Chad Wackerman

Chad Wackerman (born March 25, 1960) is an American jazz, jazz fusion and rock drummer, who played with performers including Frank Zappa and Allan Holdsworth. He has worked a band member, session musician, sideman, and leader of his own ensembles. He is the older brother of Brooks Wackerman, the current drummer of Avenged Sevenfold and formerly of Bad Religion.\n', '

Chad Wackerman was raised in Seal Beach, California, in a family immersed in music. His father, a drummer, is an award-winning music teacher who has taught at both high school and middle school levels with a specialization in jazz. Chad and his brothers, John, and Brooks Wackerman are all proficient drummers and multi-instrumentalists. John recorded an album titled Drum Duets Vol.1.\n', '

Wackerman joined the Bill Watrous band in 1978 and worked with Frank Zappa for seven years, from 1981 to 1988. Gaining and keeping a pla…