Brooks Headley is an American musician

Musician

A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

 and chef, best known as the drummer

Drum kit

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 in several hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 and indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 bands.

Headley is presently the executive pastry chef

Pastry chef

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 at Del Posto, a New York Times-rated four-star restaurant, in New York City

New York City

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.

Musical career

Headley played drums in the Baltimore

Baltimore

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-area hardcore/emo

Emo

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 band Universal Order of Armageddon

Universal Order of Armageddon

Universal Order of Armageddon was an American hardcore band, active in the early to mid 1990s.-History:The band formed in September 1992 and by early 1993, after quickly gaining a small but devoted following, they were recording and touring the East Coast. Known for their extreme short chaotic...

 from 1992–1994. With Universal Order of Armageddon band mate Tonie Joy

Tonie Joy

Anthony R. "Tonie" Joy is an American musician currently based in Baltimore, Maryland. Joy is known for his work, most commonly as a guitarist, in several popular underground punk and indie rock bands. In addition, Joy runs the independent record label Vermin Scum.-Musical career:Joy began...

, he also joined the final lineup of the political hardcore band Born Against

Born Against

Born Against was an American hardcore punk band from New York active between 1989–1993. In addition to their radical leftist politics, the group espoused a DIY punk message and challenged what they perceived as problematic within the punk subculture of their time.-History:The group was founded in...

 in 1993.

Later this year, he moved to Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

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, and co-founded the group (Young) Pioneers

(Young) Pioneers

Pioneers was an influential American folk punk band from Richmond, Virginia, active from 1993–1999.-History:...

, with whom he remained for several years. Through the remainder of the 1990s, he had brief stints in Men's Recovery Project

Men's Recovery Project

Men's Recovery Project was an American experimental noise rock band formed by Sam McPheeters and Neil Burke in Richmond, Virginia, active from 1993–2002...

 and The Great Unraveling

The Great Unraveling (band)

The Great Unraveling were an American post-punk rock band from Baltimore, Maryland, a later project from Tonie Joy of Moss Icon, Universal Order of Armageddon and Born Against. The band was active from 1995–1997.-History:...

, followed by more extended time in Skull Kontrol and Wrangler Brutes

Wrangler Brutes

The Wrangler Brutes were an American hardcore punk band formed in 2003 in Los Angeles, California.-History:Wrangler Brutes were formed around vocalist Sam McPheeters , drummer Brooks Headley , guitarist Andy Coronado and...

.

Most recently Headley has formed the band Oldest with guitarist Mick Barr

Mick Barr

Mick Barr is an American avant-garde metal guitarist. Notable for his relentless speed and agility on his instrument, he is most well known for being one half of the band Orthrelm, currently signed to Mike Patton's Ipecac Recordings label....

 of Orthrelm

Orthrelm

- Biography :Orthrelm is a duo with Mick Barr on guitar and Josh Blair on drums, experimenting in many forms of unconventional songwriting styles and musical concepts in general....

. Additionally, he is active with Universal Order of Armageddon, who again began performing in 2010.

External links

• Brooks Headley at The Chef and Restaurant Database
• Oldest at MySpace.com