Branden Steineckert

Branden Steineckert (born April 21, 1978 in Pocatello, Idaho), is the drummer for the punk rock band Rancid, and founding member/previous drummer of The Used. Steineckert was born into a Mormon family, and was thus constantly moving as his family moved around with its very mobile church.

Branden’s father, Neil, taught him the basics to drumming before he took his own life when Branden was 11, meaning he only had room for improvement.

On September 12, 2006, Steineckert was fired from The Used due to a complication with another member, but two months later on November 3, 2006, Steineckert was asked by Rancid’s frontman, Tim Armstrong, to replace their former drummer, Brett Reed, who had never given a reason as to why he quit