Greg Saenz
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Greg Saenz (born April 27, 1967) is a drummer
from Los Angeles, California
, currently based in Coachella Valley
. He started playing for several groups around L.A.
, mainly inlfuenced by british performers like John Bonham
, Keith Moon
and Charlie Watts
, later he joined Excel
where he stayed for 7 years. Also he is a My Head
former member and current drummer in The Dwarves. Since 2002 he began to writte his own music and form a solo career.
, taking interest in music at a young age influenced by classic 60's and 70's rock and roll
and hard rock
musicians like The Who
, The Rolling Stones
and Led Zeppelin
. In 1985 he moved to Highland Park to join his first band, "Swords and Tequila". The line-up was complete with "Moses" on bass
, "Feedback Frank" and "Plague" on guitar
s, Tim Samoan on vocals
and himself on drums
. They were mostly inspired by the NWOBHM
, but Saenz modified their style with their own influences (Greg said: "We sounded like early Iron Maiden
and Judas Priest
, but my love of bands like Venom
, Suicidal Tendencies
, and Minor Threat
had me speeding up the songs before long"). Swords and Tequila broke up after almost sign a contract with A&R
; the producer who talked them was later fired, so they missed the oportunity. Then he read an ad on the "Recycle Magazine" that said: "Excel
looking for a dedicated, talented, punk metal influence. No egos". Greg called singer
Dan Clements
and moved to Venice, California to join as Excel
's drummer
. Between the rest of 1985 and 1986 they recorded 3 demos
: Sonic Decapitation, Personal Onslaught and Refuse to Quit, editing their first studio album
(Split Image
) in 1987 (the recording was paid by Mike Muir
and distribution was conducted by Caroline Records), the second one (The Joke's on You
) in 1989, and a tour in Netherlands
the same year with that line-up. In January and February, 1989 he recoded together Dan Clements the background vocals
for the fourth studio album
by the thrash metal
band Kreator
, titled Extreme Aggression
. In 1992 Excel
recorded a fifth and last demo: Third album demos.
The next year guitarist
Adam Siegel
left the band definitely to form the alternative rock
and grunge
power trio
My Head
, with Greg on drums
and the former Bad Radio
member Dave Silva on bass
. However, this project was interrupted on several occasions for Siegel's participation in Infectious Grooves
. In early 1996, Saenz became the drummer of the first solo release by Mike Muir
(Suicidal Tendencies
vocalist), together Adam Siegel
, who recorded various tracks on the album. Then My Head
signed a record contract with Capitol Records
and released their debut album Endless Bummer, the song "Humbucker" became their only single and music video. The band broke up the January 1, 1998 but they recorded the track "The Beard" in a EP
called Pneumonia, which would be later included in the fourth full length record by Infectious Grooves
, Mas Borracho
, released the august 29, 2000. Also the power trio
appeared in the compilation album by Suicidal Tendencies
titled Friends & Family, Vol. 2
. After leaving My Head
Greg moved out of L.A.
to San Francisco Bay Area
, where he married his wife. In 2001 he played drums
for the tenth studio album by The Dwarves, titled How To Win Friends And Influence People. Then he settled in Coachella Valley
to write his own music and start a solo career. In 2007 he came back to The Dwarves and made several tours around USA, and Oceania
between 2008 and 2009.. In early 2011 he participated in The Dwarves's fourteenth studio release The Dwarves Are Born Again.
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
from Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, currently based in Coachella Valley
Coachella, California
Coachella is a city in Riverside County, California; it is the easternmost city in the region collectively known as the Coachella Valley...
. He started playing for several groups around L.A.
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, mainly inlfuenced by british performers like John Bonham
John Bonham
John Henry Bonham was an English musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer of Led Zeppelin. Bonham was esteemed for his speed, power, fast right foot, distinctive sound, and "feel" for the groove...
, Keith Moon
Keith Moon
Keith John Moon was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the English rock group The Who. He gained acclaim for his exuberant and innovative drumming style, and notoriety for his eccentric and often self-destructive behaviour, earning him the nickname "Moon the Loon". Moon...
and Charlie Watts
Charlie Watts
Charles Robert "Charlie" Watts is an English drummer, best known as a member of The Rolling Stones. He is also the leader of a jazz band, a record producer, commercial artist, and horse breeder.-Early life:...
