Marco Minnemann is a German-born 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...

, composer

Composer

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 and multi-instrumentalist

Multi-instrumentalist

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. He lives in Lake Elsinore, California

Lake Elsinore, California

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.

Biography

He has many solo CDs on which he plays most of the instruments and sings, and he's constantly working as a composer and session recording artist.

His work as an educational book author along with Rick Gratton brought out 3 books including the award winning and in many magazines as #1 voted "Extreme Independence". Also one of his DVDs "Extreme Drumming" won polls and achieved Marco a Telly Award.

He has worked with guitarist Paul Gilbert

Paul Gilbert

Paul Brandon Gilbert is an American guitarist. He is well known for his technical guitar work with Racer X and Mr...

 on his solo album called "Space Ship One" and was also involved in the development of the "Space Ship One Live" DVD (both released in 2005).

He did a trio tour with Terry Bozzio

Terry Bozzio

Terry John Bozzio is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.-Biography:Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed...

 and Chad Wackerman

Chad Wackerman

Chad Wackerman is a jazz, jazz fusion and rock drummer; arguably best known in the United States for his work as a drummer and percussionist in Frank Zappa's band...

 and on numerous clinic tours around the world. His educational book “Maximum Minnemann” was released in August 2006. His DVD "The Marco Show" with featured Artists Mike Keneally

Mike Keneally

Michael Joseph Keneally is an American guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and composer. Allmusic says: "With his wide-ranging talents and ability to be creative in almost any musical situation, Keneally is the leading progressive rock genius of the post-Zappa era."Born on Long Island, New York, he...

, Bryan Beller

Bryan Beller

Bryan Beller is an American bass guitarist known for his work with Mike Keneally, Steve Vai, Dethklok, James LaBrie of Dream Theater, and Dweezil Zappa.-Career:...

 and the Buddy Rich Big Band, was released in 2007.

His instructional DVD Extreme Drumming was published in 2003 by Warner Brothers. In October 2007, he was announced as a member of new band UKZ

UKZ

UKZ is an international progressive rock band, that was formed in 2007 by keyboardist/violinist Eddie Jobson, who had played in UK. The band also features former King Crimson guitarist Trey Gunn.-History:...

 with Eddie Jobson

Eddie Jobson

Edwin "Eddie" Jobson is an English keyboardist and violinist noted for his use of synthesizers. He has been a member of several progressive rock bands, including Curved Air, Roxy Music, U.K., and Jethro Tull. He was also part of Frank Zappa's band in 1976-77...

 (ex-Zappa), Trey Gunn

Trey Gunn

Trey Gunn is an American musician, known for his membership in progressive rock band King Crimson from 1994 to 2003, playing Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick.-Biography:...

 (ex-King Crimson) and Alex Machacek (virtuoso guitar player).
Marco toured with death metalists Necrophagist

Necrophagist

Necrophagist is a German death metal band, founded and fronted by Muhammed Suiçmez; a German-born, Turkish guitarist and vocalist. The band is known for its rapid and technical compositions....

 on the Summer Slaughter tour 2007 which is featured on their live DVD released in 2008.

He's part of the Progressive Rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 power trio "KMB" (Keneally

Mike Keneally

Michael Joseph Keneally is an American guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and composer. Allmusic says: "With his wide-ranging talents and ability to be creative in almost any musical situation, Keneally is the leading progressive rock genius of the post-Zappa era."Born on Long Island, New York, he...

/Minnemann/Beller

Bryan Beller

Bryan Beller is an American bass guitarist known for his work with Mike Keneally, Steve Vai, Dethklok, James LaBrie of Dream Theater, and Dweezil Zappa.-Career:...

), which performs music from all three member's solo albums as well as original material and improvised "jams". Minnemann has performed several times as the drummer in "The Mike Keneally Band" along with KMB-mates Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller.

He was on a world tour with 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...

 in 2009.

Minnemann performed three concerts in Poland in November 2009 as part of Eddie Jobson

Eddie Jobson

Edwin "Eddie" Jobson is an English keyboardist and violinist noted for his use of synthesizers. He has been a member of several progressive rock bands, including Curved Air, Roxy Music, U.K., and Jethro Tull. He was also part of Frank Zappa's band in 1976-77...

's Ultimate Zero (UZ) project. The line-up also featured John Wetton

John Wetton

John Kenneth Wetton is an English bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, singer and songwriter. He was born in Willington, Derbyshire, and grew up in Bournemouth. He has been a professional musician since the late 1960s...

, Greg Howe

Greg Howe

Gregory "Greg" Howe is an American guitarist and composer. As an active musician for nearly thirty years, he has released nine studio albums in addition to collaborating with a wide variety of artists.-Recording career:...

