Nick Oshiro (born July 29, 1978) is an American musician, best known as the former drummer of the
industrial metal band
Static-X. He has previously played with the South African
post grunge band/
alternative metal Seether. He started out with a drumkit made by his father as he stated in an interview with Tama. It was made of pots and pans, of which his father made a whole kit from. Already at the age of nine, he wanted to be a rockstar after seeing a
Whitesnake video. He then created a large following in his home town of Las Vegas, NV. Leaving Seether in 2003, he joined Static-X as a touring drummer but eventually became a full-time member. While on tour on April 11, 2007 in Abilene, Texas he broke his hand and was back in four weeks. Nick Oshiro uses a
Tama drumkit (it's a Starclassic Maple in Blue Galaxy Fade),
Sabian cymbals,
Vater drumsticks and
Remo drumheads. Some of his influences are
Abe Cunningham,
Morgan Rose and
Tim Alexander.