, later he joined Excel
Excel (band)
Excel was a punk/metal fusion band from Venice, California founded in 1983 by singer Dan Clements and guitarist Adam Siegel. They were influenced by famous 70's punk rock musicians like The Police and The Sex Pistols, and heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath, Trouble, Slayer, Corrosion of...
where he stayed for 7 years. Also he is a My Head
My Head
My Head was a grunge/alternative rock power trio from Los Angeles, California, United States formed in 1993 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Adam Siegel and drummer Greg Saenz. Due to its member's past on Excel, My Head's sound was influenced by early 80's Crossover Thrash music, but also by the...
former member and current drummer in The Dwarves. Since 2002 he began to writte his own music and form a solo career.
History
Greg was born and raised in Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, taking interest in music at a young age influenced by classic 60's and 70's rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
and hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
musicians like The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
, The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
and Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
. In 1985 he moved to Highland Park to join his first band, "Swords and Tequila". The line-up was complete with "Moses" on bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, "Feedback Frank" and "Plague" on guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, Tim Samoan on vocals
Lead vocalist
The lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...
and himself on drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
. They were mostly inspired by the NWOBHM
New Wave of British Heavy Metal
The New Wave of British Heavy Metal was a heavy metal movement that started in the late 1970s, in Britain, and achieved international attention by the early 1980s. The movement developed as a reaction in part to the decline of early heavy metal bands such as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black...
, but Saenz modified their style with their own influences (Greg said: "We sounded like early Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
and Judas Priest
Judas Priest
Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 1969. The current line-up consists of lead vocalist Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis. The band has gone through several drummers over the years,...
, but my love of bands like Venom
Venom (band)
Venom are an English heavy metal band that formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Venom's first two albums—Welcome to Hell and Black Metal —are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general...
, Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies is a U.S. crossover thrash band founded in 1981 in Venice, Los Angeles, California by Mike Muir, its leader and only permanent member. The band is sometimes credited as one of "the fathers of crossover thrash"...
, and Minor Threat
Minor Threat
Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C. in 1980 and disbanded in 1983. The band was relatively short-lived, but had a strong influence on the hardcore punk music scene, both stylistically and in establishing a "do it yourself" ethic for music distribution and...
had me speeding up the songs before long"). Swords and Tequila broke up after almost sign a contract with A&R
A&R
Artists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...
; the producer who talked them was later fired, so they missed the oportunity. Then he read an ad on the "Recycle Magazine" that said: "Excel
Excel (band)
Excel was a punk/metal fusion band from Venice, California founded in 1983 by singer Dan Clements and guitarist Adam Siegel. They were influenced by famous 70's punk rock musicians like The Police and The Sex Pistols, and heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath, Trouble, Slayer, Corrosion of...
looking for a dedicated, talented, punk metal influence. No egos". Greg called singer
Lead vocalist
The lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...
Dan Clements
Dan Clements
Daniel Clements is a singer-songwriter from Venice, California, best known as the lead vocalist of Crossover thrash band Excel and the only member that remained in the group since its formation until its dissolution...
and moved to Venice, California to join as Excel
Excel (band)
Excel was a punk/metal fusion band from Venice, California founded in 1983 by singer Dan Clements and guitarist Adam Siegel. They were influenced by famous 70's punk rock musicians like The Police and The Sex Pistols, and heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath, Trouble, Slayer, Corrosion of...
's drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
. Between the rest of 1985 and 1986 they recorded 3 demos
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
: Sonic Decapitation, Personal Onslaught and Refuse to Quit, editing their first studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
(Split Image
Split Image
Split Image is the debut album by Excel, released in 1987. It is the band's first album as Welcome to Venice is a split album with Suicidal Tendencies, Beowülf, No Mercy and Los Cycos.Like many Excel albums, the recording is out of print....
