Nick Mason, the “Living Dead Drummer,” is one of the most in-demand session and touring drummers today. He has performed on countless albums, singles and movie soundtracks, appeared in mainstream movies and television, as well as music industry trade magazines. His credits include live and studio performances with Pretty Boy Floyd, Michael Grant & The Assassins, Jason Charles Miller (gODHEAD), DK-Zero, Street Drum Corps, V2A, The Rhythm Coffin, and many more. Nick has become the go-to studio drummer for bands in the industrial music and hard rock genres, recording live drums on a daily basis from his private Los Angeles studio.
He currently holds a healthy teaching practice in Southern California, with 40+ private students per week, and is a frequent panelist for industry seminars pertaining to Artist Endorsement Programs. The Living Dead Drummer can currently be seen on tour with Pretty Boy Floyd, FleischKrieg, The Deadlights, and others. Nick officially endorses Yamaha Drums, Paiste Cymbals, Ahead Drumsticks, Aquarian Drumheads, Coffin Case, Cympad, Pig Hog Cables, and Rock-n-Roller Multi-Carts.
NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
Music Connection Magazine (contributing writer)
• Find & Keep a Great Drummer
• Be a Profession in 6 Easy Steps
• Know Your Stage Etiquette
NAMM Show (Panel Discussions & Seminars)
CORPORATE PERFORMANCES
• Cartoon Network
• Showtime
• Sony Pictures
• FOX
• ABC
• NIKE
• VANS
• Jameson Irish Whiskey
• Google
DISCOGRAPHY
2024 – Bre – Choose To Believe (Single) Spotify | Apple Music
2024 – FleischKrieg – I Believe In Gnomes (Single) Spotify | Apple Music
2024 – Bre – Monster In My Head (Single) Spotify | Apple Music
2024 – Cesar Rodriguez – It’s Not Me (Single) Spotify
2023 – Jaime Black – Of The Fire (Single) Band Camp | Spotify
2023 – The Rhythm Coffin – Can’t Stop (Single) Spotify | Apple Music
2023 – The Rhythm Coffin – Damned (Single) Spotify | Apple Music
2023 – FleischKrieg – Bloody Prophets II (Single) – MGI Spotify | Apple Music
2023 – Portrait of a Nightmare – Overdrive (Single) Spotify | Apple Music
2023 – Seven Other Mysteries – Stay With Me (Single)
2022 – The Despair Collective – Crackerman (Single) Spotify | Apple Music
2022 – Desert Dragon – This Side of Heaven – Blue Wind Ent. Apple Music | Spotify
2022 – The Deadlights – Shock Treatment Spotify | Amazon
2022 – Gina Vamp – Gina Vamp EP Spotify | Amazon
2022 – Abby K. – Rockstar (single) Spotify | Amazon
2022 – The Rhythm Coffin – Underground (Single) – Entelodon Records Spotify | Amazon
2022 – Jon Bono – Scarecrow Boulevard Spotify | Amazon | Apple Music
2022 – The Rhythm Coffin – Monsters Need Love Too (Single) Spotify | Apple Music
2021 – The Deadlights – O Holy Night (Single) YouTube
2021 – Backdrifter – How To Sway (Single) Spotify | Apple Music
2021 – Jyrki 69 Ft. Tiffany & DK-Zero – Don’t You Want Me (Single) – Cleopatra Records Spotify
2021 – The Deadlights – Welcome To The Show (Single) Spotify | Apple Music
2021 – FleischKrieg – Herzblut Band Camp | Amazon
2021 – Father of Zeus – The Moon is a Vector of Silence (Single)- Perception Ent. Spotify
2021 – The Dark Kingdom – Simulated Chaos (Single) Apple Music
2021 – The Deadlights – The Deadlights (Tour Exclusive LP)
2021 – The Deadlights – Set On You (Single) YouTube
2021 – LURID – Showdown 2021 (Single) Amazon | Spotify
2021 – The Deadlights – Bump In The Night (Single) Amazon | Spotify
2021 – The Deadlights – Sugar and Spice (Single) Spotify
2021 – The Despair Collective – Your Say (Single) Spotify | Amazon
2021 – Ethan Royal – Mister Miser Man Spotify
2021 – The Deadlights – Faded Tattoo (Single) Spotify | YouTube
2021 – Jules & The Howl ft. Adam Nye – Rule Your Mind Spotify |Amazon
2021 – The Deadlights – Cry Wolf (Single) Spotify
2020 – The Deadlights – Sybaritic (Single) Spotfy
2020 – The Deadlights – Demon Fire (Single) YouTube
2020 – Jules & The Howl – All Along The Watchtower (Single) Amazon | Spotify
