Famous Percussionists

The list Famous Percussionists includes Andrew Featherston, Chris Fehn, Mickey Finn, Madonna Wayne Gacy and Shawn Crahan. The list consists of 218 members.

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Andrew Featherston

American, Percussionist

Nationality: American

Occupation: Percussionist

Gender: Male

Partner: Sandra Oh (Long-Term)

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Chris Fehn

American musician

Overview: Christopher Michael Fehn (born February 24, 1973), or known by his number #3, is an American musician, best known as a former percussionist of heavy metal band Slipknot. He was also the bassist for Will ...

Date of birth: 24 February 1972

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Percussionist

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Melissa Fehn (Married)

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21st-century American drummers 554T

Musicians from Des Moines, Iowa 38T

Slipknot (band) members 13T
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Mickey Finn

British musician

Overview: Michael Norman Finn (3 June 1947 – 11 January 2003) was the percussionist and sideman to Marc Bolan in his band Tyrannosaurus Rex (on one album, A Beard of Stars), and later, the 1970s glam rock group ...

Date of birth: 3 June 1947

Date of death: 11 January 2003

Age: 55 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Percussionist

Gender: Male

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T. Rex (band) members 12T

Glam rock musicians 83T

Bongo players 51T
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Madonna Wayne Gacy

Percussionist

Overview: Stephen Gregory Bier Jr. (born March 6, 1964), formerly known by his stage name Madonna Wayne Gacy and by the nickname Pogo (John Wayne Gacy's clown name), is an American musician who was the keyboard ...

Date of birth: 6 March 1964

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Percussionist

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Seraphim Ward (Engaged)

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20th-century American keyboardists 311T

21st-century American keyboardists 488T

Jews in heavy metal 52T
5.

Shawn Crahan

American musician

Overview: Michael Shawn Crahan (born September 24, 1969), more commonly known by his stage persona "Clown", is an American musician who is one of the two percussionists/background vocalists and co-founder of heavy ...

Date of birth: 24 September 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Percussionist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Chantel Crahan (Married)

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20th-century American drummers 1,456T

Dirty Little Rabbits members 3T

Musicians from Des Moines, Iowa 40T
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Lionel Hampton

American jazz musician and bandleader

Overview: Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader. Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and ...

Date of birth: 20 April 1908

Date of death: 31 August 2002

Age: 94 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Percussionist

Gender: Male

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American male jazz musicians 3,235T

20th-century American male musicians 7,842T

Black & Blue Records artists 138T
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Frankie Banali

American rock drummer (1951–2020)

Overview: Frankie Banali (November 14, 1951 – August 20, 2020) was an American rock drummer, best known for his work with multi-platinum heavy metal band Quiet Riot and was the only member remaining from the band's ...

Date of birth: 14 November 1951

Date of death: 20 August 2020

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Percussionist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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American musicians of Italian descent 37T

2020 deaths 11,737T

Italian American heavy metal musicians 55T
8.

John Guerin

American musician

Overview: John Payne Guerin (October 31, 1939 – January 5, 2004) was an American percussionist. He was a leading proponent of the jazz-rock style, and was one of the most prolific drummers of his time.

Date of birth: 31 October 1939

Date of death: 5 January 2004

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Percussionist

Gender: Male

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American male jazz musicians 3,118T

Muleskinner (band) members 7T

L.A. Express members 5T
9.

Ray Cooper

British musician

Overview: Raymond Cooper (born 19 September 1947) is an English musician. He is a session and road-tour percussionist, and occasional actor, who has worked with several musically diverse bands and artists including ...

Date of birth: 19 August 1942

Age: 82

Nationality: British

Occupation: Percussionist

Gender: Male

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Elton John Band members 26T

British male drummers 309T

Snare drummers 15T
10.

Ian Wallace

English opera singer and actor

Overview: Ian Bryce Wallace OBE (10 July 1919 – 12 October 2009) was an English bass-baritone opera and concert singer, actor and broadcaster of Scottish extraction.

Date of birth: 29 September 1946

Date of death: 22 February 2007

Age: 60 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Percussionist

Gender: Male

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20th-century British male opera singers 133T

20th-century British opera singers 268T

20th-century male singers 6,335T
11.

Lan Lan

Brazilian, Percussionist

Date of birth: 23 May 1968

Age: 57

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Percussionist

Gender: Female

Partner: Nanda Costa (Married)

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Tony Esposito

Italian singer

Overview: Antonio Esposito (born 15 July 1950) is an Italian musician, drummer and percussionist.

Date of birth: 15 July 1950

Age: 74

Nationality: Italian

Occupation: Percussionist

Gender: Male

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Musicians from Naples 181T

Male drummers 907T

Male jazz musicians 4,450T
13.

Peter Michael Escovedo

Emmy-award nominated percussionist and musical director.

Overview: Peter Michael Escovedo III (born July 7, 1961) is an American percussionist and musical director.

Date of birth: 7 July 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Percussionist

Gender: Male

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Hispanic and Latino American musicians 321T

Music directors 159T

Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area 215T
14.

Byron Metcalf

Percussionist

Occupation: Percussionist

Gender: Female

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Sara Indrio Jensen

Percussionist

Date of birth: 4 January 1975

Age: 50

Occupation: Percussionist

Gender: Female

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Jody Linscott

British musician

Overview: Jody Linscott is an American session musician and percussionist who resides in England and maintains an extended discography. She has two daughters Kachina Dechert and Coco Linscott and has written two ...

Nationality: American

Occupation: Percussionist

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Elton John Band members 26T

Year of birth missing (living people) 37,022T

British percussionists 43T
17.

Cyril Neville

American percussionist and singer

Overview: Cyril Garrett Neville (born October 10, 1948) is an American percussionist and vocalist who first came to prominence as a member of his brother Art Neville's funky New Orleans-based band, The Meters. He ...

Date of birth: 10 October 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: American

Occupation: Percussionist

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The Neville Brothers members 5T

The Meters members 5T

Neville musical family 7T
18.

Coke Escovedo

American percussionist

Overview: Joseph Thomas "Coke" Escovedo (April 30, 1941 – July 13, 1986) was an American percussionist, who came from a prominent musical family including five musician brothers and his niece, Sheila E. He played ...

Date of birth: 30 April 1941

Date of death: 13 July 1986

Age: 45 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Percussionist

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Hispanic and Latino American musicians 321T

20th-century American musicians 6,126T

Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area 215T
19.

Mauro Refosco

Brazilian percussionist

Overview: Mauro Refosco is a Brazilian percussionist. He is best known as the recording and touring percussionist for the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he has recorded one studio album, I'm ...

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Percussionist

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The Lounge Lizards members 23T

Dirty Projectors members 14T

Atoms for Peace (band) members 5T
20.

Orlando "Q" Rodriguez

American jazz musician

Overview: Orlando "Q" Rodriguez (born September 13, 1947) is an American rock and jazz percussionist based in New York City. He appeared on the album Live at the House of Tribes by Wynton Marsalis in 2005.

Date of birth: 13 September 1947

Age: 77

Nationality: American

Occupation: Percussionist

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Puerto Rican rock musicians 7T

Puerto Rican people of African descent 87T

American people of Puerto Rican descent 701T