Joey Castillo

Joey is an official Zildjian artist. According to this article from Music Radar, Joey uses the 24" K Light Rides. Joey says "I know the less-is-more thing is a cliche', but I know what I do best."

“I used a 26" Paiste 602 which belonged to Mick Fleetwood. (...) I used that on most of the record, to be honest. [Lullabies to Paralyze]"

"On the record [Lullabies to Paralyze], on a couple songs, I used 17" to do some different things -- on ‘Medication’ I was using (...)17" Paiste Traditional crashes.”

In an article by Drum!, Joey Castillo is mentioned using the Paiste 24'' 2002 Ride cymbal.

“I’m always up for experimenting, but I really enjoy the basic set-up of a rack and a floor and couple of cymbals. At the same time with Eagles [Of Death Metal] there’s no rack tom, it’s floor tom, kick, snare, two cymbals and a couple of percussion pieces.

“I think ultimately down the line it forces you to be a little more creative with less. I know the less-is-more thing is a cliché, but I know what I do best - I can get the most out of what I use.

“But I’m always up for adding some colour to the kit and willing to try something someone else uses that I don’t. Live I use two crashes, a ride and a set of hats and occasionally I throw a china in for a couple of songs. That’s really about it.”

In this photo of Joey's kit you can see the K custom Hybrid finish on the top cymbal as well as the hammered grooves on the bottom cymbal.