 (guitar) and Tony Levin

Tony Levin

Tony Levin is an American progressive rock musician, specializing in bass guitar, Chapman stick and upright bass ....

 (stick). They performed music from UK

UK (band)

U.K. were a short-lived British progressive rock supergroup active from 1977 until 1980.The band was composed of Singer/Bassist John Wetton, formerly of King Crimson, Bryan Ferry's band and Uriah Heep, Keyboardist/Electric Violinist Eddie Jobson, formerly of Curved Air, Roxy Music and Frank Zappa's...

 and King Crimson

King Crimson

King Crimson are a rock band founded in London, England in 1969. Often categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, the band have incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during their history...

. It was the first time in 30 years Eddie Jobson and John Wetton played together after UK disbanded.

Marco was on Tour with Adrian Belew Power Trio in 2010.

Marco's new DVD will be out in early 2012 and features band collaborations, drum solos and duets with Simon Phillips

Simon Phillips

Simon Phillips is an English jazz, pop and rock drummer.-Career:Phillips began to play professionally at the age of twelve in his father's Dixieland band for four years. He was then offered the chance to play in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar...

, Johnny Rabb

Johnny Rabb

Johnny Rabb is a professional live/studio drummer, author, inventor, and instructor. As a Product Specialist for , Rabb performs around 70 international clinic dates per year...

 and Alex Gonzalez

Alex González (musician)

Alejandro González , better known as Alex González, is an American Mexican musician of Cuban and Colombian origin. He is a member, drummer and songwriter for the Mexican band Maná. He is nicknamed "El Animal" and also sings lead vocals for many songs, including the single "Me Vale"...

 and more.

He recorded for XTC's Andy Partridge along with Mike Keneally for a CD release for 2012.

He tried out for Dream Theater

Dream Theater

Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...

 after the departure of Mike Portnoy

Mike Portnoy

Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy is an American drummer primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and a co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater, as well as the temporary drummer for the hard rock band Avenged Sevenfold. Known for his drumming prowess and technical...

.

His new trio "The Aristocrats" together with Guthrie Govan

Guthrie Govan

Guthrie Govan is a guitarist known for his work with the bands Asia , GPS, The Young Punx and The Fellowship as well as Erotic Cakes...

 and Bryan Beller

Bryan Beller

Bryan Beller is an American bass guitarist known for his work with Mike Keneally, Steve Vai, Dethklok, James LaBrie of Dream Theater, and Dweezil Zappa.-Career:...

 will be released in summer 2011 followed by an extensive tour.
He is currently playing with Steven Wilson on the "Grace for drowning" tour 2011.

Books

• Ultimate Play Along Drum Trax.
• Extreme Interdependence: Drumming Beyond Independence (With Audio CD) - Nov 2001
• Maximum Minnemann 2006

DVDs

• Marco Minnemann: Live in L.A. - October 2007
• Extreme Drumming 2003
• The Marco Show 2006

Discography

• Thickness Illegal Aliens-1996
• Red Alibis Illegal Aliens-1997
• Time- Illegal Aliens 1998
• The Green Mindbomb- 1998
• Comfortably Homeless- 1999
• International Telephone Illegal Aliens- 2000
• Motor Minnemann/ Brinkmann- 2002
• Orchids- 2002
• Normalizer Minnemann/ Mario Brinkmann- 2003
• Broken Orange- 2003
• Mieze- 2004
• Disarmed Brinkmann, Minnemann, Trentini- 2005
• Swine Songs-best of- 2006
• Contraire de la chanson- 2006
• Housewifedogandtwokids- 2007
• A mouth of God-2008
• Catspoon-2009
• Normalizer 2- 2010
• "The Shining"- Minnemann, Brinkmann-2010
• "S+M"-Shiloh-Sheray, Marco Minnemann-2011

Selected recordings with other artists

• FFW "Senseless Wonder"- 1992
• FFW "Mao Mak Maa"- 1993
• FFW "Culture Shock"- 1995
• FFW "Hula"-1997
• H-Blockx "Fly Eyes"- 1996
• H-Blockx "Bang Boom Bang"- 1998
• Keilerkopf-1998
• Wolfgang Schmid "Special Kick"- 2001
• Wolgang Schmid " A swift Kick"- 2003
• Silver -2000
• Silver "Dream Machines"- 2003
• Gary Barden- 2004
• Das Ueberschall-Kleutgen, Sistos, Minnemann live at the Baked Potato 2003
• Nena "feat. Nena"- 2003
• Paddy Kelly "In exile" (producer, arranger and multi instrumentalist)-2004
• Phi Yaan-Zek "Solar Flare"- 2005
• Paul Gilbert
  Paul Gilbert
  Paul Brandon Gilbert is an American guitarist. He is well known for his technical guitar work with Racer X and Mr...
  
