Pete Wilhoit

Pete Wilhoit is an American percussionist and session musician, best known as drummer and backing vocalist for UK rock band Fiction Plane. Although the band is based in London, Wilhoit resides in New York. Wilhoit was born in Bloomington, IN and started a band with Bill Maki at Elm Heights elementary school in 4th grade called The Explosives. The Explosives biggest hit at the time was a song called Boom-a-chika. He credits his grandfather and The Beatles for his first real musical inspiration. Pete continued learning the art of rock and jazz drumming throughout middle and high school, playing in several musical projects: Z201, Jake Smith (Mysteries of Life), The Nixon Tapes/The Nixons, 3rd Man, Gyrogenics Quartet, etc. He later joined...