Coady Willis
Coady Willis is an American drummer and a member of the rock/metal bands Big Business, High on Fire, White Shit, and Melvins. He previously played in the bands Dead Low Tide, Broadcast Oblivion, and The Murder City Devils. Willis and Big Business bandmate Jared Warren both appear on Melvins' albums (A) Senile Animal, Nude with Boots and The Bride Screamed Murder and have officially been members of the band since moving to Los Angeles in January 2006.
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- Name
- Coady Willis
- Occupation
- Drummer
- Born
- 1974
- Nationality
- United States
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Coady Willis is an American drummer and a member of the rock/metal bands Big Business, High on Fire, White Shit, and Melvins. He previously played in the bands Dead Low Tide, Broadcast Oblivion, and The Murder City Devils. Willis and Big Business bandmate Jared Warren both appear on Melvins' albums (A) Senile Animal, Nude with Boots and The Bride Screamed Murder and have officially been members of the band since moving to Los Angeles in January 2006.
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He also sometimes plays drums in the live incarnation of Dale Crover's side project Altamont (also his bandmate and fellow drummer in Melvins).
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• Name — Coady Willis • Occupation — Drummer • Current Member Of — * The Murder City Devils • Big Business • White Shit • High on Fire • Melvins • Past Member Of — Dead Low Tide
The Murder City Devils
The Murder City Devils
• 1997: The Murder City Devils • 1998: Empty Bottles, Broken Hearts • 2000: In Name and Blood • 2001: Thelema (EP) • 2014: The White Ghost Has Blood on Its Hands Again
Dead Low Tide
Dead Low Tide
• 2002: III Eagle • 2003: Dead Low Tide
Broadcast Oblivion
Broadcast Oblivion
• 2003: Transmita Olvido • 2003: Her Arsenal / We Burn Away
Big Business
Big Business
• 2005: Head for the Shallow • 2007: Here Come the Waterworks • 2009: Mind the Drift • 2011: Quadruple Single (EP) • 2013: Battlefields Forever • 2016: Command Your Weather • 2019: The Beast You Are
White Shit
White Shit
• 2009: Sculpted Beef • 2010: NCAACP EP • 2010: Cary Me • 2010: White Shi'ite
Melvins
Melvins
• 2006: (A) Senile Animal • 2008: Nude with Boots • 2010: The Bride Screamed Murder • 2011: Sugar Daddy Live (live album) • 2012: The Bulls & the Bees (EP) • 2013: Everybody Loves Sausages (select songs) • 2016: Basses Loaded (on the song "Choco Plumbing")
Hew Time
Hew Time
• 2014: Hew Time • 2016: Seconds
High on Fire
High on Fire
• 2024: Cometh the Storm
Nuclear Dudes
Nuclear Dudes
• 2025: Skeletal Blasphemy
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