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Refimprove|date=January 2010Infobox musical artist| name = Terry Bozzio| image = Terry Bozzio Fantomas Quart Festival 2005.jpg| caption = Terry Bozzio performing with Fantômas (band)|Fantômas at Quart Festival, Norway on July 9, 2005.| image_size = 250| landscape = Yes| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Terry John Bozzio| alias = Terry "Ted" Bozzio| birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1950|12|27|birth_place = San Francisco , California , U.S.| death_date =| instrument = Drum kit|Drums , percussion instrument|percussion , keyboard instrument|keyboards | genre = Rock music|Rock , jazz / Jazz fusion|fusion ,cite web|url= http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1105792/a/Group+87.htm |title=Group 87 CD Album |publisher=Cduniverse.com |date=2000-11-21 |accessdate=2011-10-06cite web|url= http://www.scaruffi.com/avant/isham.html |title=Avantgarde Music. Mark Isham: biography, discography, reviews, links |publisher=Scaruffi.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-06 synthpop , Classical music|classical , Alternative music|alternative , Prog music|progressive | occupation = Musician , songwriter| years_active = 1972–present| label =| associated_acts = Frank Zappa , UK (band)|UK , Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons , HoBoLeMa , Jeff Beck , Korn , Fantômas (band)|Fantômas , Debbie Harry | website = URL| http://www.terrybozzio.com/| notable_instruments = Terry John Bozzio (December 27, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons and Frank Zappa .cite web|last=Prato |first=Greg |url=Allmusic|class=artist |id=p58692 |pure_url=yes |title=Terry Bozzio |publisher=AllMusic |date=1950-12-27 |accessdate=2011-10-06
Biography
Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed Sullivan Show , and begged his father for drum lessons.cite web|url= http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Terry_Bozzio.html |title=Drummerworld Bio |publisher=Drummerworld.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-06 During the 1960s, he played in the garage bands Blue Grass Radio, The Yarde, and Tamalpais Jungle Mountain Boys.
In 1968 Bozzio attended Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, California , where he received a music scholarship award, and later went on to the College of Marin . During this time he studied concurrently with Chuck Brown on the drum set and Lloyd Davis and Roland Kohloff on a percussion and timpani scholarship. He also played Bartok-Dahl-Cowell & Baroque chamber ensembles with the Marin and Napa County Symphonies.
In 1972 Bozzio played in the rock musicals Godspell and Walking in my Time. He also began playing in local jazz groups with Mark Isham , Peter Maunu, Patrick O'Hearn , Mike Knock , Art Lande , Azteca , Eddie Henderson (musician)|Eddie Henderson , WoodyShaw , Julian Priester , Eric Gravatt , Billy Higgins , Andy Narell , Hadley Calliman , Mel Graves , and Mel Martin . He became a regular in the Monday Night Jim Dukey Big Band at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall .
He recorded and toured with Frank Zappa beginning in 1975, and appeared in the concert movie Baby Snakes (which included him singing lead on a portion of the song "Punky's Whips"). He is noted for performing Zappa's " The Black Page ", a piece of music designed to be a "musician's nightmare" a page so filled with notes as to be almost black.
In 1977 he joined The Brecker Brothers with long time San Francisco friend and guitarist Barry Finnerty . With The Brecker Brothers, Bozzio toured and recorded the album "Heavy Metal Be-Bop." Shortly after, he was dismissed by Zappa as he joined Group 87 with Mark Isham , Peter Maunu , Patrick O'Hearn and Peter Wolf . The group auditioned for and got a record deal with CBS ; Bozzio declined membership in the group and then auditioned unsuccessfully for Thin Lizzy .
After Bill Bruford & Allan Holdsworth departure from the band UK (band)|UK in late 1978, Bozzio joined Eddie Jobson and John Wetton to continue UK (band)|UK as a trio. The trio recorded Danger Money and Night After Night and toured the US twice (supporting Jethro Tull), as well as Europe and Japan. After UK (band)|UK disbanded in early 1980, Bozzio, ex-Zappa guitarist Warren Cuccurullo and then-wife and vocalist Dale Bozzio founded the band Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons . Missing Persons released the albums Spring Session M (which went Gold), Rhyme & Reason , and Color in Your Life . They also toured the US & Europe and appeared on TV and radio shows.
