Marco Minnemann

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Marco Minnemann (born December 24, 1970 in Hanover) is a German musician who is best known as a drummer, but also as a producer.

Life

Minnemann came to Munich at the age of 19, where he became the drummer of the crossover band Freaky Fukin Weirdoz in 1992 . On the side he founded the progressive rock project Illegal Aliens with the singer Artemis Gounaki . In 1997 he moved to the H-Blockx , where he stayed until 1999. In the following years he worked with Paul Gilbert , Udo Lindenberg , Paddy Kelly , Terry Bozzio , Chad Wackerman , Wolfgang Schmid , Kreator , Mike Keneally and Nena , among others .

As one of seven drummers, he was invited to audition by the band Dream Theater in October 2010 to find a successor to Mike Portnoy , who had left the band in September 2010. The bonus DVD for A Dramatic Turn of Events , released in 2011, includes the film about the rehearsals and the audition.

Together with guitarist Guthrie Govan and bassist Bryan Beller he is active in the fusion trio "The Aristocrats". He also played drums on Steven Wilson's 2012 world tour with his solo album Grace for Drowning . In 2013 he played on the recordings of Steven Wilson's third solo album The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories) and the tour that followed. He then played with Joe Satriani on his tour. In 2013 Levin Minnemann Rudess appeared with Tony Levin and Jordan Rudess .

Since January 2016 he has also been the drummer of "The Mute Gods", a project by Nick Beggs, who became known as the singer / bassist in the band Kajagoogoo and also plays in Steven Wilson's band.

Since 2017 he has been the drummer of the progressive rock supergroup The Sea Within with members Roine Stolt , Daniel Gildenlöw , Jonas Reingold and Tom Brislin ( Camel )

Due to his progressive style of play, he has received several awards in various specialist magazines and has published several instructional DVDs and books.

Marco Minnemann (Aarhus, 2016)

Discography

  • "Thickness" Illegal Aliens - 1996
  • "Red Alibis" Illegal Aliens - 1997
  • "The Green Mindbomb" Minnemann - 1998
  • "Fly Eyes" H-Blockx - 1998
  • "Time" - Illegal Aliens - 1998
  • "Comfortably Homeless" Minnemann - 1999/2000
  • "International Telephone" Illegal Aliens - 2000
  • " Heal Yourself " New Rock Conference - 2000
  • "Motor" Minnemann / Brinkmann - 2002
  • "Orchids" Minnemann - 2002
  • "Broken Orange" Minnemann - 2002
  • Nena feat. Nena - 2002
  • "Normalizer" Minnemann / Mario Brinkmann - 2003
  • "Mieze" Minnemann - 2004
  • "Space Ship One" Paul Gilbert / Minnemann - 2005
  • "Swine Songs - best of" - 2006
  • "Contraire De La Chanson" Minnemann - 2006
  • "Disarmed" Brinkmann, Minnemann, Trentini - 2007
  • "Housewifedogandtwokids" Minnemann - 2007
  • "The Insight Eye" Illogicist (with Marco Minnemann) - 2007
  • "Normalizer2" Minnemann / Mario Brinkmann - 2007/2008
  • "A Mouth Of God" Minnemann - 2008
  • "Catspoon" Minnemann - 2009
  • "Burning Organ" Paul Gilbert / Minnemann - 2010
  • "Evidence Of Humanity" Mike Keneally / Marco Minnemann - 2010
  • "24 Tales" Alex Machacek / Marco Minnemann - 2010
  • "Scambot 2" Mike Keneally / Minnemann - 2010
  • "The Aristocrats" - 2011
  • "sm" Shiloh-Sheray / Minnemann (with Paul Gilbert) - 2011
  • "Symbolic Fox" Minnemann - 2012
  • "Boing, We'll Do It Live!" The Aristocrats - 2012
  • "The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)" Steven Wilson - 2013
  • "Culture Clash" The Aristocrats - 2013
  • "Timestamps" Hans Platz - 2013
  • "Levin / Minnemann / Rudess - 2013
  • "Synecron" Nathan Frost / Minnemann - 2013
  • "Hemmed By Light, Shaped By Darkness" Ephel Duath / Marco Minnemann - 2013
  • "EEPS" Minnemann - 2014
  • "Culture Clash Live" The Aristocrats - 2014/2015
  • "Hand. Cannot. Erase." Steven Wilson - 2015
  • "Secret Show: Live In Osaka" The Aristocrats - 2015
  • "Tres Caballeros" The Aristocrats - 2015
  • "Celebration" Minnemann - 2015
  • "Shockwave Supernova" Joe Satriani / Minnemann - 2015
  • "[4½]" Steven Wilson - 2016
  • "Above The Roses" -2016
  • "The Psychic Planetarium" Pitts / Minnemann Project - 2016
  • "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" The Mute Gods (with Minnemann) - 2016
  • "Shadow Play" Minnemann - 2016

Video albums

  • Marco Minnemann: Live in LA - June 2001
  • Extreme Drumming 2003
  • The Marco Show 2006

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ biography on his website (last accessed March 04, 2017)
  2. ↑ http://the-aristocrats-band.com/
  3. ↑ http://levinminnemannrudess.com/
  4. ↑ Announcement The Sea Within Supergroup (accessed January 2, 2017)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Minnemann, Marco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover