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5SOS's Ashton Irwin opens up about his passion for drumming

Drummer Ashton Irwin recently sat down for an interview with percussion company Zildjian and opened up about how he came to play the drums

The heartthrob confessed that his passion for drumming was born from a playground lie and a situation where he had to learn to play Green Day's 'Holiday' very quickly in order to maintain his reputation:

"I was in primary school in Australia, I was roughly 9 or 10-years-old, and my friend says to me, 'hey buddy, want to be in a band?' and I said, 'yeah, man.' He asked what I played and I loved Green Day and Trés Cool, and I said, 'hey, I play the drums.' It turned out it was a huge lie. I had lied to him! So he invited me over and said, 'alright man, let's play 'Holiday' by Green Day.'

The 'She's Kinda Hot' sensation went onto add that he went home and asked his stepfather, who is a drummer, to teach him to play the song and the rest, as they say, is history.

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