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Reed Mullin Biography

William Reed Mullin (born February 12, 1966) is the American drummer for metal band Corrosion of Conformity (COC). He was the founding member with Mike Dean and Woody Weatherman. Mullin, along with Weatherman, also played in the Raleigh NC hardcore band, No Labels. No Labels disbanded in 1984, while Corrosion of Conformity continued to evolve and gain popularity. He left COC on February 1, 2001 due to back injury.

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I don't think we really planned it ahead of time but rather oozed out of our pores. All three of the demonstrative themes of Corrosion of Conformity are on there. The Hardcore
Punk from the 80's, the late 80's
early 90's mathy metal and finally the more Pepper, swampy
doomy stuff. We love all three so that's what came out on the album and I think it came out magically.

Albums, Conformity, Stuff, Thinking, Three, Time

Jumping back into it was easy as apple pie, it was natural. Honestly, I'm not trying to be nostalgic and talk about the old days but I really believe wholeheartedly that the three of us, Woody Weatherman, Mike Dean & myself really learned how to play our instruments together and now that we are playing together again it can't be anything but natural.

Apples, Believe, Natural, Pie, Three, Woody

I really enjoyed playing that Blind stuff because it's a little more mathy and metal and as far as drumming goes, it's a bit more fun.

Drumming, Fun, Littles, Mathy, Playing

With the exception of Megadeth, I can't imagine any band we were hesitant about touring with. I mean we liked the original Megadeth, but I can't think of any band we toured with we weren't psyched about.

Band, Imagine, Liked, Mean, Thinking

Woody Weatherman showed me two beats, the "do do dat, do do dat" rock beat and the "ooh at ooh at ooh at" punk beat and other than that I was pretty limited. I had just gotten a drum kit for Christmas, which I was stoked about so I was ready to go. Back then, the prerequisite for playing punk rock drums wasn't very high, it was really pretty generic as I'm sure you can imagine.

Back, Beats, Drum, Imagine, Rocks, Two

Karl Agell sang for our Blind album which was our second best selling record. He's a great guy and as a matter of fact, before Mike, Woody and I really got going on touring on the old Animosity stuff, Karl & I did about a dozen shows performing the Blind album from start to finish. He's still a good friend of mine and is now in a band called Lead Foot that's more Rock and Roll but they're fantastic, kind of Thin Lizzy or MC5 sounding.

Dozen, Fact, Feet, Good Friend, Performing, Rock And Roll

I still play the same kit that I used on the very first album. It's an old Tama Superstar that I bought in 1983.

Album, Albums, Bought, Firsts, Old, Play

We've played with Black Flag, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, The Ramones. You name any punk band and we've probably played or toured with them all the way up to and including Soundgarden, who we've toured with three times now. We also toured with Metallica for a year. But yeah, Megadeth was the only one we were a little sketchy about because um, it was a little sketchy.

Black, Flag, Name, Names, Toured, Years

I have to say that Dave's Grohl amazing too. You see all these interviews with him and he seems like the coolest and nicest guy on camera, but he really is when he's off too! I was fortunate enough to know him before he was a big rock star when I put out his very first band's album.

Album, Amazing, Coolest, Guy, Rocks, Stars

I've known Woody Weatherman since fifth grade and I'm 46 so that's a long time man.

Fifth Grade, Grade, Known, Long, Men, Woody

The three of us [me, Mike Dean, Woody Weatherman] all learned how to play our instruments together. We had a common interest in bands like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple. Bands who had different time signatures etc and for whatever reason, we morphed into Corrosion of Conformity. It's been about thirty years now.

Etc, Instruments, Play, Purple, Years

Dave Grohl have said a lot of really nice things about me that I don't know I deserve but it's nice of him regardless.

Dave, Deserve, Grohl, Nice, Said, Things

I had a little indie label called No Core and Dave Grohl's first band was called, Dain Bramage so I out an album for them and for whatever reason, he's never forgot it and has always been super nice to me since.

Albums, Forgot, Labels, Nice, Reason

Pledge Allegiance was a pretty generic name back in the day. In the 80's I was the promoter for all the punk rock shows and I'd book Black Flag, Dead Kennedy's, Minor Threat etc and I'd hook them up with places to stay if needed so it's hard to keep track of it all.

Book, Dead, Generic Name, Hook, Rocks, Track

The Blind album itself was more drum and rhythm-centric and I really enjoyed that.

Album, Albums, Blind, Enjoyed, Rhythm

I can't think of a more natural experience in my entire life than playing with Mike Dean, Woody Weatherman again. I really learned how to play with them in terms of drumming.

Drumming, Natural, Play, Playing, Thinking, Weatherman

The very first practice we [Woody Weatherman, Mike Dean & myself ] did it was like, "Oh ok, I get it. " We were jamming on some crazy ass, out of the box, weird time signature riffs and I got it, whereas anyone else who was playing with them recently would have been like, "What? What are you doing?" So I think there's something unspoken between the three of us that makes us Corrosion of Conformity.

Corrosion, Crazy, Jamming, Playing, Practice, Thinking