Alfredo Hernández

Alfredo Hernández is an American drummer best known as a former member of desert rock bands Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Brant Bjork and the Bros and Yawning Man, and as a current member of the band Avon.

Career

Hernández joined Kyuss in 1994, replacing previous drummer Brant Bjork who had left the band for personal reasons. Kyuss' Josh Homme stated at the time that Hernández was the only drummer considered for the job. He appeared on the band's final studio album ...And the Circus Leaves Town. Kyuss soon went on indefinite hiatus in October 1995. Hernandez subsequently drummed on Queens of the Stone Age's self-titled debut record released in 1998. In 2004 he recorded an EP, and briefly toured, with former Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri's band, Mondo Generator.

Hernández was a founding member of the band Yawning Man, and later teamed up with fellow ex-Kyuss drummer Brant Bjork and Dave Dinsmore to form Ché. The 2000 album Sounds of Liberation was the only material which the band recorded and, after a small tour of live shows, the band disbanded, with Hernández joining Orquesta del Desierto. Later he joined Brant Bjork & The Bros on their album Somera Sól and toured with them in 2007.

Hernández played in Vic Du Monte's Persona Non Grata with Chris Cockrell and James Childs until 2011, recording three albums, two EPs and completing 10 tours since 2005.

He currently plays in the desert hardcore band "Family Butcher" Hernández is also involved in a project with Mike Neider (Bl'ast/LAB) and Dave Dinsmore (Bl'ast/LAB/Unida/Che) called "Gusto".

Fellow Desert Rock drummer Brant Bjork described his relationship with Alfredo:

Equipment

Ludwig Drums

14" Steel Snare Drum 14" tom-tom 18" Floor Tom 28" Bass Drum

Zildjian Cymbals

14" A Mastersound Hi-Hats 18" A Medium Crash 19" A Custom Projection Crash 22" A Custom Medium Ride

Zildjian Drumsticks, currently a 5B, with Kyuss he used the Zildjian Rock Stick

Discography ...And the Circus Leaves Town - Kyuss, 1995 Planet Mamon - The Sort Of Quartet, 1995 Bombas De Amor - The Sort Of Quartet, 1996 Shine!/Short Term Memory Loss - Kyuss, 1996 Into The Void - Kyuss, 1996 Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age - Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age, 1997 Volumes 1 & 2 - Desert Sessions, 1997 Volumes 3 & 4 - Desert Sessions, 1998 Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age, 1998 Sounds of Liberation - Ché, 2000 Muchas Gracias: The Best of Kyuss - Kyuss, 2000 Orquestra Del Desierto - Orquestra Del Desierto, 2002 III The EP - Mondo Generator, 2004 Person Non Grata - Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata, 2005 Rock Formations LP - Yawning Man, 2005 Pot Head EP - Yawning Man, 2005 Live at W2 Den Bosch. Netherlands. (DVD) - Yawning Man, 2005 Vista Point - Yawning Man, 2007 Dead Planet - Mondo Generator, 2007 Somera Sól - Brant Bjork and the Bros, 2007 Sweet Sixteen (EP) - Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata, 2007 Re Dinamite (Split EP) - Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata, 2009 Autoblond - Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata, 2009 Barons & Bankers - Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata, 2010 Nomadic Pursuits - Yawning Man, 2010 Split EP w/ Fatso Jetson - Yawning Man, 2013 Fragments - Brave Black Sea, 2014