Kenny Aronoff

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Kenny Aronoff (born March 7, 1953 ) is an American drummer who works primarily as a session and live musician in the fields of rock and pop . In addition, Aronoff has been in the genres of jazz , heavy metal and country since the early 1990s . He achieved his breakthrough working with John Mellencamp .

biography

Until 1998 - the early years

Aronoff grew up in Massachusetts and was self-taught in his first band at the age of ten . At the age of sixteen he initially focused on classical music and played with the Boston Symphony Orchestra . After graduating from Indiana University in 1976, he moved to the East Coast , where he studied drums in Boston and New York ; there he concentrated on jazz and fusion . In 1977 he moved back to Bloomington and played in a well-known local band with whom he toured the entire Midwest. In 1980 he joined John Mellencamp's band, with whom he questioned the recording techniques for the snare drum and all of the drums, thus helping to define the style of Mellencamp's music - with which he has recorded ten albums since then and toured together until 1997.

Since 1998 - without Mellencamp

In 1988 Mellencamp took a long hiatus, and Aronoff was poorly groomed because of his divorce at the time, which is why he moved to Los Angeles . There the producer Don Was got him studio recordings with Iggy Pop , Bob Dylan , Bob Seger , Elton John and Glen Frey , which brought him a career boost.

From 1993 to 1997 he taught percussion as an associate professor at Indiana University . Currently he is u. a. to be heard on the studio recordings of John Fogerty , Tony Iommi , Melissa Etheridge , Meat Loaf , Avril Lavigne and Rod Stewart , also live with The Smashing Pumpkins , Bob Seger and Joe Cocker . Aronoff has been voted number one pop / rock drummer and studio drummer for five years in a row by Readers of Modern Drummer magazine, and has played on over 30 Grammy-nominated recordings. On the tour for the album Chickenfoot III he played with the band Chickenfoot , as original drummer Chad Smith had to fulfill tour obligations with Red Hot Chili Peppers .

Aronoff married his wife Georgina on August 18, 2012 at the Sunset Marquis Hotel in Hollywood , best man was Glenn Hughes .

In 2016, Rolling Stone listed Aronoff as 66th of the 100 best drummers of all time .

Equipment

Currently Aronoff endorser for Tama drums and hardware, Meinl Percussion , REMO skins , Zildjian - pool , Yamaha DTX Drums and Shure microphones .

Drums (varies according to fellow musicians): Tama Starclassic (Violet Shade)

  • Kenny Aronoff Signature Snare Drum (varying in sizes 14 "x5", 14 "x6.5" and 15 "x4") or Kenny Aronoff Signature Trackmaster Snare Drum (in sizes 14 "x5.5" and 15 "x4") .
  • 24 "x18" bass drum
  • 18 "x16" kick drum
  • 12 "x11" TomTom
  • 10 "x9" tom tom
  • 14 "x13" tom tom
  • 16 "x15" floor tom

Basin (varies according to fellow musicians): Zildjian

  • Varies according to fellow musicians: 14 "A Zildjian Armand HiHats, 14" A Zildjian Mastersound HiHats, 13 "K Hi-Hat Top with 13" A New Beat Bottom
  • Varies according to fellow musicians: 19 "Z3 Thrash Ride, 20" A Custom Projection Ride, 21 "A Rock Ride
  • 19 "A Custom Projection Crash
  • 19 "Rock Crash (3 ×)
  • 20 "A Medium Sizzle Crash
  • 16 "Oriental China Trash
  • 12 "re-mix crash
  • 16 "Oriental China Trash with 10" Trash Hat

12 "Re-Mix Crash with 11" Oriental Trash Splash

Percussion: Meinl

  • 6 "Artist Series Kenny Aronoff Cowbell
  • 8 "Artist Series Kenny Aronoff Cowbell

Skins: Remo

  • 14 "Tattoo Skyns Snare Batters, or 14" Emperor (white coated)
  • Clear Ambassador
  • Coated Emperor X
  • Toms: Coated Emperor and Diplomat (clear) resonance heads
  • Clear Emperor
  • Bass drum: Clear Powerstroke 3

Hardware: Tama

  • Tripods and rack system
  • Iron Cobra Double Bass Drum Pedals (2)
  • Iron Cobra hi-hat machine

Microphones: Shure

  • Beta 52A kick drum microphone
  • SM57 snare drum microphone
  • Beta 56A tom microphone
  • KSM32 / CG hi-hat microphone
  • SM81 overhead microphone

Discography selection

1980 to 1990

With John Cougar Mellencamp

  • Nothing Matters and What if It Did (1980)
  • American Fool (1982)
  • Uh Huh (1983)
  • Scarecrow (1985)
  • The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)
  • " Cocktail " soundtrack (1988)
  • Big Daddy (1989)

With Belinda Carlisle

  • Heaven on Earth (1987)
  • Runaway Horses (1989)

With Elton John

  • Days of Thunder [Soundtrack] (1990)
  • to be continued ... (1990)

With Bob Dylan

With Jon Bon Jovi

With other artists

1991 to 2000

With Belinda Carlisle

With Cinderella

With BB King

With John Mellencamp

  • Human Wheels (1993)
  • " Footloose " Soundtrack (Expanded Edition) (1998)

With Iggy Pop

  • Nude & Rude: The Best of Iggy Pop (1996)

With Jon Bon Jovi

  • Destination Anywhere (1997)

With meat loaf

With Bon Jovi

With Hank Williams Jr.

  • Hog Wild (1995)
  • AKA Wham Bam Sam (1996)

With Rod Stewart

  • A Spanner in the Works (1995)
  • Patch Adams [Soundtrack] (1998)

With Celine Dion

With Joe Cocker

With John Fogerty

With other artists

2001 to 2010

With Bruce Kulick

  • Audio Dog (2001)
  • BK3 (2010, Between the Lines )

With The Bone Shakers

  • Monster Blues (2001)

With Lynyrd Skynyrd

  • Twenty / Edge of Forever (2002)
  • Thyrty: 30th Anniversary Collection (2003)
  • Then & Now (2004)

With meat loaf

With Betty Dylan

  • Heartland (2003)
  • Abdicate the Throne (2004)

With John Fogerty

  • Deja Vu (All Over Again) (2004)
  • The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection (2005)
  • The Long Road Home: In Concert (2006)
  • Revival (2007)

With Hilary Duff

  • Hilary Duff (2004)
  • A Cinderella Story [Soundtrack] (2004)
  • Most Wanted (2006)

With Jesse McCartney

  • Beautiful Soul (2004)
  • The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement [Soundtrack] (2004)
  • Beautiful Soul (2005)

With Anastacia

  • Anastacia (2004)
  • Pieces of a Dream: Best Of (2005)

With other artists

As of 2011

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b Kenny Aronoff. (No longer available online.) In: sticks.de. MM-Musik-Media Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 28, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www1.sticks.de  
  2. ↑ a b Kenny Aronoff. Artist Biography. In: zildjian.com. Avedis Zildjian Company, accessed June 28, 2012 .
  3. ↑ 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time. Rolling Stone , March 31, 2016, accessed August 6, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Shure Drummers: Kenny Aronoff. (No longer available online.) Shure Distribution NL, archived from the original on October 21, 2011 ; accessed on June 28, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.shure.nl
personal data
SURNAME Aronoff, Kenny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American drummer
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1953