Terry John Bozzio (born December 27, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons, U.K., and

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. He has been featured on nine solo or collaborative albums, 26 albums with Zappa and seven albums with Missing Persons. Bozzio has been a prolific sideman, playing on numerous releases by other artists since the mid-1970s. He was inducted into the '' Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1997.

Biography

Terry Bozzio was born on December 27, 1950, in

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. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw

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' premiere performance on ''

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'' and begged his father for drum lessons. He cited Carmine Appice, Mitch Mitchell and

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among his biggest influences in the early years. In 1968, Bozzio graduated from Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, California, where he received a music scholarship award, and later went on to the

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. During this time he studied concurrently with Chuck Brown on the drum set and Lloyd Davis and Roland Kohloff on a percussion and timpani scholarship. He also played Bartok-Dahl-Cowell & Baroque chamber ensembles with the Marin and Napa County Symphonies.

1970s

In 1972, Bozzio played in the rock musicals ''

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'' and ''Walking in my Time''. He began playing in local jazz groups with

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, Art Lande, Azteca, Eddie Henderson,

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, Eric Gravatt, Billy Higgins, Andy Narell and Mel Martin. He became a regular in the Monday Night Jim Dukey Big Band at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall. Bozzio toured with

between April 1975 and February 1978, and appeared as a drummer and vocalist on a number of Zappa's albums, including ''Bongo Fury'' (1975), '' Zoot Allures'' (1976), '' Zappa in New York'' (1976), '' Sheik Yerbouti'' (1979) and '' Thing-Fish'' (1984), and in the concert movie '' Baby Snakes'' (1979). Bozzio's vocals were prominently featured on a number of Zappa songs, including "Punky's Whips", "Tryin' to Grow a Chin", and "Dong Work for Yuda", making him a key element of the distinctive sound of Zappa's late-1970s work. During live performances of the song Titties & Beer between 1976 and 1978, Bozzio would play the character of The Devil, donning a mask and arguing with Zappa's character on stage. Bozzio was also the drummer for whom Zappa wrote The Black Page, originally a solo piece for drums, which became one of the signature compositions of Zappa's career. In 1977, he joined The

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with longtime San Francisco friend and guitarist Barry Finnerty. With The Brecker Brothers, Bozzio toured and recorded the live album '' Heavy Metal Be-Bop'' (1978). Shortly after, he was dismissed by Zappa and joined Group 87 with

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, Peter Maunu, Patrick O'Hearn and

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. The group auditioned for and was signed to a record deal with CBS but Bozzio declined membership and then auditioned unsuccessfully for

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. After Bill Bruford and

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departed from the band U.K. in late 1978, Bozzio joined Eddie Jobson and John Wetton to continue U.K. as a trio. The trio recorded '' Danger Money'' (1979) and a live album '' Night After Night'' (1979) and toured the U.S. and Canada twice (supporting the popular progressive rock band Jethro Tull), and in Europe and Japan.

1980s

After U.K. disbanded in early 1980, Bozzio, ex-Zappa guitarist Warren Cuccurullo and then-wife and vocalist Dale Bozzio founded the band Missing Persons. Missing Persons released the albums '' Spring Session M'' (which went Gold), '' Rhyme & Reason,'' and '' Color in Your Life.'' After Missing Persons broke up in 1986, Bozzio joined ex-

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guitarist Andy Taylor's solo band. He also played on sessions with

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, Gary Wright, Don Dokken, XYZ, Paul Hyde,

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, and Richard Marx. During this time, Bozzio began touring as a clinician/solo drummer and recorded ''Solo Drums,'' which was his first instructional video for Warner Brothers. He joined

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and

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for the video "Throwaway", and teamed up with Beck and keyboardist Tony Hymas to co-write/produce and perform on the Grammy Award-winning album '' Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop''. The album was promoted on ''The Arsenio Hall Show'', which was Jeff Beck's first-ever live appearance on American television. He also featured on the album '' Confetti'' by Sergio Mendes in 1984.