After Missing Persons breakup in 1986, Bozzio joined ex-Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor (guitarist)|Andy Taylor 's solo band. He also played on sessions with Robbie Robertson , Gary Wright , Don Dokken , XYZ (US band)|XYZ , Paul Hyde , Herbie Hancock , Dweezil Zappa , and Richard Marx . During this time he also began touring as a clinician/solo drummer and recorded Solo Drums which was his first instructional video for WB. Bozzio also joined Mick Jagger and Jeff Beck to make the video Throwaway , and teamed up with Beck & keyboardist Tony Hymas to co-write/produce and perform on the Grammy Award winning album '' Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop .
In 1988 Bozzio married Ev Kvamme. They have one son.
Between the years of 1990–1995 Terry developed ostinato -based drum solo compositions and recorded his second instructional video Melodic Drumming and the Ostinato Volumes 1, 2, and 3, as well as Solo Drum Music Volumes 1 & 2 on CD. He also joined Tony Hymas , Toney Coe , and Hugh Burns to form the band Lonely Bears and record The Lonely Bears, Injustice, and The Bears are Running, while living in Paris, France. He also formed the band Polytown with David Torn and Mick Karn .
From 1995 to 2002 Bozzio did tours of the US, Australia, Canada & Europe as a solo drum artist as well as recording two solo CDs: Drawing the Circle and Chamberworks. He also teamed up with Chad Wackerman to produce the Duets video and Alternative Duets CDs. Bozzio was inducted into the Modern Drummer "Hall of Fame" and won the Clinician of the Year award twice as well as Drum Magazine's Drummer of the Year and Best Clinician. Internationally, he received Schlagwerkrant Magazine's (Netherlands) and Player Magazine's (Japan) Best Drummer Award.
Bozzio was inducted into Guitar Center's RockWalk in Hollywood on January 17, 2007cite web|url= http://www.rockwalk.com/inductees/inductee.cfm? id=172 |title=Guitar Center's Hollywood Rockwalk |publisher=Rockwalk.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-06 along with rock and roll icons Ronnie James Dio and Slash (musician)|Slash . Bozzio also worked with the nu-metal band Korn on their 8th studio album after the departure of their drummer David Silveria . He was scheduled to play on the road with the band during the Family Values Tour , but he left and was replaced by Joey Jordison of Slipknot (band)|Slipknot and later Ray Luzier .
Since November 2008 Bozzio has toured with guitarist Allan Holdsworth , bassist Tony Levin , and drummer Pat Mastelotto as the experimental super-group HoBoLeMa . He has also hosted on Drum Channel .
UK have recently reformed with John Wetton, Eddie Jobson and Terry Bozzio for a world tour in 2012.
Musical innovation
In most of Bozzio’s works, the ostinato is played using various bass drum and hi-hat permutations while he solos against these rhythms using his hands. Sometimes (often in the same composition) the opposite is true, where he will hold an ostinato pattern with his hands and solo with his feet.
Current drum kit setup
Below is Terry's drum setup cite web|url= http://terrybozzio.com/kit-setup/ |title=Kit Setup « Terry Bozzio |publisher=Terrybozzio.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-06
Drums
Vertical Low Timbre drums in olive ash burl finish with satin chrome lugs and black powdercoat rims. All heads are Terry Bozzio Attack signature in clear mylar col-begin-smallcol-3
10" snare tuned to D
13 - 8" × 3" piccolo toms - tuned from high C to a low C
12" solid craviotto snare tuned to B
8" × 3" piccolo tom tuned to Bb
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8" × 6" tom tuned to A
4 - 10"x 6" toms G-F-E-D
10" × 8" tuned to C
12" × 6" tuned to B
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12" × 8" tuned to A
13" × 9" tuned to G
14" × 10" tuned to F
16" × 12" tuned to E
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Cymbals
All cymbals are Sabian Radia Terry Bozzio signatures. col-begin-smallcol-3
21" ride
16" china below 8"china
18" china below 10"china
14" china w/12"crash stack below 7"china w/6"crash stack
16" china w/14"crash stack below 8"china w/7"crash stack
18" china w/16"crash stack below 10"china w/8"crash stack
20" china w/18"crash stack below 12"china w/10"crash stack
20" china below 12"china
22" china below 14"china
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36" Chinese gong (behind right w/beater on cym boom)
10" hihats
left remote china hi hat 16" over 18"
spoxe hi hat
12" hi hats
lp tambourine
12" heavy bell under 8" cup chime
11" heavy bell under 7frac|1|2" cup chime
10" heavy bell under 7" cup chime
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9" heavy bell under 6frac|1|2" cup chime
