Woolstenhulme graduated from Gilbert High School in 1998, where he played football during his sophomore and junior years.[1]
After his parents bought him a beat-up drum set Woolstenhulme started playing the drums; he was nine. He attended the Los Angeles Music Academy.
Careeredit
Lifehouseedit
While Woolstenhulme was in a music studio session, Lifehouse, then comprising Jason Wade and Sergio Andrade, was practicing in the adjacent room. Woolstenhulme, then playing with another band, bumped into them in the hallway. It was suggested that he check out Lifehouse, which was looking for a drummer to replace Jon "Diff" Palmer; in 2000, he joined the band.
Woolstenhulme has since performed on each Lifehouse recording.
For a while Woolstenhulme preferred Gretsch drums, playing a set that included a 24×14 bass drum, 13×9, 18×16 toms and a 14×6.5 hammered snare.[2] He expressed a preference for Gretsch drums due to a better-quality sound.[3] He currently uses a DW drum kit with Zildjian cymbals, a brand he has used consistently through his career.
Personal lifeedit
Woolstenhulme's brother Sean Woolstenhulme is the ex-guitarist for the group The Calling, and briefly played with Lifehouse during their earlier years.
Woolstenhulme is married to Jenifer Hagio, a musician who co-wrote Michelle Branch's The Spirit Room. Branch introduced Woolstenhulme to Hagio.[4]
^Michelle Branch Pictures – Interview with Michelle Branch – Seventeen
January 01, 1970
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