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Patrick Carney

Patrick James Carney (born April 15, 1980) is an American musician and producer best known as the drummer of the Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio.

Carney stated in an interview with Modern Drummer that he never took drum lessons as a child, but learned by mimicking friends who also were drummers, using a $150 drumset that he bought with money earned from a job as a teenager. Carney grew up in Akron, Ohio.

In 2001, Carney and Auerbach, lead singer and guitarist, formed the Black Keys, releasing their debut album The Big Come Up less than a year later. This was followed by Thickfreakness in 2003 and Rubber Factory in 2004. The band's fourth album Magic Potion was released in 2006. Attack & Release, their critically acclaimed fifth album was released in 2008, with a follow-up in 2010 titled Brothers. The band released the albums El Camino in 2011, Turn Blue in 2014, Let's Rock in 2019, Delta Kream in 2021, and Dropout Boogie in 2022. The band's album Ohio Players was released on April 5, 2024. The band's album No Rain, No Flowers was released on August 8, 2025. The band's newest album Peaches! is scheduled for release on May 1, 2026

Carney currently produces and writes music out of his Nashville, Tennessee-based recording studio, Audio Eagle. He has produced a range of artists from various musical backgrounds including the Black Keys, Michelle Branch, Calvin Johnson, Tennis, the Sheepdogs, Beaten Awake, Houseguest, Churchbuilder, Jessy Wilson, Kramies and *repeat repeat.

Audio Eagle Studio is a recording studio opened in 2001 by Carney. The studio was located in Akron, Ohio and consisted mostly of a digital 12-track recorder. It went through many incarnations and configurations and was mainly used to record the first four Black Keys albums. In 2010, the studio was relocated to Nashville, Tennessee.

Carney hosts a monthly radio show on Sirius XMU called "Serious Boredom with Patrick Carney."

Carney had a segment on HBO's news show, Vice News Tonight, titled "Patrick Carney's High Standards Music Corner" where he listened to and judged new songs.

In 2009, while fellow Black Keys member Dan Auerbach was on his solo tour, Carney formed a new band called Drummer in which he played bass guitar. Each of the band's members had played drums in another band. They released Feel Good Together, their debut album in the same year. Carney is the drummer on the Rentals' 2014 album Lost in Alphaville.

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