Brian Tichy

Infobox musical artist

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Origin = Denville, New Jersey, U.S.
Instrument = drums, vocals, Guitar, Bass
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Genre = Hard rock
Heavy metal
New Wave
Occupation = Musician, Drummer, Songwriter, Singer
Years_active = 1991 - present
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Associated_acts = Billy Idol
Ozzy Osbourne
Seether
Velvet Revolver
Foreigner
Pride & Glory
Glenn Hughes
Sass Jordan
Slash's Snakepit
URL = http://www.briantichy.com
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Brian Tichy (born on August 18 1968 in Denville, New Jersey) is a drummer, guitar player, vocalist and songwriter. Brian began playing drums at age 8 and started playing guitar at age 12. Brian’s earliest influences include Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Aerosmith, AC/DC and Van Halen.

Post College

After attending Berklee College of Music from 1986-1990, Brian has toured/recorded with a multitude of artists including Billy Idol, Ozzy Osbourne, Seether, Velvet Revolver, Foreigner, Pride & Glory, Glenn Hughes, Sass Jordan and Slash's Snakepit.

Ball

While Brian has primarily toured and recorded with others playing drums, he has fronted his own band (BALL) in which he sings and plays guitar. Due to the untimely demise of his record label (Time Bomb Recordings), Ball’s American Aggression CD never was formally released. Ball did manage to release a Japan only CD, "The Grand Human Disaster Scenario" in May, 1999. This CD was essentially the demos that led to the record deal with Time Bomb at the end of 1999. But, his ever increasing role as co-songwriter with Billy Idol that started at the end of 2003 limited his time to focus on Ball.

Billy Idol

The Idol/Tichy writing partnership sparked the recording of Billy's first CD since 1993. "Devil's Playground" (Sanctuary Records) was recorded in 2004 and contained 8 Idol/Tichy tracks. The CD was released in March of 2005 and they toured for the remainder of the year.

While writing in 2006 for a follow up Idol CD, Brian and Billy recorded a Christmas CD. This was done on their own, in Idol and Tichy's reheasal studio with Tichy playing all the instruments, engineering, and co-producing. "Billy Idol: Happy Holidays" was released in November, 2006 through Best Buy and in Europe.

Current Projects

Tichy continues working with Billy Idol, doing drum sessions, writing with Derek Sherinian, writing music for TV and movies via MasterSource Music Catalog, and filling in on drums for Seether in April 2007 while Seether drummer John Humphrey was unavailable. He has also recently filled in for Foreigner drummer Jason Bonham who has been with them for a couple years. Tichy has also just finished recording drums for a new European female metal singer with producer Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Journey, Black Crowes) which included Derek Sherinian (Billy Idol, Yngwie Malmsteen), Paul Crook (Meat Loaf, Anthrax) and Scott Metaxes (Nuclear Assault).

Gear

* ddrum drums, pedals and hardware
* Zildjian cymbals
* Remo drum heads
* Vater sticks
* LP Percussiion
* Gibson Les Paul and SGs
* Marshall JCM 800s and Peavey 5150 amplification
* Dunlop pics, wah's and effects

Discography/Touring

With Billy Idol
* 2005: "Devil's Playground"
* 2006: Live Billy Idol DVD - TBD
* 2006: Billy Idol's "Happy Holidays". Co-produced, recorded, engineered and mixed by TIchy and Idol. Allinstruments performed by Tichy except keys by Derek Sherinian
* 2008:
* Touring drummer since 2001; US, Europe, Canada

With Derek Sherinian
* 2003: Black Utopia
* 2004: Mythology
* 2006: Blood of the Snake

With Kenny Wayne Shepherd
* 2004: "The Place You're In"

With Ball
* 1999: Grand Human Disaster Scenario (Japan only)
* 2000: American Aggression (Only available through BrianTichy.com)
* 2001: A Study in Persistence (Only available through BrianTichy.com)
* 2003: Bleed Defeat (Only available through BrianTichy.com) With Gilby Clarke
* 1998: Rubber
* 2002: Swag
* 2007: Gilby Clarke; Best Of
* Various years of touring US

With Vinnie Moore
* 1996: Out of Nowhere
* Toured '91 and '92, opened 10 shows for RUSH

With Ana Sidel
* 2005: "A Solas..."
* (8 tracks) recorded With Nicklebag:
* 1996: 12 Hits & A Bump
* 1997: Mas Feedback
* Japan and US touring With Stevie Salas
* 1993: Presents: The Electric Pow Wow
* 1994: Back From The Living
* 1996: Anthology 1987-1994
* 1997: Le Bootleg (Live In Paris)
* 1997: Seoul Power
* 1998: The Sometimes Almost Never Was
* 2001: Shapeshifter (The Fall And Rise Of Stevie No Wonder)
* Various years of touring Japan and Europe

With Pride & Glory
* 1994: Pride & Glory
* Toured US, Europe, Japan With B'z
* 2000: Eleven
* 2001: Juice
* 2003: Big Machine

With TMG
* 2004: TMG I

With Sass Jordan
* 1994: Rats CD and Summer Tour

With Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades
* 2007: Shaw/Blades: "Influences" (8 tracks) recorded in 2004

For MasterSource Music Catalog:
* Since 2000: Chief rock songwriter. MasterSource gets music placed in TV and movies. Tichy's include;Law And Order, CSI, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Supergroup, The Osbournes, Punk'd, Pimp My Ride, and countless others.

Other Projects
* 1991: China Rain – Bed of Nails
* 1994: Guitar's Practicing Musicians, Vol. 3 (Pride & Glory - "The Wizard")
* 1997: Return of the Comet – Tribute to Ace Frehley; "Rip It Out", all instruments and vox...
* 1998: Taisuke - Heavy Pop
* 1999: Shameless - Backstreet Anthems - Produced by Gilby Clarke feat. Alexx Michael, Steve Summers, Eric Singer and Bruce Kulick
* 2000: Shameless - Queen 4 A Day - Produced by Keri Kelli & Gilby Clarke feat. Alexx Michael, Steve Summers, Eric Singer and Bruce Kulick
* 2001: Sweet Emotion – The Songs of Aerosmith Tirbute
* 2004: Richie Kotzen – Shapes of Things to Come (Bonus Track)
* 2005: Iron Maiden Tribute: "Numbers From The Beast"; Run To The Hills with Michael Schenker and Tony Franklin
* 2006: The Beatles Tribute: "Butchering The Beatles"; "Tomorrow Never Knows" with Billy idol, Steve Stevens and Blasko
* 2006: Marco Mendoza: Live For Tomorrow (3 tracks)
* 2007: Maarja: Produced by Kevin Shirley (Zeppelin, Maiden) featuring Derek Sherinian, Paul Crook and Scott Metaxes

Other artists Tichy has toured with:
* 1995: Slash's Snakepit (1995 World Tour)
* 1998-2000: Foreigner
* 2000: Ozzy Osbourne (Ozzfest 2000)
* 2001: Glenn Hughes
* 2005: Velvet Revolver (3 weeks fill in for Matt Sorum due to hand injury)
* 2006-2007: Foreigner (fill-in dates for current Foreigner drummer Jason Bonham)
* 2007: Seether (one month fill in for festivals)

External links

* [http://www.briantichy.com The Official Brian Tichy Website]
* [http://www.billyidol.com The Official Billy Idol Website]