20" flat ride w/20"china stack, under closed14" flat bottom hi hats, under factory metal, under pete englehardt ribbon crasher
26" B-20 radia gong on dw custom 3 point gong holder designed by Terry
20" crash w/20" novo type china stack
right remote china hi hat 16" over 20"
6" closed flat bottom mini hihat
7" closed flat bottom mini hihat
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Foot operated
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12" Chinese gong or
8" × 3" foot tom tuned to
10" × foot tom tuned to
12" × foot tom tuned to
10" hi hat
Vic firth/emil richards jingle stick
Wooded headed tambourine
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12" wooden headed djembe
16" × bd tuned to F
remote china hi hat 16" over 18"
20" × 12" bd tuned to C
spoxe hi hat
12" hi hats
20" × 16" main left kick drum (muffled) tuned to Bb
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Metal tambourine shaker or tb special tambourine foot plate jingle device
20" × 16" main right kick drum (muffled) tuned to G
24" × 14" bd tuned to A (w/ akg d-112 may mic)
right remote hi hats 16" over 20"
18" × bd tuned to D
18" × bd tuned to E
20" × 8" bd tuned to B
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Other
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Glockenspiel
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36" wuhan Chinese gong
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One octave set of wuhan Chinese bossed gongs
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Selected discography
Solo
Solo Drum Music I (1992)
Solo Drum Music II (1992)
Drawing The Circle (1998)
Chamber Works (1998)
Solos & Duets (with Chad Wackerman) (2001)
Nine Short Films (with Billy Sheehan) (2002)
Chamber Works (2005, with Metropole Orchestra)
Prime Cuts (2005)
Four From Ten Twenty Nine (2008)
Seven Nights in Japan (2008)
Frank Zappa
Bongo Fury (October 1975), US #66
Zoot Allures (October 1976), US #71
Zappa in New York (March 1977), US #57
Studio Tan (1978)
Sleep Dirt (January 1979), US #175
Sheik Yerbouti (March 1979), US #21
'' Joe's Garage (September 1979), US #27 (vocals only)
Orchestral Favorites (1979)
'' Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (May 1981)
Baby Snakes (soundtrack)|Baby Snakes (March 1983)
Thing-Fish (November 1984)
'' You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 (May 1988)
'' You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 (November 1989)
'' You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 (July 1991)
'' You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 (July 1992)
'' You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 (July 1992)
Läther (September 1996)
Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute (October 1996)
The Lost Episodes (1996)
Missing Persons
Missing Persons EP (EP)|Missing Persons EP (1980) #46 US
Spring Session M (1982) #17 US
Rhyme & Reason (1984) #43 US
Color in Your Life (1986) #88 US
Late Nights Early Days (1999)
Lost Tracks (2002)
UK
Danger Money (1979) (Replaced Bill Bruford)
Night After Night (UK album)|Night After Night (1979, Live)
Dweezil Zappa
Back to the Beach Soundtrack (Wipe Out) with Herbie Hancock (1987)
My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama (album)|My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama (1988)
http://www.moderndrummer.com/books_detail/d//400002140 "The Drum Gods - 25 Legendary Talents Who Changed Drumming" / Modern Drummer Publications (Terry Bozzio is one of the 25 drummers profiled)
External links
commons
http://www.terrybozzio.com Terry Bozzio & ndash; Official site
http://www.drumchannel.com/library/2966/artist.aspx Terry Bozzio on Drum Channel
http://www.sabian.com/english/artists/artists_setups.cfm? artistsId=6632 Terry Bozzio : Sabian Cymbals - Artist Set-up
http://www.dwdrums.com/artists/default.asp Drum Workshop site, artists section : Contains an illustration of Terry Bozzio and other drummers' drum kits
http://www.behindthedrums.com/TerryBozzio.htm Terry Bozzio's Discography and Equipment List at BehindTheDrums
U.K. Persondata | NAME =Bozzio, Terry | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =December 27, 1950 | PLACE OF BIRTH = San Francisco , California , U.S. | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Bozzio, Terry Category:1950 births Category:American rock drummers Category:Musicians from California Category:Missing Persons members Category:American musicians of Italian descent Category:Living people Category:Musicians from San Francisco, California Category:People from Marin County, California Category:Grammy Award winners Category:American New Wave musicians Category:American session musicians
