Patrick J. Carney (born April 15, 1980) is a multi-instrumentalist best known as the drummer for The Black Keys, a blues-rock band from Akron, Ohio. In 2009, he created the rock band Drummer and released their debut album Feel Good Together on his Audio Eagle Records label.
After Patrick's parents divorced when he was 8, Patrick lived part of the time with his mother, Mary Stormer, and part of the time with his father, Jim Carney, who had moved t...
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Patrick J. Carney (born April 15, 1980) is a multi-instrumentalist best known as the drummer for The Black Keys, a blues-rock band from Akron, Ohio. In 2009, he created the rock band Drummer and released their debut album Feel Good Together on his Audio Eagle Records label.
After Patrick's parents divorced when he was 8, Patrick lived part of the time with his mother, Mary Stormer, and part of the time with his father, Jim Carney, who had moved to a different neighborhood in West Akron. Dan Auerbach also lived in this neighborhood and they met and played tag football with Auerbach's friends, although they did not become friends until high school. As a teenager, Carney was musically influenced by bands such as Pavement, Captain Beefheart and fellow Akron band Devo.
In 2001 Carney and Auerbach, lead singer and guitarist, formed The Black Keys, releasing their debut album The Big Come Up less than a year later. This was followed by Thickfreakness in 2003 and Rubber Factory in 2004. The...
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