Zach Hill

Zach Hill is a musician residing in Sacramento, California. He performs/has performed in numerous Pacific Coast based groups, including Hella, Nervous Cop, and Team Sleep featuring membe

Zach Hill is a musician residing in Sacramento, California. He performs/has performed in numerous Pacific Coast based groups, including Hella, Nervous Cop, and Team Sleep featuring members of Deftones and Helium, as well as Goon Moon. One of the most unique drummers to emerge in the past 5 years, Zach is completely self taught, having started drumming around 1995. His diverse musical résumé can be attributed to his interest in progress, both as a percussionist and a musician overall. Zach is an endorser of Tama drums, Paiste cymbals, and Pro-mark drum sticks.

One of Zach Hill's most defining characteristics as a drummer is his footwork. Many drummers are surprised when they realize that he only uses one bass drum and a single bass drum pedal when he plays. In the song Imaginary Friends off of Hella's Church Gone Wild record, Hill employs his characteristic double-tap bass drum method throughout much of the song, leading many to believe he is using more than one foot do so, when he is only using his right foot. Zach Hill's set thusfar had had generally very lowly-tuned tom-toms and floor-toms. When playing rhythms back and forth between his bass drum and these tom-toms, if often sounds as if it is all being created by the bass drum