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| Who's the drummer who lost his arm and continues to play for the band Def Leppard? | Drummers!
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Rick Allen. Rick Allen is one amazingly talented person. He didn't let losing his arm stop him from performing....
| Who's the drummer from the 'Tonight Show Band'? | Drummers!
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Marvin 'Smitty' Smith. Jay Leno' 'the Tonight Show' has been using band members in skits. Smitty is very funny....
| Who's the only beardless one in 'ZZ Top' who plays the drums? | Drummers!
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Frank Beard. ZZ Top's Dusty and Billy have beards but Frank doesn't need a beard, his name is Beard!
| Who's the drummer from the band 'Aerosmith'? | Drummers!
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Joey Kramer. Steven Tyler of Aerosmith did the song for the movie 'Armeggedon' which his daughter Liv Tyler was in....
| Who's the famous drummer from 'The Beatles'? | Drummers!
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Ringo Starr. Ringo's real name is Richard Starkey....
Travis. Did they really run naked in their video are were they wearing flesh-colored clothing? You decide.....
| Who's the drummer from 'The Conan O'Brien Show'? | Drummers!
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Max Weinberg. Max Weinberg and the Max Weinberg 7....
| Who's the drummer from the band 'Van Halen'? | Drummers!
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Alex Van Halen. Alexander prefers to be called Alex....
| Who's the last drummer from the band 'The Grateful Dead'? | Drummers!
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Mickey Hart. Mickey Hart has an excelllent album out called 'Planet Drum'.....
| Who was the drummer from the group 'The Monkees'? | Drummers!
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Mickey Dolenz. Mickey Dolenz was on the TV show The Monkees where he was the drummer. They also made LP's....
805. You can get different colours for these: green, blue, purple and you can also get fluorescents.
Force Majeur. Gary Husband has played drums with Level 42, Lulu and many more bands.
Bottom of Lake Superior, Canada. The maple underneath Lake Superior, used for making the kit, is nearly 400 years old.
Tama and Sabian. Mike Portnoy is from Dream Theatre.
Bernard. Picked this info from Harry James'(famous trumpeter) biography.
Morgan Rose. Morgan Rose uses Tama, Zildjian and Vater sticks.
Lars Ulrich. Metallica has four people. James Hetfield - vocalist, Kirk Hammett - lead guitar, Lars Ulrich is the drummer and Rob Trujillo on bass.
John Keeble. I don't know if you have heard of them, but they formed in the eighties. Did you know that one of the band-members was in 'Eastenders'? (an English programme).
Chad Smith. He uses Pearl for his drums, Sabian for his cymbals and Vater for his sticks.
Dave Grohl. He is also the lead singer in the Foo Fighters as well as ex-drummer for Queens of the Stone Age.
| Fusion jazz drummer and pioneer Tony Williams, rightly recognized as one of the most influential jazz musicians to emerge from the 60's, died on February 23, 1997. What was his death due to? | The Gig is Up (But the Beat Goes On) - Drummers
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A heart attack following gall bladder surgery.. Tony Williams (b. December 12, 1945) was sitting in at clubs and jam sessions in Boston before his teens, and began playing professionally with jazz saxophonists Sam Rivers and Jackie McLean within a few short years. By 17, as a member of the Miles Davis Quintet(along with Herbie Hancock), he began to redefine the role of a jazz drummer as not only a timekeeper, but as an equal partner and contributor, thereby influencing and inspiring many other musicians following his path. Tony's interest in rock music allowed him to pioneer the "fusion" style (a mixture of jazz, rock, and R&B), and after leaving Davis in 1969, he formed and recorded with several bands that highlighted this new movement. Tony continued to play, record, and teach up until the time of his death, which came as a complete shock to the music industry.
| A co-founding member of Toto and one of the industry's most sought-after session drummers, Jeff Porcaro laid down the beat on albums for Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, Madonna, and hundreds of others, before suffering a fatal heart attack on August 5, 1992, which was the result of an allergic reaction to what? | The Gig is Up (But the Beat Goes On) - Drummers
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A pesticide. Influenced and instructed by his dad Joe, Jeff (b. April 1, 1954) began playing before the age of seven, and left high school during his senior year to back up Sonny and Cher on tour. He later recorded several albums with Steely Dan, and played on Boz Skagg's "Silk Degrees" LP (as well as writing "Lido Shuffle" and "Lowdown", two huge hits from that album). Co-founding Toto in 1976, and remaining a full-time member until his death, Jeff continued to play on major hit albums with a virtual constellation of the music industry's biggest stars, including Elton John's "Jump Up", Bruce Springsteen's "Human Touch", Warren Zevon's "Excitable Boy", Michael Jackson's "Thriller", and Don Henley's "End of the Innocence". An autopsy would reveal Jeff had an serious, undiagnosed heart condition; his funeral, held August 10th at Forest Lawn in Los Angeles, was attended by an estimated 1500 friends, colleagues, and fans.
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