Black Keys’ Patrick Carney Reveals Incident That Led Him To Play Drums Instead

Patrick Carney of Black Keys recently revealed how he ended up playing drums instead of a guitar.

In a new interview with MOJO Magazine (via Crow River Media), Carney revealed the story how he became a drummer although he initially fell in love with playing the guitar.

According to Carney, he lost his capacity to play the instrument again after chopping his finger off "without realizing it."

The now-42-year-old drummer looked back at the time when he was working at a health food store during his teenage years. At that time, he was reportedly chopping vegetables but got distracted by a friend.

After that, he reportedly accidentally sliced his finger, and his friend tried to use tape to put the severed finger back.

"I was 16, but I was able to use the knife because I lied about my age. They thought I was older than I really was. This guy walks up and shows me this little catalog of people going at it. What the hell? I kept chopping with the knife and cut my f****** pinky off! I didn't even realise I'd done it," he said, as quoted by Music News.

He hilariously recalled how his friend, who he calls a "punk rock dude," tried fixing his fingers with duct tape since rockers tend to "fix everything with duct tape."

Although the tape obviously did not help him fix his severed finger, doctors managed to reattach the part. Unfortunately, he lost some of his sensation, that he had to stop playing guitar.

As a result, he took the drums instead.

Patrick Carney Shares Legacy With Black Keys

The incident somewhat brought a positive aftereffect to his life since it led him and Dan Auerbach to establish Black Keys in 2001.

The band went on to release several hit albums, including "The Big Come Up," "Thickfreakness," "Rubber Factory," "Magic Potion," "Attack & Release," "Brothers," El Camino," "Turn Blue," And "Delta Kream."

This year, he and Auerbach have reportedly been busy with their 11th studio album, "Dropout Boogie." Per the drummer, they had already worked together for years. But they reportedly never had a better time than they did while making their upcoming LP.

"I definitely had the most funmaking 'Dropout Boogie' over any other record," he said. "It was the easiest to make, not because we're phoning it in at this point but because we're able to communicate better with each other."

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