Chris Tomson

Chris Tomson (b. March 6th, 1984) is one of the four original founding members and the primary drummer in the indie rock band Vampire Weekend, along with Ezra Koenig, Rostam Banmanglij, and Chris Baio. He is from Upper Freehold Township, New Jersey, and now resides in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Tomson and the members of Vampire Weekend met white attending school together at Columbia University, and formed the band in their senior year at the university.

Other musical endeavors of his include L'Homme Run, a rap group formed with future band compatriot Ezra Koenig while they attended school at Columbia University together, a country-influenced band known as Midnight Hours with current Vampire Weekend drummer Chris Tomson while at Columbia (prior to the formation of Vampire Weekend), and Dams of the West, a solo project of Tomson’s, for which he writes and records everything. His first release for this project came in 2017 with a record titled Youngish Americans.