   "Burning Organ"- 2001
• Paul Gilbert
  Paul Gilbert
  Paul Brandon Gilbert is an American guitarist. He is well known for his technical guitar work with Racer X and Mr...
  
   "Space Ship One"- 2005
• Paul Gilbert
  Paul Gilbert
  Paul Brandon Gilbert is an American guitarist. He is well known for his technical guitar work with Racer X and Mr...
  
   "Space Ship Live"- DVD- 2005
• Marco Ferrigno "Hanging Gardens"-2006
• Mario Brinkmann "Engineer"- 2007
• Illogicist-"The insight eye" 2007
• 26-2008
• Necrophagist-Summer Slaughter DVD 2008
• Shiloh-Sheray- "the way we are"-2009
• Ephel Duath (band)
  Ephel Duath (band)
  Ephel Duath is an Italian progressive metal band, formed in 1998 in Padova, Italy. They have had a constantly changing line-up with guitarist and songwriter Davide Tiso, being the only original member. To date, they have released one demo, four studio albums, and two remix albums...
  
  -Through My Dog's Eyes
  Through My Dog's Eyes
  Through My Dog's Eyes is the fourth studio album by the Italian avant-garde metal band Ephel Duath. The album is based around a concept thought up by guitarist and founding member Davide Tiso, in which the whole album is from the viewpoint of a dog. The album's artwork is done by Seldon Hunt, who...
  
   2009
• George Bellas -Planetary Alignment-2008
• George Bellas -Step into the Future-2009
• George Bellas -The Dawn of Time-2010
• Adam Nitti-2009
• Mike Keneally "Scambot". release for 2009
• Bryan Beller "Thanks in advance" 2008
• Jason Sadites "WEVE" 2009
• Matte Henderson w David Torn and Tony Levin release for 2009
• Necrophagist-"Summer Slaughter 2007" live in Toronto DVD
• UKZ- "Radiation" EP Eddie Jobson, Trey Gunn, Alex Machacek, Aaron Lippert, Marco Minnemann 2009
• Theodore Ziras "Territory 4", 2009
• Dr. Zoltan Øbelisk
  Sir Millard Mulch
  Sir Millard Mulch, real name Carl King , is a musician who has worked with Virgil Donati and Devin Townsend...
  
   - Why I Am So Wise, Why I Am So Clever, And Why I Write Such Good Songs (2009)
• Alex Machacek - 24 Tales (2010)
• Trey Gunn
  Trey Gunn
  Trey Gunn is an American musician, known for his membership in progressive rock band King Crimson from 1994 to 2003, playing Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick.-Biography:...
  
  /Marco Minneman - "Modulator" (2010)
• Jason Sadites/Marco Minnemann - "Behind The Laughter" (2010)
• Mike Keneally "Evidence of Humanity" (2010)
• Eddie Jobson's UZ Live 2 CD set (2011)
• Tony MacAlpine
  Tony MacAlpine (album)
  Tony MacAlpine is the self-titled eleventh studio album by guitarist Tony MacAlpine, released on June 21, 2011 through Favored Nations Entertainment and King Records...
  
   (2011)
• Musical Mind Meld (w Jordan Rudess and Daniel Jakubovic)
• The Aristocrats "The Aristocrats" (Bryan Beller, Marco Minnemann, Guthrie Govan) (2011)

Gear

• Drums: Drum Workshop
  Drum Workshop
  Drum Workshop is a drum and hardware manufacturing company based in Oxnard, California. Their slogan is "The Drummer's Choice".-History:...
  
  
• Cymbals: Avedis Zildjian
• Microphones: Audix
  AUDIX
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• Drumsticks: Pro-Mark
  Pro-Mark
  Pro-Mark is a Houston, Texas-based American drumstick company owned by founder Herb Brochstein. It is a widely known stick company generally played in drum set, drum and bugle corps and concert bands.-History:...
  
  
• Drumheads: Evans
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Setup as of January 2007

• Drums - DW Collector's Series Maple Drums (Natural Lacquer Custom over Olive Ash Burl Exotic) and Chrome Hardware.
  • 8" Rack Tom
  • 10" Rack Tom
  • 12" Rack Tom
  • 14" Floor Tom
  • 16" Floor Tom
  • 13" Snare drum
  • 22"x17" Bass drum
  • 10" Snare drum
  • 22" Gong drum

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