1990s

Between 1990 and 1995, Bozzio developed

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-based drum solo compositions and recorded his second instructional video Melodic Drumming and the Ostinato Volumes 1, 2, and 3, as well as Solo Drum Music Volumes 1 & 2 on CD. He also joined Tony Hymas, Tony Coe, and Hugh Burns to form the band Lonely Bears and record The Lonely Bears, Injustice, and The Bears are Running, while living in Paris, France. He also formed the band Polytown with David Torn and Mick Karn. In 1993 Terry joined T. M. Stevens and Devin Townsend on

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's '' Sex & Religion'' album. From 1995 to 2002, Bozzio did tours of the US, Australia, Canada & Europe as a solo drum artist as well as recording two solo CDs: Drawing the Circle and Chamberworks. He was inducted into the '' Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1997. With bassist and Chapman Stick player Tony Levin and guitarist Steve Stevens, he formed the group Bozzio Levin Stevens, which released two albums: ''Black Light Syndrome'' in 1997, and ''Situation Dangerous'' in 2000.

2000s

In 2001, he teamed up with Chad Wackerman to produce the Duets video and Alternative Duets CDs. Bozzio won the Clinician of the Year award twice as well as Drum Magazine's Drummer of the Year and Best Clinician. Internationally, he received Slagwerkkrant Magazine's (Netherlands) and Player Magazine's (Japan) Best Drummer Award. Bozzio was inducted into Guitar Center's RockWalk in Hollywood on January 17, 2007. He worked with the

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on their eighth studio album after the departure of their drummer David Silveria. He was scheduled to play on the road with the band during the Family Values Tour, but he left and was replaced by

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of Slipknot and later Ray Luzier.

Personal life

His son and stepdaughter are also drummers; the latter, Marina, is a former member of the band Aldious.

Selected discography

Solo

* ''Solo Drum Music I'' (1992) * ''Solo Drum Music II'' (1992) * ''Drawing the Circle'' (1998) * ''Chamber Works'' (1998) * ''Solos & Duets'' (with Chad Wackerman) (2001) * ''Nine Short Films'' (with Billy Sheehan) (2002) * ''Chamber Works'' (2005, with Metropole Orchestra) * ''Prime Cuts'' (2005) * ''Four from Ten Twenty Nine'' (2008) * ''Seven Nights in Japan'' (2008) * ''Melodic Drumming & the Ostinato v.1. 2. 3. DVD'' (2011) * ''Terry Bozzio Live Performance & Seminar'' 2 Disc DVD (rec. 2003) (2011) * ''Terry Bozzio Live in Japan 2007 菩慈音'' (2012) * ''Musical Solo Drumming DVD English w/ Japanese subtitles'' (2012) * Terry Bozzio – Composer Series / 4CD + Blu-ray + Blu-ray (Audio-only) + Bonus DVD (2015) * Terry Bozzio – Reality & Simple Moments Compilation CD (2017)

Frank Zappa

* '' Bongo Fury'' (October 1975), US No. 66 * '' Zoot Allures'' (October 1976), US No. 71 * '' Zappa in New York'' (March 1977), US No. 57 * '' Studio Tan'' (1978) * '' Sleep Dirt'' (January 1979), US No. 175 * '' Sheik Yerbouti'' (March 1979), US No. 21 * ''

Joe's Garage ''Joe's Garage'' is a three-part rock opera released by American musician Frank Zappa in September and November 1979. Originally released as two separate albums on Zappa Records, the project was later remastered and reissued as a triple album ...

'' (September 1979), US No. 27 (vocals only) * '' Orchestral Favorites'' (1979) * '' Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar'' (May 1981) * '' Baby Snakes'' (March 1983) * '' Thing-Fish'' (November 1984) * '' You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1'' (May 1988) * '' You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3'' (November 1989) * '' You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4'' (July 1991) * '' You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5'' (July 1992) * '' You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6'' (July 1992) * '' Läther'' (September 1996) * '' Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute'' (October 1996) * '' The Lost Episodes'' (1996) * '' FZ:OZ'' (August 2002) * '' QuAUDIOPHILIAc'' (September 2004) * ''

Trance-Fusion ''Trance-Fusion'' is an album by Frank Zappa. Released posthumously in 2006, 13 years after the musician's death, the album forms the third in a trilogy of instrumental albums which focus on Zappa's improvised guitar solos, after '' Shut Up 'n Pl ...

