Marco Minnemann
| Marco Minnemann | |
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Marco Minnemann in Aarhus, Denmark 2016
Photo Hreinn Gudlaugsson |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
24 December 1970 Hannover, Germany |
| Genres | rock, heavy metal, instrumental rock, electronica, experimental, progressive rock, progressive metal, punk, power metal, thrash metal, groove metal, death metal, jazz rock, neo-progressive rock, technical death metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, engineer, producer |
| Instruments | Drums, guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals, organ, percussion |
| Associated acts |
Steven Wilson Necrophagist Kreator Joe Satriani The Mute Gods Paul Gilbert Plini |
| Website | marcominnemann |
Marco Minnemann (born December 24, 1970 in Hannover) is a German drummer,composer and multi-instrumentalist. He lives in San Diego, California.
Marco Minnemann has published a number of solo CDs. On most of them he performs all instruments and vocals. He is known for developing a very advanced drum technique called interdependence allowing him to play various patterns with each of his feet or hands, and has published several instructional books describing this concept.
Minnemann provided additional guest voices in the Titmouse-animated series Metalocalypse on Adult Swim.
In 2011, he was the runner-up in a series of auditions for Dream Theater after Mike Portnoy left the band in 2010.
Marco also performs with several other groups. He was a member of the German Crossover band Freaky Fukin Weirdoz from 1992-98, with whom he recorded 4 albums, and from 1998-99 he was a member of the German Rock band H-Blockx and recorded the album "Fly Eyes" with them. Since 2011 he has been a member of Steven Wilson's studio band and, on occasion, his touring band as well. He is a member of the rock group and has performed with Joe Satriani since 2013. Currently he is also the drummer for The Mute Gods, which is a project of Nick Beggs (Kajagoogoo, Steven Wilson Band) and appears on their album "Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me".
Solo
with Mario Brinkmann and Fabio Trentini
with Minnemann/Brinkmann/Trentini/Zimmer
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with ""Trey Gunn""
with Mike Henderson
with Illegal Aliens
with ""Mike Keneally""
with ""Tony Levin and Jordan Rudess""
with Minnemann/Brinkmann
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