Hailing from British Columbia, Paul Hawley is drummer in Hot Hot Heat, the Canadian band formed in 1999. First release 'Make Up The Breakdown' (2002) is followed in 2005 with 'Elevator', which is released on April 29.



Taking after his father, Hawley first picked up the guitar at age nine but switched to drums a couple of years later.



Drums quickly became Hawley’s thing, and he taught himself the basics by playing along to records featuring drummers like Ginger Baker, Ringo Starr, and Mitch Mitchell. Says the drummer:

"I’ve never taken a drum lesson in my life. I used to put on headphones and play along to my favorite drummers. I used to spend a lot of time by myself drumming alone. I think there was a period in my early teens where I was playing seven days a week, two or three hours a day."