2020 – The Deadlights – My Love Is A Vampire (Single) Spotify
2020 – Father of Zeus – Sobrenatural (Single) Spotify
2020 – The Rhythm Coffin – The Coffin Creep (EP) Amazon | BigCartel
2020 – The Rhythm Coffin – The Coffin Creep (Single) YouTube | Apple Music
2020 – Justin Blair – Dancing With My Shadow (Single) YouTube
2020 – Deep Six YouTube
2020 – Sammy Burke – More (Single) YouTube
2020 – Escape From NY (Ft. Anothony Amorelli) (Single) YouTube
2020 – Matt Fuller – Waiting Room (Single) YouTube
2019 – The Rhythm Coffin – Monster On My Back Amazon
2019 – The Rhythm Coffin – Monster Mash (ft. Calico Cooper & Davey Suicide) Amazon
2019 – Beasto Blanco – We Are – RatPak Records
2019 – The Undead Hearts – Last Ditch Effort (Reprise) Spotify
2019 – Jon Bono – Meet (Single) iTunes
2019 – Jon Bono – Let Go (Single) iTunes
2018 – V2A – Gravity Killer – TRISOL Records iTunes | Amazon
2018 – The Rhythm Coffin – A Famous Monster I Want to Be EP Amazon
2018 – The Rhythm Coffin – A Famous Monster I Want to Be (Single) iTunes
2018 – Kukahi – Wild and Free (Single) – Makalii Productions SoundCloud
2018 – Arden & The Wolves – Who Can You Trust iTunes
2018 – Beasto Blanco – Live from Berlin – RatPak Records Amazon
2018 – Marko Jankovic – The Feeling Amazon
2017 – Portrait of a Nightmare – Reach Inside – InterWave Records iTunes
2016 – Desert Dragon – Before The Storm (Import) – Sliptrick Records Amazon
2015 – Jon Bono – Lost in Pompeii (Single)
2015 – Desert Dragon – Before The Storm – Blue Wind Ent. CD Baby
2015 – Portrait of a Nightmare – Self Tittle EP
2014 – 56 Gallows
2013 – Otto’s Daughter – Arc of a Dream – PinkStar69 CD Baby
2013 – Year of the Snake
2013 – Wolfram – Twofer Amazon UK import
2013 – Otto’s Daughter – Monsters (Single) – Pinkstar69 YouTube
2012 – Jessica Sinkule – Star Crossed Lover (Single) – Music Head Productions SoundCloud
2012 – The Volitions – Beautiful (Single) iHeartRadio
2012 – Jesse Ray Palaciaos – All Over Again – Century Star Records
2012 – New York Film Academy – Commercial Percussion Score
2012 – Inside The Black – Embrace (Single) – Melrose & Vine Records
2011 – Inside The Black – Promises (Single) – Melrose & Vine Records YouTube
2011 – Vance Carrier’s GO
2011 – GATES Vol: 1 – Ascension – Heavy Metal Magazine (Soundtrack) Gatescomic.com
2011 – Inside The Black – Leave It All Behind (Single) – Merose & Vine Records YouTube
2011 – Jesse Ray Palaciaos – It’s All Good – Century Star Records
2010 – She’s In The Band – Better
2009 – Rick’s Rock’n Roll Review – Fill My Cup
2009 – Double Eagle Standard – Burn The World
2009 – Eric Schleien – Chapter 1
2009 – Scott Nykiel – I’m The Only One (Single)
2008 – Light Box Therapy – Damage
2008 – Marble Will YouTube
2008 – Major Motion Picture
2008 – Myron And The Id – Drive (Single)
2007 – All WNY Radio NYE (LIVE) – The Thieves Guild
2006 – Poultryguiest: Night of the Chicken Dead – Troma Entertainment (Soundtrack) Amazon | YouTube
2006 – Music Is Art 06 (LIVE) – Good Charamel Records
2006 – Prison of the Psychotic Damned – Red Scream Films LLC (Soundtrack) YouTube
2005 – Music Is Art 05 (LIVE) – Good Charamel Records
2005 – the Voodoo Dollies – Sexorcist
2004 – Music Is Art 04 (LIVE) – Good Charamel Records
2004 – Mad Yellow Sun – APC Compilation – Just Promotions
2003 – Mad Yellow Sun – Black Magic Marker (Single) – Big Wig Records YouTube
2003 – Mad Yellow Sun – Naked And Amused EP – Big Wig Records
2002 – LURID – Hard Rock Vol: 1 – CD Review Network
2001 – LURID Spotify | Apple Music
FILMOGRAPHY
TBA – The Stand In
TBA – Musica – Amazon
2020 – Bill & Ted: Face The Music (uncredited) New Line Cinema Amazon
2017 – Dead Ant Stereo Blasters’ Drummer (uncredited) – August Heart Ent. Amazon
2013 – MasterChef (Street Drum Corps) – FOX
2013 – Hall of Game Awards (Street Drum Corps) – Cartoon Network
2012 – Kevin Nealon – Whelmed, But Not Overly – Showtime Amazon
2008-09 – Official Heat (On-Air Host) – WKBW ABC 7