King Coffey (b.
Jeffrey Coffey) is an American drummer, known for being the drummer of the psychedelic/noise rock band
Butthole Surfers and band leader of
Drain. He began drumming in a
Fort Worth hardcore punk band called
The Hugh Beaumont Experience. Around that same time he published a
fanzine called
Throbbing Cattle. He saw Butthole Surfers for the first time in 1982 at a time when Scott Matthews was their drummer. Coffey replaced him in 1983 and is still the band's official drummer. Coffey founded the
independent record label Trance Syndicate. In September of 2014 Coffey won "Yard Of The Month" in his local neighborhood.