Gil Sharone (born June 2, 1978) is an American

drummer A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drums. Most contemporary western music ensemble, bands that play Rock music, rock, Pop music, pop, jazz, or Contemporary R&B, R&B music include a drummer for purposes including timekeepi ...

and member of the rock bands Stolen Babies, Team Sleep,

Marilyn Manson Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He is the lead singer and the only original member remaining of the Marilyn Manson (band), same-titled band he founded in 1989. Th ...

and formerly

The Dillinger Escape Plan The Dillinger Escape Plan is an American metalcore band. The band was formed in 1997 in Morris Plains, New Jersey by guitarist Ben Weinman, bassist Adam Doll, vocalist Dimitri Minakakis, and drummer Chris Pennie. The band's use of Consonance and ...

. He was also a fill in for the punk rock supergroup +44. He is the twin brother of Rani Sharone, also of Stolen Babies. Sharone is highly regarded as one of the most versatile touring/session drummers in the world, due to his work on classic-styled ska,

rocksteady Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. A successor of ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was the dominant style of music in Jamaica for nearly two years, performed by many of the artists who helped establish ...

and

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...

, while also working in

punk rock Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced sh ...

and

industrial metal Industrial metal is the fusion of Heavy metal music, heavy metal and industrial music, typically employing repeating Heavy metal guitar, metal guitar riffs, sampling (music), sampling, synthesizer or music sequencer, sequencer lines, and Distor ...

Career

Sharone supported

Mark Hoppus Mark Allan Hoppus (born March 15, 1972) is an American musician and record producer. He is the co-lead vocalist, co-founder, and bassist for the rock band Blink-182 and the only member to appear on every album. Hoppus became interested in ska ...

's band +44 when Travis Barker broke his arm. Gil toured around Europe, Japan and Australia with +44 in early 2007. It is believed he learned all of +44's setlist on the flight from America to Europe. He played on Travis's custom made, transparent green, OCDP drum kit. He started using Drum Workshop drums and hardware in October 2011. Sharone also recorded the drum tracks on the third Dillinger Escape Plan record '' Ire Works'', and joined the band during all of their tour dates in 2008 (he played the European tour in early 2008 both with Dillinger and also as support with Stolen Babies). Gil also performed on Puscifer's '' V Is for Vagina'' album. In January 2009, it was announced that Sharone had parted ways with Dillinger Escape Plan, due to his focus on Stolen Babies and other personal projects including his DVD, ''Wicked Beats'', based on the drumming styles of ska, rocksteady and reggae. ''Wicked Beats'' was released through Hudson Music late 2010. Sharone played Teenage Alex on an episode of ''

Full House ''Full House'' is an American television sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The show is about the recently widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and childhood best friend ...

'' along with his twin brother, who played Teenage Nicky. In November 2013, Sharone joined

and performed on their ninth studio album, '' The Pale Emperor'', released in 2015. Sharone worked on the follow-up album, '' Heaven Upside Down'', released in 2017. In March 2019, Sharone announced that he was quitting the band. Sharone returned to the band in 2024 and performed on their twelfth studio album '' One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1''. Sharone was featured on reggae Grammy winners Morgan Heritage track "So Amazing" on the album ''Strictly Roots'' (2016). He performs on the film scores to "John Wick," "John Wick 2," "Slackers" and the TV shows, "Salem," "Kingdom," and the Netflix series "The Punisher (2017)". On December 6 and 7, 2019, Sharone joined his former bandmate Greg Puciato and

Jerry Cantrell Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. (born March 18, 1966) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains. The band rose to internatio ...

Alice In Chains Alice in Chains (often abbreviated as AiC) is an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1987. Since 2006, the band's lineup has comprised vocalist/guitarists Jerry Cantrell and William DuVall, bassist Mike Inez, and drummer Sean Kinney. Voca ...

for two sold-out concerts in Los Angeles, performing songs from Cantrell's solo career as well as Alice In Chains. These were Cantrell's first solo concerts since 2004. In 2021, Sharone played drums on

's albums ''

Brighten ''Brighten'' is the third solo album by Alice in Chains guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell. Released on October 29, 2021, it is his first independent album as well as his first solo album in 19 years, since 2002's ''Degradation Trip Volumes 1 ...

'' and '' I Want Blood''.

References

External links

Interview on drumchannel.com

The Official Website of Drummer Gil Sharone
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