Antoine Fadavi

Gretsch Artist Since: 2016

Country: US

Band or Affiliations: King Princess, Angelsaur

Current Kit Setup:
Brooklyn in Deep Black Marine Pearl finish
22x20, 16x16, 14x14, 9x12, 8x10
6.5x14 USA Custom Bronze SD
5.5x14 USA Custom 1960s White Marine Pearl SD
5x14 Brooklyn Deep Black Marine Pearl SD

Influences:
"Aside from hundreds of other drummers that have influenced me throughout my life, some of my current favorites are Mitch Mitchell, Chad Smith, and Gary Novak."

We asked...Why Gretsch?:
"The sound, the history, the designs, the artist relations team."

Advice to aspiring musicians?:
"Work hard, keep an open mind, be humble, and have fun doing it."

Bio:
At the time when many young people move away from home to go to college, Antoine Fadavi left Paris to come to Los Angeles. But, unlike most, it wasn’t to start college. It was to kick-start his career as a musician and music director/producer in the mecca of the music world.

Before leaving for Los Angeles Antoine was already well on his way. By the time he turned 18 he had performed at clubs and festivals around Paris, produced educational videos for KAT Electronic Percussion, received coverage in Modern Drummer, Drum!, Batterie and Digital Drummer magazines and collected over a million views on his YouTube channel.

Once in Los Angeles, Antoine set about acquiring the skills he knew he’d need to be successful— both musically and professionally. In addition to accepting a wide variety of playing gigs, creating and editing video content and handling multi-media marketing projects, he went out of his way to meet and collaborate with local musicians and music producers. It was through these interactions that Antoine met singer/songwriter King Princess and joined her band. He played drums on KP’s sold out “Pussy Is God” and “Cheap Queen” tours and, in the months that followed, added performances at acclaimed festivals such as Austin City Limits, Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and The Governor’s Ball as well as appearances on popular late-night TV shows including Saturday Night Live and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

More recently Antoine’s expanding skills and professional contacts led to work as Music Director for Weston Estate, Fiji Blue, Ella Isaacson and Little Luna, plus playback engineer roles for Grammy Award-winning singer/rappers Lil Nas X and Iggy Azalea.
In 2022, among Antoine’s other projects, King Princess and the band were direct support on major arena tour for Kacey Musgraves (US), appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and opened for legendary rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers.