Roy Mayorga

Roy "Maurice" Mayorga (born April 6, 1970 in New York City, New York) is the drummer for the hard rock band Stone Sour. He is of Ecuadorian and Cuban descent. Mayorga was the original drummer for Brazilian metal band Soulfly 1997-1999. Prior to joining Soulfly, he also played with New York Hardcore band Shelter in 1996. He also played drums for one of the most influential political bands from New York in the late 80s/early 90s, Nausea also Nausea... more

Roy "Maurice" Mayorga (born April 6, 1970 in New York City, New York) is the drummer for the hard rock band Stone Sour. He is of Ecuadorian and Cuban descent. Mayorga was the original drummer for Brazilian metal band Soulfly 1997-1999. Prior to joining Soulfly, he also played with New York Hardcore band Shelter in 1996. He also played drums for one of the most influential political bands from New York in the late 80s/early 90s, Nausea also Nausea was the band he did his first proper tour of Europe and U.S.and recorded his first album with in 1989 following. Mayorga played drums on the album 'The Hollowing' with metal band Crisis 1996. He was briefly a member of the band Medication from 1999-2001, when he left the group to rejoin Soulfly with which he recorded 3 and toured with them soon after. He parted ways with the group in 2003. In 2004 he helped create rock band ABLOOM as with vocalist Jasan Radford and lead guitarist Levon Sultanian. Also part of the band was Mike Doling (Snot,... less