'' (October 2006) * ''

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'' (June 2008) * '' Joe's Menage'' (October 2008) * '' Philly '76'' (December 2009) * ''

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'' (November 2010) * '' Baby Snakes: The Compleat Soundtrack'' (December 2012) * '' Joe's Camouflage'' (2013) * '' Halloween 77'' (October 2017) * ''Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary'' (March 2019) * ''Zappa ’75: Zagreb / Ljubljana'' (October 2022)

Missing Persons

* ''Missing Persons EP'' (1980) No. 46 US * '' Spring Session M'' (1982) No. 17 US * '' Rhyme & Reason'' (1984) No. 43 US * '' Color in Your Life'' (1986) No. 88 US * '' Late Nights Early Days'' (1999) * '' Lost Tracks'' (2002)

U.K.

* '' Danger Money'' (1979) (Replaced Bill Bruford) * '' Night After Night'' (1979, Live)

Dweezil Zappa

* ''Back to the Beach Soundtrack (Wipe Out)'' with Herbie Hancock (1987) * '' My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama'' (1988) * '' Shampoohorn'' (1994) * ''

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'' (2000)

Other

* 1974: ''Born to Love You'' Luis Gasca * 1977: ''

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* 1978: '' Heavy Metal Be-Bop''

* 1980: ''Only love can sustain'' Luis Alberto Spinetta * 1980: ''Group 87'' Group 87 * 1986: ''Andy Taylor'' Andy Taylor * 1987: ''

* 1988: '' Castalia''

* 1988: ''Rivers Gonna Rise'' Patrick O'Hearn * 1988: ''Who I Am'' Gary Wright * 1989: '' Def, Dumb and Blonde'' Deborah Harry * 1989: ''El Dorado'' Patrick O'Hearn * 1989: ''How Long'' Michael Thompson * 1989: '' Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop''

& Tony Hymas * 1989: ''Twins Soundtrack''

* 1990: ''Girlfriend from Hell'' Jorgenson * 1990: ''

* 1991: '' Beckology''

* 1991: ''In Your Face'' Earl Slick * 1991: '' Rush Street'' Richard Marx * 1992: ''Retrograde Planet''

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* 1992: ''Vol. Pour Sydney'' Lonely Bears * 1992: ''White Sands Soundtrack'' Patrick O'Hearn * 1993: '' Sex and Religion''

* 1994: ''Big Bang: In the Beginning Was a Drum'' Compilation * 1994: ''

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'' hide * 1994: ''Polytown'' Polytown * 1995: ''First Signs of Life'' Gary Wright * 1995: '' Thank You''

* 1995: ''Trust'' Patrick O'Hearn * 1997: '' Black Light Syndrome'' Bozzio Levin Stevens * 1997: ''Dream Castles'' Sly * 1997: ''Something with a Pulse'' Mark Craney & Friends * 1998: '' Age of Impact'' Explorer's Club * 1998: ''Best of the Lonely Bears'' Lonely Bears * 1998: ''Proof: The Very Best of the Knack'' The Knack * 1998: '' Zoom'' The Knack * 1999: ''Lonely Bears'' Lonely Bears * 2000: ''Injustice'' Lonely Bears * 2000: '' Situation Dangerous'' Bozzio Levin Stevens * 2000: ''The Bears are Running'' Lonely Bears * 2001: ''Compression'' Billy Sheehan * 2001: '' Feeding the Wheel'' Jordan Rudess * 2002: ''Big Delta'' Omar & The Howlers * 2002: '' Delete and Roll'' Bozzio Preinfalk & Machacek (BPM) * 2002: ''Queen of the Damned Soundtrack''

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* 2002: '' Raising the Mammoth'' Explorers Club * 2003: ''Bozzio – Mastelotto'' with Pat Mastelotto * 2004: ''Alamo Soundtrack''

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* 2004: ''Boogie Man'' Omar & The Howlers * 2004: ''Drum Nation, Vol. 1'' Various Artists * 2005: ''Two Sides of If'' Vivian Campbell * 2006: '' Sic'' Alex Machacek * 2007: '' Untitled''

* 2008: ''Live with the Tosca Strings'' DVD (2008) * 2012: ''Efrainization'' Terry Bozzio/ Alex Acuna/Efrain Toro DVD * 2016: ''Heavy Metal Be-Bop Band Tour in Japan'14''

(Reunion CD)

References

External links

Terry Bozzio – Official site

Terry Bozzio – Official Facebook

Terry Bozzio – Official YouTube

Terry Bozzio – Official Twitter

Terry Bozzio on Drum Channel

Terry Bozzio : Sabian Cymbals – Artist Set-up

Drum Workshop site, artists section : Contains an illustration of Terry Bozzio and other drummers' drum kits

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