Johnny Dee (musician)
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Johnny Dee playing live with Doro in 2013
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | John DiTeodoro, Jr. |
| Born |
6 April 1964 Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Genres | Heavy metal, glam metal, hard rock |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer, songwriter, tour manager, graphic artist |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion, vocals |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Labels | Columbia, East West, Retrospect, WEA, SPV/Steamhammer, AFM, Nuclear Blast |
| Associated acts | World War III, Waysted, Britny Fox, Mariah, Doro, LeCompt, Uncle Edna, Jack Frost |
Johnny Dee (born John DiTeodoro, Jr. in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, April 6, 1964) is an American heavy metal drummer.
He is best known for being a member of the glam metal band Britny Fox, and in the past for having played in bands like Mariah and Waysted, as well as collaborating with other artists such as Blaze Bayley and guitarist Jack Frost. He is also a member of Doro Pesch's touring band since 1993.
John DiTeodoro jr. was born and raised in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, where he attended Spring Mill Elementary and Whitemarsh Jr High, graduating at Central Montco Technical High School in Commercial Art. He is a self-learned musician, who started playing drums at the age of 12. The first influences on his drumming style came from Peter Criss (KISS) and Ian Paice (Deep Purple). His first experiences with local bands put him in contact with other young musicians of the neighborhood, like Billy Degley, later known as Billy Childs, and other future members of Britny Fox.
Johnny Dee began his career as drummer for the heavy metal band World War III in his home town Philadelphia around 1985, recording their self-titled debut in the same year. A short time later, he joined the British hard rock band Waysted, with which he recorded the album Save Your Prayers in 1986. When Waysted disbanded, he returned to Philadelphia in 1987 to replace in the glam metal band Britny Fox the temporary drummer Adam West, who in turn had replaced the late Tony Destra. The band's first two albums, Britny Fox (1988) and Boys in Heat (1989), climbed the charts and achieved considerable success. Singer and guitarist Dean Davidson left the band in 1990 to form Blackeyed Susan and Britny Fox continued with his replacement Tommy Paris, but did not get the good results of previous years. The first album with Paris, Bite Down Hard (1991), did not find a receptive market and sold poorly.
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