Andy Hurley
Andy Hurley playing with Fall Out Boy in 2006
Background information
Birth name	Andrew John Hurley
Born	(1980-05-31) May 31, 1980 (age 32)
Origin	Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, United States
Genres	Hardcore punk, hard rock, heavy metal, pop punk, indie rock
Occupations	Musician, drummer
Instruments	Drums, percussion
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Island
Associated acts	Fall Out Boy, The Damned Things, Burning Empires, Project Rocket, Racetraitor, Arma Angelus, Earth Crisis, The Kill Pill, xFor Death or Gloryx, Killtheslavemaster, Pearl, Enabler
Notable instruments
C&C Custom Drums, Sabian Cymbals and Vic Firth sticks

Andrew John Hurley (born May 31, 1980) is an American musician and drummer. He is best known as a the drummer of the Chicago-based rock band Fall Out Boy. Prior to Fall Out Boy, Hurley played in several different bands. He joined Fall Out Boy as the full-time drummer in 2003 and has been in the band since. He is also currently the drummer in the heavy metal supergroup The Damned Things, but the band went on hiatus and Hurley moved on to hardcore punk band Enabler.

Hurley is currently endorsed by C&C Custom drums, Sabian cymbals and Vic Firth drumsticks.

Early life[link]

Hurley was born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. He was brought up by his mother, who worked as a nurse; his father died when he was five.^[1] Hurley attended Menomonee Falls High School and played percussion in bands, though his first instrument was the saxophone. After high school, he attended University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, double-majoring in anthropology and history.^[2] He identifies himself as an anarcho-primitivist, explaining that this means he believes that humans are supposed to live the way they lived prior to 10,000 years ago.^[3] When asked about this in the February 2007 issue of Alternative Press, he said that his career contradicted his beliefs, but at the same time, he had to make a living. Hurley is also vegan and straight edge.^[1]

Hurley's house in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was featured in an episode of MTV Cribs. He loves comic books and still owns his first drum set from C&C Custom Drums along with his own custom drumsticks from Vic Firth.

Musical career[link]

Before Fall Out Boy, Hurley played in heavy metal and hardcore punk bands including Racetraitor, Killtheslavemaster, Project Rocket, xFor Death or Gloryx, The Kill Pill, and Arma Angelus.^[1] In 1999, he was a guest drummer on Vegan Reich's "Jihad" EP.^[4]

Hurley joined Fall Out Boy in 2003 after the band's debut mini-LP Fall Out Boy's Evening Out With Your Girlfriend. Hurley had been friends with bassist Pete Wentz since he was 16, and he first filled in on a touring position as drummer for Fall Out Boy before joining the band as full-time drummer. Fall Out Boy is the fourth band Hurley has been in with Wentz. With Fall Out Boy, Hurley has achieved major commercial success and toured the world.

Hurley has a record label, Fuck City, which has released music by Misery Signals, Peregrine (led by anarcho-primitivist writer Kevin Tucker), and Auryn.^[5][6]

Hurley is the drummer of the heavy metal band, The Damned Things which features members of Anthrax, Fall Out Boy and Every Time I Die. Currently he plays in Milwaukee hardcore band, Enabler. He is also part of other bands.

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External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Fall Out Boy

• Fall Out Boy - Official website
• Fuck City - Andy Hurley's record label