) in 1987 (the recording was paid by Mike Muir
Mike Muir
Mike Muir is the lead vocalist of the Venice skate punk bands Suicidal Tendencies Los Cycos and the funk rock band Infectious Grooves...
and distribution was conducted by Caroline Records), the second one (The Joke's on You
The Joke's on You
The Joke's on You is the second album by Excel, released in 1989. The song "The Joke's on You" was already released on the previous album, Split Image....
) in 1989, and a tour in Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
the same year with that line-up. In January and February, 1989 he recoded together Dan Clements the background vocals
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
for the fourth studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by the thrash metal
Thrash metal
Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
band Kreator
Kreator
Kreator is a thrash metal band from Essen, Germany, formed in 1978, but formalized in 1982 under the name Tormentor. They originally performed a speed metal style with Venom influences. Their style of music is similar to their compatriots Destruction and Sodom, the other two big German thrash metal...
, titled Extreme Aggression
Extreme Aggression
-Personnel:Kreator*Mille Petrozza - guitar and vocals*Jörg Trzebiatowski - guitar*Rob Fioretti - bass guitar*Jürgen Reil - drumsProduction*Martin Becker - photography*Randy Burns - producer, engineer*Dan Clements - background vocals...
. In 1992 Excel
Excel (band)
Excel was a punk/metal fusion band from Venice, California founded in 1983 by singer Dan Clements and guitarist Adam Siegel. They were influenced by famous 70's punk rock musicians like The Police and The Sex Pistols, and heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath, Trouble, Slayer, Corrosion of...
recorded a fifth and last demo: Third album demos.
The next year guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
Adam Siegel
Adam Siegel
Adam Siegel is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and graphic designer from Venice, California, United States...
left the band definitely to form the alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
and grunge
Grunge
Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...
power trio
Power trio
A power trio is a rock and roll band format where the traditional power trio has a lineup of guitar, bass and drums, leaving out the rhythm guitar or keyboard that are used in other rock music to fill out the sound with chords...
My Head
My Head
My Head was a grunge/alternative rock power trio from Los Angeles, California, United States formed in 1993 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Adam Siegel and drummer Greg Saenz. Due to its member's past on Excel, My Head's sound was influenced by early 80's Crossover Thrash music, but also by the...
, with Greg on drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
and the former Bad Radio
Bad Radio
Bad Radio was a four piece, American progressive funk rock band that formed in San Diego, California in 1986. The band is most notable for having featured future Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder as its lead singer from 1988–1990...
member Dave Silva on bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
. However, this project was interrupted on several occasions for Siegel's participation in Infectious Grooves
Infectious Grooves
Infectious Grooves is a funk metal band led by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. It also features former Excel guitarist Adam Siegel, ex-Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo , and ex-Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins...
. In early 1996, Saenz became the drummer of the first solo release by Mike Muir
Mike Muir
Mike Muir is the lead vocalist of the Venice skate punk bands Suicidal Tendencies Los Cycos and the funk rock band Infectious Grooves...
(Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies is a U.S. crossover thrash band founded in 1981 in Venice, Los Angeles, California by Mike Muir, its leader and only permanent member. The band is sometimes credited as one of "the fathers of crossover thrash"...
vocalist), together Adam Siegel
Adam Siegel
Adam Siegel is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and graphic designer from Venice, California, United States...
, who recorded various tracks on the album. Then My Head
My Head
My Head was a grunge/alternative rock power trio from Los Angeles, California, United States formed in 1993 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Adam Siegel and drummer Greg Saenz. Due to its member's past on Excel, My Head's sound was influenced by early 80's Crossover Thrash music, but also by the...
signed a record contract with Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
and released their debut album Endless Bummer, the song "Humbucker" became their only single and music video. The band broke up the January 1, 1998 but they recorded the track "The Beard" in a EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
called Pneumonia, which would be later included in the fourth full length record by Infectious Grooves
Infectious Grooves
Infectious Grooves is a funk metal band led by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. It also features former Excel guitarist Adam Siegel, ex-Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo , and ex-Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins...
, Mas Borracho
Mas Borracho
Mas Borracho is the 4th album released in 2000 by Infectious Grooves. The title, as written on the album, is "but drunk" in Spanish. However, it most likely is a misspell of "más borracho", meaning "more drunk" or "drunker".-Track listing:...
