about me

Hi, my name is Max Legat and I was born and raised in Vienna, Austria. I started playing drums at the age of 7 when I got my first set from my parents as a christmas gift. I had my first lesson with Albin Janoska but I also had multiple other teachers which really inspired and helped me to get my chops together.

Thanks to Georg Beck, Alex Pohn, Shayan Fathi, Alex Deutsch, Dirk Erchinger and Christian Vinne. At the age of 10 I started jamming with a guitarist I met in school and we formed a band, which we still have up to this day. After graduation from high school I was studying drums at “Drumtrainer Berlin” for 1 year and after that 2 semesters at “Vienna Music Insitute”.

In 2013 I won the “Chad Smith Bombastic Contest” and as a price I flew to LA to meet Chad and play with his side project “Bombastic Meatbats” at the Gaslamp in Long Beach.

I´m currently playing in a couple of projects;

• “Mashiko”, which is a funk band feat. David Sladek and Gregor Bischops 

• "Wagner the Band“, a Soulful Rock Band.

I really enjoy playing live because of the energy you get from the crowd, but I also love finding the right part and sound for a song in the studio.