Emily Rose Epstein
Emily Rose Epstein is an American drummer. She is best known for her collaborations with the garage rock musicians Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin. She was a former member of Segall's live band, and a former member of Cronin's. She met Segall at the University of San Francisco.
Emily Rose Epstein | |
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Emily Rose Epstein (second from right) with the Ty Segall band and Marc Riley in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | Garage rock, psychedelic rock, garage punk, noise rock, lo-fi, glam rock |
| Instrument(s) | Drums |
| Labels | Drag City |
Before becoming a drummer, she was influenced to be a writer like her grandfather; Robert Epstein. Emily went to college to become a career writer. Her grandfather influenced her with art journalism and with poetry as well. Emily started playing the drums at a young age. When she was 13, she played drums for a UCLA band. While she was on tour with Segall, she would continue college and continued in journalism and editing.
She took a break from touring in 2015 to work at a record store as well as play in a country band called Emily Rose and the Rounders (formerly known as Blue Rose Rounder).