, released the august 29, 2000. Also the power trio
Power trio
A power trio is a rock and roll band format where the traditional power trio has a lineup of guitar, bass and drums, leaving out the rhythm guitar or keyboard that are used in other rock music to fill out the sound with chords...
appeared in the compilation album by Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies is a U.S. crossover thrash band founded in 1981 in Venice, Los Angeles, California by Mike Muir, its leader and only permanent member. The band is sometimes credited as one of "the fathers of crossover thrash"...
titled Friends & Family, Vol. 2
Friends & Family, Vol. 2
Friends & Family, Vol. 2 is a compilation CD of bands who are friends or associated with the hardcore punk band Suicidal Tendencies.-Track listing:...
. After leaving My Head
My Head
My Head was a grunge/alternative rock power trio from Los Angeles, California, United States formed in 1993 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Adam Siegel and drummer Greg Saenz. Due to its member's past on Excel, My Head's sound was influenced by early 80's Crossover Thrash music, but also by the...
Greg moved out of L.A.
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
to San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
, where he married his wife. In 2001 he played drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
for the tenth studio album by The Dwarves, titled How To Win Friends And Influence People. Then he settled in Coachella Valley
Coachella, California
Coachella is a city in Riverside County, California; it is the easternmost city in the region collectively known as the Coachella Valley...
to write his own music and start a solo career. In 2007 he came back to The Dwarves and made several tours around USA, and Oceania
Oceania
Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
between 2008 and 2009.. In early 2011 he participated in The Dwarves's fourteenth studio release The Dwarves Are Born Again.
Discography
See also: List of Excel demos| Year | Album | Band | Type | Credits | Label |
| 1985 | Welcome to Venice Welcome to Venice Welcome to Venice is a crossover thrash album that features local Venice Beach, California punk and metal bands. It was released in 1985 on Suicidal Records.-Album History:... |
Excel Excel (band) Excel was a punk/metal fusion band from Venice, California founded in 1983 by singer Dan Clements and guitarist Adam Siegel. They were influenced by famous 70's punk rock musicians like The Police and The Sex Pistols, and heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath, Trouble, Slayer, Corrosion of... |
Split album | Drums on "Enforcer" and "Conclusion" | Suicidal |
| 1987 | Thrasher Skate Rock 5: Born to Skate Thrasher Skate Rock 5: Born to Skate Thrasher Skate Rock 5: Born to Skate is the fifth of seven volumes of compilation albums of crossover thrash and skate punk bands of the 80's. The album was only released on cassette tape.-Tracks:# "Visiting The Bad Again" – SNFU... |
Excel Excel (band) Excel was a punk/metal fusion band from Venice, California founded in 1983 by singer Dan Clements and guitarist Adam Siegel. They were influenced by famous 70's punk rock musicians like The Police and The Sex Pistols, and heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath, Trouble, Slayer, Corrosion of... |
Split album | Drums on "Insecurity" | High Speed |
| 1987 | Split Image Split Image Split Image is the debut album by Excel, released in 1987. It is the band's first album as Welcome to Venice is a split album with Suicidal Tendencies, Beowülf, No Mercy and Los Cycos.Like many Excel albums, the recording is out of print.... |
Excel Excel (band) Excel was a punk/metal fusion band from Venice, California founded in 1983 by singer Dan Clements and guitarist Adam Siegel. They were influenced by famous 70's punk rock musicians like The Police and The Sex Pistols, and heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath, Trouble, Slayer, Corrosion of... |
Studio album | Drums | Suicidal/Caroline |
| 1989 | The Joke's on You The Joke's on You The Joke's on You is the second album by Excel, released in 1989. The song "The Joke's on You" was already released on the previous album, Split Image.... |
Excel Excel (band) Excel was a punk/metal fusion band from Venice, California founded in 1983 by singer Dan Clements and guitarist Adam Siegel. They were influenced by famous 70's punk rock musicians like The Police and The Sex Pistols, and heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath, Trouble, Slayer, Corrosion of... |
