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Regan Hagar was the drummer in Malfunkshun from 1980 to 1988, featuring Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone on vocals and Kevin Wood on guitar. He had previously been in the band Maggot Brains, but joined Malfunkshun when their drummer, David Hunt, quit the band after the first show. Hagar has also performed in Satchel with Shawn Smith, and in Brad with Shawn Smith and Stone Gossard, from Pearl Jam and formerly Mother Love Bone.

Early Years
Regan Hagar got into music in Commodore Junior High on Bainsbridge Island, where he played the snare drum. Hagar met future Malfunkshun band-mate Andrew Wood there, when Hagar was in grade eight and Wood was in grade seven. He got into punk and began playing a full drum kit in high school and played for Maggot Brains. When he was fourteen Andrew Wood befriended him and asked him to join the band Malfunkshun after seeing him working at the Showbox Theatre. Hagar worked hanging flyers and taking tickets for Showbox Theatre in exchange for free tickets to go to shows.

Malfunkshun
While drumming in Malfunkshun, Regan Hagar went by the stage name Thundarr. The three members, Kevin Wood, Andrew Wood, and Hagar all went by stage names and wore white make-up, similar to the members of the band Kiss. He chose the name Thundarr because of Thor the thunder god, and how drums relate to Thunder.

Malfunkshun broke up in 1988 to become Lords of the Wasteland which featured Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament in their line up, with Andrew Wood and Regan Hagar. Hagar was replaced by Greg Gilmore on drums as the band transitioned into Mother Love Bone. Hagar says that he was actually happy that Gilmore took his place in the band, because he had a lot of respect for Gilmore.

Recent
In 2006 Regan Hagar recorded an album as From The North with Shawn Smith, Kevin Wood and Cory Kane. This was a music project which used new music alongside lyrics left by the late Andrew Wood. Regan left the band in 2011. Regan Hagar is the original drummer for the band Brad, which has been active since 1992 and has released 6 albums in the past 20 years.

Brad
Regan Hagar is currently drumming in the band Brad (which has recently added Keith Lowe on bass, when Mike Berg left). Although Stone Gossard and Shawn Smith usually write the songs, he has made contributions such as "Tea Bag" which was released on their 2012 album United We Stand. The song was written and recorded at an earlier date.

In addition to drumming, Regan Hagar also plays keyboard. He will also play guitar on occasion.

Assistant Tour Manager
In 2009, Regan Hagar began working as assistant tour manager for Neil Young. Although he initially thought it would just be for the summer, he worked the whole tour while Neil Young was recording the album Fork in the Road. He says that it was an inspiration to work with Young, and to watch him make the record while on tour.

Graphic Design Work
Regan Hagar also works as a freelance graphic designer and has worked on many album's artwork. He took up graphic design to help support his family, since being a musician wasn't very profitable.

Initially his career as a graphic designer was over-looked because people thought of him as a musician, He created the album art for Eddie Vedder's ukulele album, Ukulele Songs which was released in 2011. Hagar became involved with Pearl Jam's art design after he designed Lance Mercer's 5x1 -- Pearl Jam Through the Eye of Lance Mercer book.

Regan Hagar says that he likes to listen to the music from the album he's creating art for, to make sure the connection between the songs and the artwork is intact. It's important to him, he says, since he spent a lot of time looking at album art while listening to the albums.

Hagar created his first album cover design at fifteen for World Full of Hate from The Fartz, a punk Seattle band who's line-up included Duff McKagan on drums prior to McKagan being in the LA metal band Guns n Roses.

While in high school, he also designed T-shirts and posters for bands with Andrew Wood. He is a self-taught graphic artist.