BIRTHDAY WISHES: Danny Carey was born today in 1961 in Lawrence, Kansas. Danny Carey is best known for his work in the Grammy Award winning Progressive Metal band Tool. He first began playing drums at the age of 10 by joining the school band and taking private lessons on the snare drum. Two years later, Carey began to practice on a drum set. In his senior year of high school, he joined the high school jazz band. Jazz would later play a huge role in his signature approach to the drum set in a rock setting. While attending The University of Missouri in Kansas City, Carey began expanding his studies in percussion with theory into the principles of geometry, science, and metaphysics, as well as delving into Sacred Geometry and certain hidden aspects of life and the occult. Carey also played jazz while attending college and got to experience the Kansas City jazz scene. After college, a friend and bandmate convinced Carey to leave Kansas for Portland, Oregon, where he played briefly in various bands before moving to Los Angeles. In L.A. he was able to perform as a studio drummer with Carole King and perform live sets with Pigmy Love Circus. He also played in Green Jellÿ as Danny Longlegs and recorded the album “Cereal Killer. He would later find his way into Tool after meeting singer Maynard James Keenan and guitarist Adam Jones and practicing with them when other drummers the two had requested didn’t show up. Besides his work with Tool, Carey also finds time for other projects like Pigmy Love Circus, VOLTO!, and Zaum. Danny Carey was just voted one of The 50 Greatest Drummers of All Time by the readers of Modern Drummer Magazine. (Live Photo by Vic) VOLTO! with Danny Carey on drums and guitarist John Ziegler performing last August @ Lincoln Hall in Chicago in support of their debut album Incitare.
Posted on: Sat, 10 May 2014 15:14:23 +0000
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