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's backing band,

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, and Signal. Uvena retired from the music business in 2000 and, as of 2016, manages a

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Discography

with Bonnie Pointer

*''Bonnie Pointer'' (1979)

with Pipedream

*''Pipedream'' (1979)

with Alice Cooper

*''

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'' (1982)

with Alcatrazz

*''

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'' (1983) *'' Live Sentence'' (1984) *''Metallic Live '84'' VHS (1984) *''

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'' (1985) *''Power Live '85'' VHS (1985) *'' Dangerous Games'' (1986) *''Live '83'' (2010) *''Live In Japan 1984 Complete Edition'' (2018)

with Signal

*''Loud & Clear'' (1989) *''Live'' (2000)

with Jonas Hansson Band

*''No. 1'' (1994) *''Second To None'' (1996) *''The Rocks'' (1999)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Uvena, Jan 1950 births Living people Drummers from New York (state) American heavy metal drummers Alice Cooper (band) members Iron Butterfly members 20th-century American drummers 21st-century American drummers American male drummers Alcatrazz members People from Huntington, New York