Records and Side One Dummy Records....
, Telegraph, Gyga, Thoughts of Ionesco, Remainder, Walls of Jericho, The Exceptions
The Exceptions

The Exceptions is the team name chosen by a group of home computer loving European teenagers who started writing their own demonstration computer programs for the Atari ST computer in the 1980s....
 and Broken Spoke, a side band with Royce Nunley
Royce Nunley

Royce Nunley currently sings lead vocals in Blueprint 76. He founded Blueprint 76 in 2002 after eight years in The Suicide Machines. He owns and runs Ringside Recording Studios and Broken Spoke Records in Detroit, Michigan....
 and Jay Navarro. Besides playing the drums, Grant is an accomplished guitarist and singer, and briefly toured with Face to Face
Face to Face (punk band)

Face to Face is a punk rock/Melodic Hardcore band from Victorville, California, California formed in 1991 by frontman Trever Keith.Originally known as "Zero Tolerance", Keith had been the only constant member of the band during their years of touring and recording albums....
 as the bands guitarist. In addition, he frequently joins bassist Dan Andriano
Dan Andriano

Daniel Michael Andriano is the bassist and co-vocalist for the punk band Alkaline Trio. Formerly the bassist for the ska-punk band Slapstick and singer/bassist for Tuesday , Andriano joined the band after original bassist Rob Doran left in late 1997....
 and guitarist Matt Skiba
Matt Skiba

Matthew Thomas Skiba is the lead singer and guitarist of Alkaline Trio. He has previously been a member of various bands including Jerkwater , Blunt, and The Traitors ....
 on vocals and also with songwriting duties. Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio is a punk rock band from Chicago, consisting of Matt Skiba on guitar/Singing, Dan Andriano on bass guitar/Singing, and Derek Grant on Drum kit/backing vocals....
 went through a series of drummers in their early days and first 3 albums, but Matt Skiba
Matt Skiba

Matthew Thomas Skiba is the lead singer and guitarist of Alkaline Trio. He has previously been a member of various bands including Jerkwater , Blunt, and The Traitors ....
 recently said that "If Derek was not in Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio is a punk rock band from Chicago, consisting of Matt Skiba on guitar/Singing, Dan Andriano on bass guitar/Singing, and Derek Grant on Drum kit/backing vocals....
 then there would be no trio".

He has frequently filled in on drums for Josh Freese
Josh Freese

Josh Freese is an American session musician drummer and songwriter. He is a permanent member of A Perfect Circle, The Vandals, and Devo, and was the drummer for Nine Inch Nails from late 2005 until late 2008....
 on many Vandals
The Vandals

The Vandals are an United States rock music rock band established in 1980 in Huntington Beach, California. Forming as part of the List of musicians in the second wave of punk music of American punk rock, the band has released ten full-length studio albums and two live albums and have toured the world extensively, including performances on the...
 Tours since 1998, and with Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte is an American band from Waldorf, Maryland that formed in 1996. They took their name from the children's book called "Good Charlotte: The Girls of Good Day Orphanage," written by Carol Beach York....
 during the later half of 2004.

Derek married Theresa Stanton on Halloween 2005. He currently resides in Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis is the Capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. The United States Census estimated the city's population, Indianapolis , Indiana the Unigov, at 795,458 in 2006....
.

In September 2008, Derek released an 8 song album for free via his MySpace page entitled "D.Grant Meets the Reaper" which is a collaboration with his 12 year old alter-ego. The songs feature Derek at age 12 on vocals, with recently recorded music.

In February 2009 Derek released a three song EP for free via his Myspace page entitled "The Purple Trilogy". This is newer material recorded by Derek, described as "Electro-Funk" and featuring a cover of an unreleased Prince
Prince

Prince, from the Latin root princeps, is a general term for a monarch, for a member of a monarch's or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in some members of Europe's highest nobility....
 track ("Electric Intercourse"), and two original compositions.

Trivia

  • Derek voiced a TV narrator in the movie Cake Boy.
  • Plays C&C Custom drums, Sabian cymbals, Pro-Mark sticks, Remo
    Remo

    Remo is an American drum skin company.Remo may also refer to:* Remo , a member of the Lucchese crime family* Remo language, a Panoan language of Brazil and Peru...
     Heads, and Tama
    Tama

    Tama may mean:People* Taimah, Meskwaki leader, also called Chief Tama* Sam Fatu, a professional wrestler, uses this name amongst others...
     hardware,
  • Auditioned for The Misfits in the mid-90s, but decided not to pursue the position which eventually went to Michale Graves
    Michale Graves

    Michael Emanuel , better known by his stage name Michale Graves, is an American singer/songwriter.He is most famous for singing for the late 1990s re-incarnation of Misfits , from 1995 to 1998 and again from late 1998 until late 2000....
    .
  • He and fellow band member Matt Skiba
    Matt Skiba

    Matthew Thomas Skiba is the lead singer and guitarist of Alkaline Trio. He has previously been a member of various bands including Jerkwater , Blunt, and The Traitors ....
     belong to the Church of Satan
    Church of Satan

    The Church of Satan is an organization dedicated to the acceptance of our own wikt:carnal selves, as articulated in The Satanic Bible, written in 1969 by Anton Szandor LaVey....
    .
  • Is a vegetarian.
  • Is lactose intolerant.
  • Has filled in playing guitar for Face to Face
    Face to Face

    Face to Face may refer to:In music:*Face to Face , a title used by many artists*Face to Face , a 1980s band from Boston*Face to Face , a band from California...
     (1998) and Gaslight Anthem (October 2008)


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