Kent Stax

Kent Stax is the original and current drummer of the DC hardcore punk band Scream.[1] Along with brothers Franz and Peter Stahl and bassist Skeeter Thompson, Stax helped create the lightning-fast tempo that was a trademark of the punk rock genre. In the late eighties Stax left the band for personal reasons and David Grohl, a local drummer who was working with local band Dain Bramage replaced the longtime drummer. Stax played drums in a series of bands throughout the 1990s that drew influence from English punk and Oi music, most notably The Suspects, United 121 and Spitfires United. In the 2000s he played drums in Alleged Bricks.

Kent Stax live 2012 with Scream

Stax now lives in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC and plays drums in DC based Oi! / hardcore band The Defense with members from the Alleged Bricks and other Washington, DC hardcore bands.