Alex Carapetis

Who is Alex Carapetis?

Alex Carapetis is a professional drummer. After studying jazz at the Adelaide Conservatorium in 2000, he moved to Sydney to further his music career. In 2004 and 2005, Carapetis toured full-time with Jimmy Barnes in Australia and New Zealand. In July 2005, Carapetis toured with Delta Goodrem on her Visualise Tour. He has also worked with Ian Moss, Diesel, Nathan Cavaleri, Robyn Loau and Teenager.

In October 2005, Trent Reznor hired Carapetis to be the touring drummer for Nine Inch Nails due to incumbent drummer Jerome Dillon's health problems. His appointment came as a surprise to many fans, as he was not widely known and had not previously worked with Nine Inch Nails. As of the KROQ Acoustic Christmas show in December, Carapetis was replaced by former fill-in drummer, Josh Freese.

Carapetis is the touring drummer for Julian Casablancas and will accompany him on his tour in support of the new album, Phrazes for the Young.

Carapetis is also one of two drummers, the other being Dominic Howard from Muse, in the band Vicky Cryer whose first album 'The Synthetic Love of Emotional Engineering' is due for release on April 16 2013.