Jimmy DeGrasso

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Jimmy DeGrasso (born March 16, 1963 in Bethlehem , Pennsylvania ) is an American metal drummer. He plays in the band F5 and for Alice Cooper .

biography

DeGrasso graduated from Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1981 and soon devoted himself to playing the drums. He played briefly in 1986 with the band Mama's Boys. From 1987 to 1990 he was the drummer with the band Y&T , where he replaced Leonhard Haze . In 1992 he joined Suicidal Tendencies and did the tour for the album The Art of Rebellion . In 1995, after the temporary dissolution of Suicidal Tendencies, he played for Dave Mustaines ( Megadeth ) and Lee Vings ( Fear ) project MD.45 and for Alice Cooper, through which he can also be seen in the film Wayne's World . For Cooper he was also active on the next tours until 1997 and played the album Fistful of Alice with. In 1998 Mustaine brought him to Megadeth. He starred on the Cryptic Writings tour five days after Mustaine hired him. DeGrasso then recorded the albums Risk and The World Needs a Hero and can also be seen on the Megadeth DVD Rude Awakening .

After Megadeth broke up in the meantime, DeGrasso appeared at the Modern Drummer Festival in 2002 and played at other drummer festivals in Great Britain and Australia . He has played tours for Stone Sour and guitarist Ronnie Montrose and is active as a session musician. Since 2007 he has been the drummer in David Ellefson's (Megadeth) band F5, plays in a band called Hail and in 2008 replaced Eric Singer , who was busy with Kiss , again with Alice Cooper. He has been a band member with Cooper since 2009.

DeGrasso also played with Lita Ford , Ozzy Osbourne , White Lion , Talas and David Lee Roth in his career . He lives in San José , where he also runs a drum kit.

Bands

Discography

  • 1987: Y&T - Contagious
  • 1990: Y&T - Yesterday & Today Live
  • 1990: Y&T - Ten
  • 1992: Fiona - Squeeze
  • 1994: Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal for Life
  • 1995: Y&T - Musically Incorrect
  • 1996: MD.45 - The Craving
  • 1997: Alice Cooper - Fistful of Alice
  • 1998: ANIMAL - Poder Latino (session drummer)
  • 1998: Y&T - Endangered Species
  • 1999: Megadeth - Risk
  • 2000: Megadeth - Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years
  • 2001: Megadeth - The World Needs a Hero
  • 2001: Megadeth - Behind the Music
  • 2002: Megadeth - Rude Awakening
  • 2002: Megadeth - Still Alive ... and Well?
  • 2005: Megadeth - Greatest Hits: Back to the Start
  • 2006: Megadeth - Arsenal of Megadeth
  • 2007: Megadeth - War Chest
  • 2008: F5 - The Reckoning
  • 2008: Megadeth - Anthology: Set the World Afire

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b www.jimmydegrasso.com: Biography of Jimmy DeGrasso