Jimmy DeGrasso
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| Born | March 16, 1963 , Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Hard rock Heavy metal Thrash metal Speed metal Funk metal Crossover thrash Hardcore punk |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer |
| Instrument(s) | Drums |
| Years active | 1986 - present |
| Associated acts | Lita Ford Ozzy Osbourne Y&T White Lion Fiona Suicidal Tendencies Alice Cooper Megadeth MD.45 David Lee Roth Ministry F5 Mama's Boys |
| Website | Jimmy DeGrasso Official Web Site. Megadeth official site |
Jimmy DeGrasso (born March 16, 1963) is an American heavy metal drummer.
DeGrasso was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and graduated from Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1981. He is currently the drummer for Ministry, an industrial metal group and F5.
DeGrasso has also performed with Alice Cooper, Lita Ford, Ozzy Osbourne, White Lion, Suicidal Tendencies, and Y&T. More recently, DeGrasso was a member of Megadeth, 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. Prior to his work with Alice Cooper, he played with Talas (before they recorded), Suicidal Tendencies and White Lion.
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[edit] Career
DeGrasso joined the veteran metal band Y&T in 1986, replacing their original drummer Leonard Haze. He remained with the group into the 90's. He would go on to play on Dave Mustaine’s (Megadeth vocalist/guitarist) solo album, MD.45 in 1995. Mustaine asked him to join Megadeth in 1998 as drummer and continue the bands’ Cryptic Writings Tour. He was asked to play with Megadeth five days before the next show. He walked around with a walkman 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 the United Kingdom and toured with Stone Sour (Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor’s side project) and guitar legend Ronnie 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.
[edit] Former bands as drummer
- Y&T ~ 1987-1990, 1995
- Fiona ~ 1992
- Suicidal Tendencies ~ 1992-1995
- Alice Cooper ~ 1994-2002
- Megadeth ~ 1998-2002
- David Lee Roth - 2006
[edit] Discography
- 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
- 1996 MD.45 - The Craving
- 1997 Alice Cooper - Fistful of Alice
- 1998 A.N.I.M.A.L. - Poder Latino (session drummer)
- 1998 Y&T - Endangered Species
- 1999 Megadeth - Risk
- 2000 Megadeth - Capitol Punishment
- 2001 Megadeth - The World Needs A Hero
- 2002 Megadeth - Rude Awakening
[edit] External links
- Jimmy DeGrasso Official Web Site.
- Jimmy DeGrasso (on drums) and Megadeth performing "Ashes in Your Mouth" live.
- Jimmy DeGrasso (on drums) performing live with the Ronnie Montrose Band.
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| Al Jourgensen |
| Tommy Victor | John Bechdel | Tony Campos | Aaron Rossi | Mike Scaccia | Sin Quirin |
| Paul Barker | Bill Rieflin | Chris Connelly | Kevin Ogilvie | Martin Atkins | Louis Svitek | Rey Washam | William Tucker | Max Brody | John Monte | Mark Baker | Stephen George | Paul Raven | Joey Jordison | Dave Ellefson | Jimmy DeGrasso |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: With Sympathy | Twitch | The Land of Rape and Honey | The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste | Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs | Filth Pig | Dark Side of the Spoon | Animositisomina | Houses of the Molé | Rio Grande Blood | The Last Sucker |
| Live, Remix and Compilation albums: Twelve Inch Singles | In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up | Greatest Fits | Sphinctour | Early Trax | Side Trax | Rantology | Rio Grande Dub Ya | Cover Up |
| Related Bands: Special Affect | Revolting Cocks | Pailhead | Lard | 1000 Homo DJs | PTP | Acid Horse | Pink Anvil | Lead Into Gold | Pigface | Skrew Society 1 |
