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Marco Minnemann

Marco Minnemann (born December 24, 1970) is a German-born drummer, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He lives in San Diego, California.

Biography

Minnemann was born in Hannover, Germany, and started playing organ at the age of 6, then switched to drums and guitar at the same time at the age of 11. Marco's fame as one of the extraordinarily talented drummers and composers, reached him at the age of 19 all the way to Munich. The 'cross-over' band "Freaky Fukin' Weirdoz" offered him a position as drummer in 1992, in connection with a major deal with BMG Ariola. The "Weirdoz" were the originators of the so-called 'cross-elimination' style of playing, and are considered to be among the greatest pioneers of its modern sound[citation needed].

Also the "Weirdoz" had a gig with Nina Hagen on the album Mao Mak Maa where a cover version of Ian Dury's hit "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" was created.

Marco was immediately booked to play a Nina Hagen tour. The successful collaboration with the "Weirdoz" ended in 1997 after Marco's having worked together on four albums: Senseless Wonder, Mao Mak Maa, Culture Shock and Hula.

Almost simultaneously, an engagement with the Top Ten 'cross-over' band "H-Blockx" came up on the album Fly Eyes. During 1997-1999, they played over 200 gigs together. Meanwhile, Marco's reputation as a drummer reached out worldwide. Prominent were solo workshops, for example, at the Frankfurt Music Fair, PASIC in Dallas, and a solo performance at the "Modern Drummer Festival" in New York, where Marco had the honor of being the first German drummer to display his talents there. This performance, in the eyes of professionals and music trade magazines, catapulted him into the Top Ten of the drumming world[citation needed]. Following Drumfest included the Australian TUDW fest and the Montreal Drumfest in Canada.

Even while working with the "Weirdoz", Marco produced four albums with his band "Illegal Aliens", with the titles of: Thickness, Red Alibis, Time and International Telephone.

Since then, there have been eight critically highly acclaimed[citation needed] solo albums: The Green Mindbomb, Comfortably Homeless, Orchids, Broken Orange, Mieze the 2CD set Contraire de la chanson, Housewifedogand2kids, A mouth of god and Catspoon, which are more on par with his talents as a multinstrumentalist, composer and producer. Motor and Normalizer came out in 2003 in collaboration with the sound designer Mario Brinkmann and Disarmed along with Italian Bass Player Fabio Trentini followed in 2005.

Moreover, Marco could follow his passion for jazz and funk by playing with the "Wolfgang Schmid's Kick" band. Wolfgang Schmid was ex-bassist in Klaus Doldinger's band Passport and composer of numerous film soundtracks.

Marco also co-produced and played instruments on Paddy Kelly's solo CD which entered the charts in 2004 and played on the double platinum CD Nena feat Nena. Marco performed and recorded with artists such as: Paul Gilbert, Nena, Udo Lindenberg, H-Blockx, Mike Keneally, FFW, Gianna Nannini, Nina Hagen, Necrophagist, Kreator, David Torn, Territory 4 and many more.

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"[citation needed]. Also one of his DVDs "Extreme Drumming" won polls and achieved Marco a Telly Award.

He did a trio tour with Terry Bozzio and Chad Wackerman and on numerous clinic tours around the world. His educational book “Maximum Minnemann” is available since August 2006 and his new DVD "The Marco Show" with featured Artists Mike Keneally, Bryan Beller and the Buddy Rich Big Band came out 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 with Eddie Jobson (ex-Zappa), Trey Gunn (ex-King Crimson) and Alex Machacek (virtuoso guitar player). Marco toured with death metalists Necrophagist on the Summer Slaughter tour 2007 which is featured on their live DVD released in 2008.

He's part of the Progressive Rock power trio "KMB" (Keneally/Minnemann/Beller), which performs music from all three member's solo albums as well as original material and improvised "jams". An extensive KMB tour+recording is planned for 2009, and Minnemann has performed several times as the drummer in "The Mike Keneally Band" along with KMB-mates Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller as well as recording drums for the song "Love Terror Adrenaline/Break Through" on Beller's sophomore solo release "Thanks In Advance". He recently recorded for Italian band Ephel Duath and is featured in their newest album, titled Through My Dog's Eyes.

Marco is currently working with Canadian singer/songwriter Shiloh-Sheray on a collaboration CD titled S+M.

On July 18, Marco performed as solo artist at the third edition of the Alatri In Blues Festival, in front of a crowd of more than 5,000 people. This performance is believed to be the most-attended drum solo performance ever in Europe and probably in the world[citation needed].

He's currently on a world tour with thrash metal band Kreator.

Minnemann performed three concerts in Poland in November 2009 as part of Eddie Jobson's Ultimate Zero (UZ) project. The line-up also featured John Wetton, Greg Howe (guitar) and Tony Levin (stick). They performed music from UK and King Crimson.

Today is on Tour with Adrian Belew Power Trio.

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. - June 2001
  • 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

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 "Burning Organ"- 2001
  • Paul Gilbert "Space Ship One"- 2005
  • Paul Gilbert "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)-Through My Dog's Eyes 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 - Why I Am So Wise, Why I Am So Clever, And Why I Write Such Good Songs (2009)
  • Trey Gunn/Marco Minneman - "Modulator" (2010)
  • Jason Sadites/Marco Minnemann - "Behind The Laughter" (2010)

Awards

The Telly Award in 2004

Gear

References

External links

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