Education
He attended and graduated from Berklee College of Music where he studied electric and acoustic bass.
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Billy Mohler
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He was raised in South Orange County and is Bill Medley"s (of the Righteous Bros) godson. Mohler then received a full scholarship to the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz at University of Southern California. The band"s debut record Camino Palmero has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. The two first met when Mohler auditioned for Zwan, Chamberlin"s former band.
Mohler and Chamberlin became quick friends.
lieutenant was Mohler who Chamberlin called first after securing a record deal with Sanctuary Records. Mohler contributed greatly to the band"s first album (Life Begins Again), co-writing and co-producing it with Chamberlin, playing bass guitar, electric guitar and keyboards throughout, and singing in "Streetcrawler" and "Newerwaves".
Mohler"s recording/songwriting/production credits are diverse. He has recorded with Lady Gaga, Pom Pom"s, Aimee Osbourne, The Airbourne Toxic Event, Conway, Liz Phair, Kelly Clarkson, Macy Gray, The Calling, Lifehouse, Debi Nova.
Mohler has produced/written with Awolnation (recently went 6 times platinum), Gustavo Galindo, War Tapes, The Drowning Men, Last American Buffalo, Carina Round, Katy Rose, Lenka, The Bellrays, Bill Madden, Shane Alexander, Trevor Menear and many others
Mohler performed with Jon Brion on the Charles Kaufman film Synecdoche, New New York Mohler recently co-wrote music for John Krasinski"s directorial debut film, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. Foreign a brief period in 2006 Mohler worked with The Smashing Pumpkins in Los Angeles, California. Mohler also plays drums in a band called War Tapes who have opened for the Smashing Pumpkins, Tiger Army, VNV Nation, Shiny Toy Guns, Moving Units and toured in the United Kingdom and the West Coast with The Bravery.
War Tapes are signed to Sarathan Records in Seattle, Washington and recently completed a United States tour with VNV Nation as well as releasing their first full length, The Continental Divide.
He recorded on their debut album, which topped collegeweb.com"s national "indie" chart for more than three months in 1998. Mohler is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Trailblaze Music Group and President of SQFT Records, which is the Indie subdivision of Trailblaze.
Membership
He was a member of the rock band The Calling (until 2002). He is currently a member of the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, and is a good friend of Chamberlin. While at Berklee, Mohler was a member of The Jay Hodgson Group, which also included violinist Ludvig Girdland, drummer Rohin Khemani and lead-singer and songwriter Jay Hodgson.
Girdland would go on to become an important session violinist in Los Angeles, working with the likes of Electric Light Orchestra and The Eels, among others