Studio album | Drums | Caroline |
| 1989 | Extreme Aggression Extreme Aggression -Personnel:Kreator*Mille Petrozza - guitar and vocals*Jörg Trzebiatowski - guitar*Rob Fioretti - bass guitar*Jürgen Reil - drumsProduction*Martin Becker - photography*Randy Burns - producer, engineer*Dan Clements - background vocals... |
Kreator Kreator Kreator is a thrash metal band from Essen, Germany, formed in 1978, but formalized in 1982 under the name Tormentor. They originally performed a speed metal style with Venom influences. Their style of music is similar to their compatriots Destruction and Sodom, the other two big German thrash metal... |
Studio album | Background vocals | Noise Noise Records Noise Records was a German record label founded by German music industry personality Karl-Ulrich Walterbach in 1983 as an expansion of his company Modern Music Records. Noise Records specialized in thrash and melodic speed metal. It was sold to the Sanctuary Records Group in 2001 and ceased any... |
| 1989 | Live at the Nighttown, Rotterdam Live at the Nighttown, Rotterdam Live at the Nighttown, Rotterdam is the first live album by Crossover thrash band Excel. Tracks on the album are taken from a live concert performed in Rotterdam, Netherlands the November 14, 1989 at the end of a tour in the european country... |
Excel Excel (band) Excel was a punk/metal fusion band from Venice, California founded in 1983 by singer Dan Clements and guitarist Adam Siegel. They were influenced by famous 70's punk rock musicians like The Police and The Sex Pistols, and heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath, Trouble, Slayer, Corrosion of... |
Live album | Drums | Self-produced |
| 1990 | Live in Philadelphia-PA Live in Philadelphia-PA Live in Philadelphia-PA is a live album by Crossover thrash band Excel. It features a live concert recorded in Philadelphia, United States the April 29, 1990... |
Excel Excel (band) Excel was a punk/metal fusion band from Venice, California founded in 1983 by singer Dan Clements and guitarist Adam Siegel. They were influenced by famous 70's punk rock musicians like The Police and The Sex Pistols, and heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath, Trouble, Slayer, Corrosion of... |
Live album | Drums | Self-produced |
| 1996 | Lost My Brain! (Once Again) Lost My Brain! (Once Again) Lost My Brain! is the first of two solo albums from Mike "Cyco Miko" Muir – lead singer of Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves. It was released in January, 1996 on the Epic Records label... |
Cyco Miko | Studio album | Drums | Epic Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A... |
| 1996 | Endless Bummer | My Head My Head My Head was a grunge/alternative rock power trio from Los Angeles, California, United States formed in 1993 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Adam Siegel and drummer Greg Saenz. Due to its member's past on Excel, My Head's sound was influenced by early 80's Crossover Thrash music, but also by the... |
Studio album | Drums | Capitol Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine... |
| 2000 | Mas Borracho Mas Borracho Mas Borracho is the 4th album released in 2000 by Infectious Grooves. The title, as written on the album, is "but drunk" in Spanish. However, it most likely is a misspell of "más borracho", meaning "more drunk" or "drunker".-Track listing:... |
Infectious Grooves Infectious Grooves Infectious Grooves is a funk metal band led by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. It also features former Excel guitarist Adam Siegel, ex-Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo , and ex-Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins... |
Studio album | Drums on "The Beard" | Suicidal |
| 2001 | Friends & Family, Vol. 2 Friends & Family, Vol. 2 Friends & Family, Vol. 2 is a compilation CD of bands who are friends or associated with the hardcore punk band Suicidal Tendencies.-Track listing:... |
Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies is a U.S. crossover thrash band founded in 1981 in Venice, Los Angeles, California by Mike Muir, its leader and only permanent member. The band is sometimes credited as one of "the fathers of crossover thrash"... |
Compilation album | Drums on "Chain of Hate" and "Ultra Drown" | Suicidal |
| 2001 | How To Win Friends And Influence People | The Dwarves | Studio album | Drums | Reptilian Records |
| 2011 | The Dwarves Are Born Again | The Dwarves | Studio album | Drums | Greedy Records |