Patrick Star (The Infection)

VäljakutsePatrick Star (Born April 15th 1976) is a Canadian-born drummer, who was raised in all three Baltic nations

Biography
Patrick was born in Nunavut, Canada on April 15th 1976. When he was four, his parents moved to Latvia, where he spent the next three years of his childhood. He describes Latvia as a place that he's always associated with home, despite living in America and South Africa for most of his adult life.

At age seven, he moved to Lithuania, where he spent the next six years of his life. This is where he got his first drum set and also where he'd learned to play a number of different instruments. He spent the last two years of his childhood in Estonia, where he released an EP with a band called Võti (translated : Key.) During the making of this EP, he toured with a relatively unknown band called "Wince" who had just released their self-titled album.

After the gig, Patrick would often sneak out to Wince concerts, as they were playing in many clubs close to his house.

After three years of absence in Estonia, Wince came back under a new name (The Infection) but without a drummer. Patrick saw this as the perfect opportunity to audition. He got the job on the first try and at age 18, had permission from his parents to travel to San Diego.

Despite his odd accent and extraordinary height (7'3 at least) Patrick didn't find it too hard to fit in in America, because of his fluent understanding of the English language. During his first gig, Patrick was allowed to perform some originals, that he had taught the band before the concert. These originals were the first songs played, because the guitars had to be massively de-tuned before playing them.

Patrick quit the Infection in 2000 because of family issues and spent the next few years of his life living in Estonia and taking care of his mother, helping to nurse her back to full health. He said multiple times during this period that he and SpongeBob had always remained on good terms, but many media outlets fabricated fights between the two.

In 2004, Patrick released his debut studio album : "One Idiot and a Couple Months of Studio Time" which contained over 30 tracks and was critically acclaimed, despite being hated by most Infection fans at the time. The album sold relatively well, by self-released album standards, selling 950 copies in its first week. The album is currently out of print and there are only around 10,000 copies in the world.

After a long absence from music in general (apart from a few releases in Estonia with Võti, which he had rejoined after making sure that his mother was well.) Patrick released his second solo album, and announced that he was rejoining the Infection on the release date.

Patrick left the band in October 2017 to fully focus on another project called "Shitburglars" which was later renamed.

EPs

 * Väljaulatuvus (1991)
 * Väljakutse (1993)

Studio Albums

 * Haavatud (1992)
 * Challenge for a Civilized Society (2005)
 * Battle of Hastings (2012)

Studio albums

 * A Number of My Lives (1995)
 * Traffic Jam (feature on track 3, 1997)
 * Disparate Realms (2000)
 * The New Settlement (2017)

With Shitburglars//Sounds of the Wildebeest

 * No One Ever Knows (2017)
 * Jealous Young Men (2017)
 * Heart Cooks Brain (2017
 * Horse Jumper of Love split (2017)

Solo

 * One Idiot and a Couple Months of Studio Time (2004)
 * Polythene (2015)