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{{Infobox musical artist
|  <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name                = Thommy Price
| image               = Thommy Price @ Bluesfest.jpg
| image_size          = 
| background          = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name          = Thomas Price
| birth_place         =
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1956|12|9}}
| origin              = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]] United States
| instrument          = Drums, guitar
| genre               = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[pop rock]]
| occupation          = Drummer
| years_active        = 
| label               = 
| associated_acts     = {{flatlist| 
* [[Joan Jett|Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]]
* [[Billy Idol]]
* [[Mink DeVille]]
* [[Scandal (American band)|Scandal]]
}}
| website             = {{URL|thommyprice.com}}
| notable_instruments = 
}}

'''Thommy Price''' is an American musician. He has played drums in a number of bands, including [[Scandal (American band)|Scandal]], [[Billy Idol]], [[Blue Öyster Cult]], and [[Joan Jett|Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]], and is an in-demand session drummer.

==History==
Price was already on the road drumming by the age of 16.  One of his first prolific gigs was playing drums for the band [[Scandal (American band)|Scandal]].  He performed on the band's classic ''[[The Warrior (Scandal album)|Warrior]]'' album before moving on to [[Billy Idol]]. In 1986, he started drumming for [[Joan Jett|Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]], and he's been a member of the band for the past 18 years, even though he was originally just a studio musician.

On the side, Price formed the band [[Price/Sulton]] with his childhood friend and music partner [[Kasim Sulton]]. They cowrote the music and Price played guitar and did vocals. They released a full-length album on [[Sony Music Entertainment|CBS Records]] called ''Lights On''. The song "No T.V. No Phone" was featured in the [[1987 in film|1987 film]] ''[[The Allnighter (film)|The Allnighter]]'', starring [[Susanna Hoffs]].<ref name="JJ">{{cite news
|url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/Biography/thommy.shtml
|title=Thommy Price biography
|last= Price
|first= Maya
|date=JoanJett.com
|publisher=
|accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref>

Price is currently drumming in his own band in [[New York City]]. They recently finished recording an [[Extended play|EP]], ''Sex, Drums & Rock ’n’ Roll'', and some of their songs are featured in the soundtrack of [[Sweet Life (film)|Sweet Life]], a film with [[Joan Jett]].<ref name="Bio">{{cite news
|url=http://www.thommyprice.com/bio.html
|title=Thommy Price Bio
|last=
|first=
|date=
|publisher=ThommyPrice.com
|accessdate=2009-06-01}}</ref>
<ref name="INT">{{cite news
|url= http://www.davesontour.com/interviews/t_price.html
|title=An Interview With Thommy Price
|last=Iozzia
|first=David
|year=2006
|publisher=Daves on Tour
|accessdate=2009-06-05}}</ref>
<ref name="IMDB">{{cite news
|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1765155/
|title= Thommy Price at IMDB
|last=
|first=
|date=
|publisher=
|accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref>

==Band activity==
* [[Joan Jett]] (1986–present)
* [http://www.lovecrushedvelvet.com  Love Crushed Velvet (2007-present)]
* [[Billy Idol]]
* [[Mink DeVille]] (''[[Coup de Grâce (Mink DeVille album)|Coup de Grâce]]'', 1981; ''Live at Montreux 1982'' DVD, 2008)
* [[Scandal (American band)|Scandal]] (drums) (1982–1984, 2004–2005)
* [[Flame (band)|Flame]]
* [[David Drew band]]

==Studio Work==
* [[Peter Wolf]]
* [[Enrique Iglesias]]
* [[Frank Wright (jazz musician)|Frank Wright]]
* [[The Waterboys]]
* [[Debbie Harry]]
* [[Roger Daltrey]]
* [[Ric Ocasek]]
* [[Ronnie Spector]]
* [[Blue Öyster Cult]]
* [[The Psychedelic Furs]]
* [[Mink DeVille]]
* [[Ron Wood]]
* [[Steve Lukather]]
* [[John Waite]]
* [[Sylvester (singer)|Sylvester]]
* [[Cycle Sluts from Hell]]
* [[Spread Eagle (band)|Spread Eagle]]
* [[Michael Monroe]]
* [[D. L. Byron]]
* [[Steve Stevens]]
* [[Batusis]]

==Discography==
* ''Sex Drums & Rock 'n' Roll<ref name="Bio"/>
* ''That's Amore''<ref name="INT"/>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [https://www.myspace.com/thommyprice Thommy Price on Myspace]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Thommy+Price Thommy Price on last.fm]
* {{IMDb name|1765155}}
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[[Category:Musicians from Brooklyn]]