Q&A: Rock Drummer Pete Parada (The Offspring, Face to Face)

The punk music vet on how drummers can shape songs without us even noticing.

As a member of bands like The Offspring and Face to Face, Pete Parada has been a major rock drummer for years. (That’s him on The Offspring’s hit “Coming for You.”) He also runs Impostar Syndrüm Studios, which lets him collaborate with musicians all over the world. I recently talked to Pete about how a drummer builds a song, the joys of reading lyrics o…