Michael Cartellone
American drummer
Michael Cartellone
Cartellone performing in 2009
Born (1962-06-07 ) June 7, 1962 (age 62) Cleveland, Ohio , U.S.Genres Occupation(s) Musician, artist Instrument Drums Years active 1973–present[ 1] [ 2] Website michaelcartellone .com
Musical artist
Michael Cartellone (born June 7, 1962) is an American musician and artist. He was a founding member of Damn Yankees and is the current drummer of Lynyrd Skynyrd since 1999.[ 3]
Biography
Michael Cartellone was born on June 7, 1962, in Cleveland, Ohio .[ 4]
Cartellone is the former drummer of Damn Yankees (1989–1996, 1998–2001)[ 5] and a former drummer for Accept (1996).[ 6] After Damn Yankees broke up, Cartellone worked as the touring drummer for Ted Nugent and later John Fogerty before settling in with Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Cartellone has toured and recorded with a wide variety of artists including Adrian Belew , Jack Blades (after the dissolution of Damn Yankees), Cher , John Fogerty , Peter Frampton , Brad Gillis , Wolf Hoffmann , Eddie Jobson , Freddie Mercury , Tommy Shaw (before and after the formation of Damn Yankees), Shaw Blades , Joe Lynn Turner , and John Wetton .[ 1] [ 2] [ 7]
Cartellone is the drummer on former Faith No More singer Chuck Mosley 's 2009 album, Will Rap Over Hard Rock for Food .
He is also an accomplished painter and ardent Charlie Chaplin and Cleveland Indians fan.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Cartellone uses Pearl drums, pedals and hardware and Zildjian cymbals, most notably the A and A custom series, but previously used the Z custom series in the past, and he also uses Remo drumheads.
Discography
Boy Wonder
Boy Wonder , 1982 (as Michael Crislin)
Damn Yankees
Freddie Mercury
Vince Neil
Brad Gillis
John Wetton
Shaw Blades
Accept
Peter Frampton
Wolf Hoffmann
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Steve Fister
Age of Great Dreams , 1999
Jack Blades
Joe Lynn Turner
Joe Bouchard
Chuck Mosley
Will Rap Over Hard Rock for Food , 2009
References
^ a b "Michael Cartellone (About Michael link)" . MC Artworks. Retrieved July 7, 2013 .
^ a b "Michael Cartellone" . Bruce Wall. Retrieved July 7, 2013 .
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas; Leggett, Steve. "Lynyrd Skynyrd: Biography" . AllMusic . Rovi . Retrieved May 31, 2010 .
^ "Lynyrd Skynyrd Drummer releases amazing Artwork!" .
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Damn Yankees: Biography" . AllMusic . Rovi . Retrieved May 31, 2010 .
^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Accept: Biography" . AllMusic . Rovi . Retrieved May 31, 2010 .
^ "Michael Cartellone: Credits" . AllMusic . Rovi . Retrieved July 8, 2013 .
^ "Michael Cartellone of Lynyrd Skynyrd Presents Art Collection" , Modern Drummer . July 2017.
^ Moser, John. "Speaking with Lynyrd Skynyrd's drummer: Michael Cartellone paints a different picture of a rock musician" , The Morning Call . June 5, 2010.
^ Mahaffee, Mac. "Cleveland native and Lynyrd Skynyrd/Damn Yankees drummer opens art exhibit at downtown Hilton" , WKYC . July 6, 2017.
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