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We are so excited to announce that Kaleen Reading has officially joined the Ludwig Family!
Kaleen is a touring/session drummer who is currently a full time band member of the Philadelphia-based punk band Mannequin Pussy.
She began touring at age 14 with the School of Rock All-Stars, where she performed with artists such as: Jon Anderson (Yes), Dr. Know (Bad Brains), Brendan Small (creator of Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse), Perry Farrell (Jane’s Addiction), John Wetton (King Crimson), The Butthole Surfers, and many more. During most of her teenage years, she also toured nationally and internationally with all-female metal tribute bands Misstallica, Queen Diamond and Judas Priestess.
With an obvious background in covering music, Kaleen has always put a priority on also forming bands and creating original music. After countless original bands, she co-created a Brooklyn based noise punk band called Low Fat Getting High, which featured heavy distorted bass playing and locked-in, yet chaotic, drums. It was through playing in the Brooklyn DIY scene that she met her current band Mannequin Pussy in 2014. Since then, the band has been touring non-stop, and have recorded the albums Romantic (2016), Patience (2019) and the Perfect EP (2021). They have performed at major music festivals such as Coachella, Glastonbury, Riot Fest, Shaky Knees, Voodoo Festival, Outbreak Festival, Two Thousand Trees, Firefly, and more. Their music has been featured in various TV shows, most notably HBO’s Mare of Easttown.
In addition to being a full-time band member, Kaleen loves filling-in for bands such as Rat Fist (featuring Randy Randall of No Age), Colleen Green, Soul Glo, and Thin Lips. She recently provided auxiliary drumming for the Grammy-nominated artist Japanese Breakfast during their performance of “Paprika” for Jimmy Kimmel Live.
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