Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Terry Bozzio

Terry Bozzio
San Francisco, California
Rock, jazz fusion, synthpop, classical, New Wave, New Rock, alternative rock, progressive rock

Terry John Bozzio (born December 27, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa. He has been featured on nine solo or collaborative albums, 26 albums with Zappa, and seven albums with Missing Persons. He has been a prolific sideman, playing on numerous releases by other artists since the mid-1970s. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1997. His stepdaughter, Marina, is also a drummer and a member of the heavy metal band Aldious, and his son Raanen is also a drummer.


Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (1989) with Jeff Beck and Tony Hymas
Polytown (1994) with David Torn and Mick Karn
Solo Drum Music: From Melodic Drumming and the Ostinato Vol. I and II (1994)
Solo Drum Music: From Melodic Drumming and the Ostinato Vol. III (1994)
Black Light Syndrome (1997) Bozzio Levin Stevens (with Tony Levin and Steve Stevens)
Drawing the Circle (1998)
Delete and Roll (2000) BPM (with Gerald Preinfalk and Alex Machacek)
Situation Dangerous (2000) Bozzio Levin Stevens (with Tony Levin and Steve Stevens)
Alternative Duets, vol.1 (2001) Bozzio/Wackerman (with Chad Wackerman)
Alternative Duets, vol.2 (2001) Bozzio/Wackerman (with Chad Wackerman)
Nine Short Films (2002) with Billy Sheehan
Bozzio / Mastelotto (2003) with Pat Mastelotto
Chamber Works (2005) with Metropole Orkest
Prime Cuts (2005)