- Jimmy DeGrasso
Infobox musical artist
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Occupation =Drummer
Instrument = drums
Name = Jimmy DeGrasso
Born = birth date and age|1963|3|16|,Bethlehem, Pennsylvania , U.S.
Genre =Hard rock
Heavy metalThrash metal Speed metal Funk metal Crossover thrash Hardcore punk
Associated_acts =Lita Ford Ozzy Osbourne Y&T White Lion
FionaSuicidal Tendencies Alice Cooper Megadeth MD.45 David Lee Roth
Ministry
F5Mama's Boys
Label =
Years_active = 1986 - present
URL = [http://www.jimmydegrasso.com/index.html Jimmy DeGrasso Official Web Site] .
[http://www.megadeth.com Megadeth official site]
audio sample =Jimmy DeGrasso (born
March 16 ,1963 ) is an American Heavy Metal drummer.DeGrasso was born in
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and graduated from Liberty High School inBethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1981. He is currently the drummer for Ministry, anindustrial metal group and F5.DeGrasso has also performed with
Alice Cooper ,Lita Ford ,Ozzy Osbourne ,White Lion ,Suicidal Tendencies , andY&T . More recently, DeGrasso was a member ofMegadeth , a multi-platinum heavy metal band.He was
Alice Cooper 's drummer who played in "Wayne's World" (at the very end of the 'Hey Stoopid' tour), South America '95, Summer '96 and '97 tours along with filling in forEric Singer in Summer '08. Prior to his work with Alice Cooper, he played withTalas (before they recorded),Suicidal Tendencies andWhite Lion .Career
DeGrasso joined the veteran metal band
Y&T in 1986, replacing their original drummer Leonard Haze. He remained with the group into the '90s. He would go on to play onDave Mustaine 's (Megadeth vocalist/guitarist) solo album,MD.45 in 1995. Mustaine asked him to join Megadeth in 1998 as drummer and continue the band's "Cryptic Writings " Tour. He was asked to play with Megadeth five days before the next show. He walked around with awalkman all day to memorize the songs. DeGrasso recorded and toured behind Megadeth's "Risk" album in 1999-2000, "The World Needs A Hero " in 2000-2001 and was featured on Megadeth's first ever live CD and DVD release, "Rude Awakening" in 2002.Since Megadeth, DeGrasso has performed at the prestigious Modern Drummer Festival in 2002, Ultimate Drummers Weekend in
Australia , Drummer Live in theUnited Kingdom and toured withStone Sour (Slipknot vocalistCorey Taylor ’s side project) and guitar legendRonnie Montrose . He is a highly sought after session player and drummer.He currently resides in
San Jose, California , where he runs his own drum shop, San Jose Pro Drum.In late August / early September DeGrasso is played 11 shows with Alice Cooper to fill in for
Eric Singer while Singer playing a few KISS shows in America.Former bands as drummer
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Y&T ~ 1987-1990, 1995
* Fiona ~ 1992
*Suicidal Tendencies ~ 1992-1995
*Alice Cooper ~ 1994-2002 and 2008
*Megadeth ~ 1998-2002
*David Lee Roth - 2006Discography
*1987 Y&T - "Contagious"
*1990 Y&T - "Yesterday & Today Live"
*1990 Y&T - "Ten" (also featuring Stef Burns)
*1992 Fiona - "Squeeze"
*1994 Suicidal Tendencies - "Suicidal For Life"
*1995 Y&T - "Musically Incorrect"
*1996MD.45 - "The Craving"
*1997Alice Cooper - "Fistful of Alice "
*1998A.N.I.M.A.L. - "Poder Latino" (session drummer)
*1998 Y&T - "Endangered Species"
*1999Megadeth - "Risk"
*2000 Megadeth - "Capitol Punishment "
*2001 Megadeth - "The World Needs A Hero "
*2001 Megadeth - "Behind the Music "
*2002 Megadeth - "Rude Awakening "
*2002 Megadeth - "Still Alive... and Well? "
*2005 Megadeth - ""
*2006 Megadeth - "Arsenal of Megadeth "External links
* [http://www.jimmydegrasso.com/index.html Jimmy DeGrasso Official Web Site] .
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDOPOvAb_b4 Jimmy DeGrasso (on drums) and Megadeth performing "Ashes in Your Mouth" live] .
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHmqWRY-OdA Jimmy DeGrasso (on drums) performing live with the Ronnie Montrose Band] .
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