Jeremy Spencer

Jeremy Spencer Heyde (born January 8, 1973) is an American musician, best known as the former drummer of heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. As of 2022, he is the lead singer of the groove/death metal band Semi-Rotted.

In 2012, Spencer was named Golden God's "Best Drummer" by Revolver magazine, and was voted "Best Drummer of 2015" by Loudwire. was born on January 8, 1973. He started playing drums at the age of nine on a drum set his grandmother purchased at Sears. Spencer's musical influences include a lot of 1980s metal. Growing up in Boonville, Indiana, he was a member of several local bands, one of which (Cornucopia of Death) opened in Indianapolis for Pantera, when he was 17. After high school, Spencer moved to Los Angeles, where he met BulletBoys guitarist Mick Sweda. In L.A., he became friends with future Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Jason Hook. Spencer played in a number of bands, with the typical frustration of unreleased material and shelved projects—while working a variety of odd jobs—including recording tracks with heavy metal band W.A.S.P.

Spencer's autobiography, Death Punch'd – Surviving Five Finger Death Punch's Metal Mayhem, was published on September 2, 2014, by HarperCollins imprint Dey St, and named a New York Times Celebrity Bestseller.

Post-drumming career, Psycho Synner and Semi-Rotted (2018–present) Spencer departed Five Finger Death Punch permanently in December 2018. In June 2019, it was announced that Spencer has continued the band's support of first responders and was sworn in as a reserve police officer in Indiana.

On September 17, 2019, it was announced that Spencer would be acting, co-directing, writing and providing the music for the soft pornographic horror parody series Lady Killer TV, which he also created. In the announcement, he stated: "I've had this idea in my head for a long time, and it was now or never in terms of pulling the trigger and making this series happen." The series features several prominent pornographic actors and actresses, such as Tori Black, Adriana Chechik, Nikki Benz and Tommy Pistol.

Between 2020 and 2023, Spencer was the frontman of Psycho Synner (formerly Psychosexual), an alternative metal band where he performed under the name Grym Synner (formerly Devil Daddy). On October 31, 2021, he released nine Psycho Synner albums. In July 2023, he revealed he had disbanded Psycho Synner and was now solely focused on his new band, Semi-Rotted.

Personal life Spencer is the son of novelist Austin Gary and actress Glory Heyde (née Kissel).