meet the artist Pepe Clarke Magaña

Pepe Clarke Magaña Biography

Pepe Clarke Magaña is a musician and teacher from Juarez, Mexico. He is the drummer for the heavy rock band KYNG. In 1998, Pepe moved to Los Angeles, CA to pursue a musical education at Musicians Institute, and later to Boston, MA to attend Berklee College Of Music. In 2002, he moved back to LA to begin his career in music. As a gigging drummer he played with various artists ranging from gospel and pop, to hardcore and heavy metal. In 2004, he joined the latin metal band Ankla, which would be the beginning of his touring career. Ankla toured extensively from 2006 to 2010, including Ozzfest '07\. This tour opened the door for him to, in 2009, do a European tour with the metal band Dååth. In 2010, Clarke joined the hardcore band Strife and toured with them throughout Europe, South America, and Japan. During a touring hiatus in 2009, Eddie Veliz, Tony Castañeda, and Pepe got together at a rehearsal studio in Hollywood, CA, and KYNG was born. Pepe now owns and runs Let There Be Rock School - El Paso, where he now resides and continues to tour with KYNG and Strife as well as with other artists as a hired gun.

Country: United States

Band: KYNG