Marco Minnemann facts for kids
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Marco Minnemann
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Marco Minnemann, born on December 24, 1970, is a talented musician from Germany. He is known for playing many instruments, but he is especially famous for his amazing drumming. He is also a composer, which means he writes music.
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Marco Minnemann's Music Career
Marco Minnemann has released more than a dozen solo albums. On these albums, he plays drums, other instruments, and sometimes sings. He has also played drums on over 100 studio albums for many different artists and bands.
Early Bands and Collaborations
Marco was once a member of a German band called Freaky Fukin Weirdoz. He also played and recorded with the German rock band H-Blockx. He has worked with the famous English musician Steven Wilson, who has been nominated for a Grammy Award.
Current Bands and Projects
Today, Marco is the drummer for the Mute Gods. This band is a trio led by Nick Beggs. Nick was part of the British new wave band Kajagoogoo. Since 2013, Marco has also played with the guitar legend Joe Satriani.
In June 2007, Marco was featured on the cover of Modern Drummer magazine. The magazine praised his unique drumming technique. He developed a special way of playing called "complex interdependence." This technique allows him to play different rhythms with each of his feet and hands at the same time.
The Normalizer 2 Project
In 2006, Marco recorded a 51-minute drum solo. This solo became the base for his "Normalizer 2" project. He shared this drum track with other musicians. He asked them to write and record their own music to go along with his drumming. Many of these recordings were released as albums where two musicians played together. Some of these albums include Modulator with Trey Gunn and 24 Tales with Alex Machacek.
Auditioning for Dream Theater
In 2011, Marco tried out to join the American progressive rock band Dream Theater. However, he did not join the group. He did not know their songs very well and did not want to commit to them completely.
Joining The Sea Within
In late 2017, Marco joined an international progressive rock "supergroup" called the Sea Within. A supergroup is a band made of famous musicians from other bands. He played on their first album, which came out in 2018. The band was started by Swedish guitarist Roine Stolt. It also includes bassist Jonas Reingold, guitarist Daniel Gildenlöw, and keyboard player Tom Brislin.
The Aristocrats and McStine & Minnemann
Marco is also a member of the Aristocrats. This is an instrumental rock power trio. He plays alongside Guthrie Govan and Bryan Beller. In 2019, the group released their fourth studio album, You know what...?
In 2020, Marco and his friend Randy McStine formed a duo called McStine & Minnemann. They released two albums that year: their self-titled album and McStine & Minnemann II.
Voice Acting Role
Marco Minnemann even used his voice in a TV show! He was a voice actor in the second season of the animated series Metalocalypse. The episode also featured Mike Patton from the band Faith No More. It aired in 2008 on Adult Swim.
Books by Marco Minnemann
Marco has also written books about drumming to help other musicians learn.
- Ultimate Play Along Drum Trax
- Extreme Interdependence: Drumming Beyond Independence (This book came with an audio CD) – (2001)
- Maximum Minnemann (2006)
DVDs Featuring Marco Minnemann
You can also watch Marco play on these DVDs:
- Extreme Drumming (2003)
- The Marco Show (2006)
- Marco Minnemann: Live in L.A. (2007)
Marco Minnemann's Discography
Marco Minnemann has released many albums throughout his career, both as a solo artist and with various bands.
Solo Albums
- The Green Mindbomb (1998)
- Comfortably Homeless (1999)
- Orchids (2002)
- Broken Orange (2003)
- Normalizer (2003)
- Mieze (2004)
- Contraire de la chanson (2006)
- Housewifedogandtwokids (2007)
- A Mouth of God (2008)
- Catspoon (2009)
- Evil Smiles of Beauty/Sound of Crime (2012)
- Symbolic Fox (featuring Guthrie Govan) (2012)
- EEPS (2014)
- Celebration (2015)
- Above the Roses (2016)
- Schattenspiel (2016)
- Borrego (featuring Alex Lifeson and Joe Satriani) (2017)
- My Sister (featuring Alex Lifeson) (2019)
- Their Colors Fade (2023)
Albums with Bands
- With Freaky Fukin Weirdoz
- Senseless Wonder (1992)
- Mao Mak Maa (1993)
- Culture Shock (1995)
- Hula (1997)
- With Illegal Aliens
- Thickness (1995)
- Red Alibis (1997)
- Time (1999)
- International Telephone (2000)
- Swine Songs – Best Of (2006)
- With H-Blockx
- Fly Eyes (1998)
- Minnemann/Brinkmann
- Motor (2002)
- The Shining (2010)
- Fabio Trentini, Marco Minneman, Mario Brinkmann
- Disarmed (2005)
- Minnemann/Brinkmann/Trentini/Zimmer
- Play the Police (2007)
- With UKZ
- Radiation (2009)
- Normalizer 2 Project Albums
- Marco Minneman – Normalizer 2 (2010)
- Mike Keneally – Evidence of Humanity (2010)
- Jason Sadites – Behind the Laughter (2010)
- Trey Gunn – Modulator (2010)
- John Czajkowski – West ZooOpolis (2010)
- Mario Brinkmann – Normalizer 2 (2010)
- Alex Machacek – 24 Tales (2010)
- Phi Yaan-Zek – Dance with the Anima (2010)
- Jimmy Pitts – 2L82B Normal (2010)
- Aaron Ruimy – A Few Minor Modifications (2010)
- At War with Self – Circadian Rhythm Disorder (2015)
- Phi Yaan-Zek with Marco Minnemann
- Deeper with the Anima (2012)
- With Shiloh Sheray
- S+M (2011)
- With the Aristocrats
- The Aristocrats (2011)
- Boing, We'll Do It Live! (2012)
- Culture Clash (2013)
- Live in Osaka (2014)
- Tres Caballeros (2015)
- You Know What...? (2019)
- The Aristocrats with Primuz Chamber Orchestra (2022)
- Duck (2024)
- With Matte Henderson
- The Veneer of Logic (2013)
- With Tony Levin and Jordan Rudess
- Levin Minnemann Rudess (2013)
- From the Law Offices of Levin Minnemann Rudess (2016)
- Pitts Minnemann Project
- The Psychic Planetarium (2016)
- With the Mute Gods
- Do Nothing till You Hear from Me (2016)
- Tardigrades Will Inherit the Earth (2017)
- Atheists and Believers (2019)
- With the Sea Within
- The Sea Within (2018)
- With Randy McStine
- McStine and Minnemann (2020)
- McStine and Minnemann II (2020)
Selected Recordings with Other Artists
Marco Minnemann has also played on many albums for other artists. Here are some of them:
2000s Recordings
- Paul Gilbert – Burning Organ (2000)
- Wolfgang Schmid – Special Kick (2002)
- Paddy Kelly – In Exile (2003)
- Nena – Nena feat. Nena (2002)
- Paul Gilbert – Spaceship One (2004)
- Paul Gilbert – Space Ship Live DVD (2005)
- Wolfgang Schmid – A Swift Kick (2005)
- Mario Brinkmann – Engineer (2007)
- Illogicist – The Insight Eye (2007)
- Necrophagist – Summer Slaughter Tour DVD (2008)
- Ephel Duath – Through My Dog's Eyes (2008)
2010s Recordings
- Eddie Jobson – Ultimate Zero Tour – Live (2010)
- Tony MacAlpine – Tony MacAlpine (2011)
- Paul Cusick – P'dice (2011)
- Mike Keneally/Andy Partridge – Wing Beat Fantastic (2012)
- Steven Wilson – Catalogue / Preserve / Amass (2012)
- Steven Wilson – Get All You Deserve (2012)
- Forward Shapes – Legacy (2012)
- Psyaxis – Black Dawn Rising (2012)
- Ephel Duath – On Death and Cosmos (2012)
- Steven Wilson – The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories) (2013)
- Ephel Duath – Hemmed by Light, Shaped by Darkness (2013)
- Mike Keneally – You Must Be This Tall (2013)
- Steven Wilson – Drive Home (2013)
- Nathan Frost – Synecron (2013)
- The Hushdown – Radio (2014)
- Syndone – Odysseas (2014)
- Steven Wilson – Hand. Cannot. Erase. (2015)
- Joe Satriani – Shockwave Supernova (2015)
- Amadeus Awad – Death Is Just a Feeling (2015)
- Plini – The End of Everything (2015)
- Mike Keneally – Scambot 2 (2016)
- Steven Wilson – 4½ (2016)
- Dewa Budjana – Mahandini (2018)
- Alberto Rigoni – EvoRevolution (2019)
- Jordan Rudess – Wired for Madness (2019)
- Yuval Ron – Somewhere in This Universe, Somebody Hits a Drum (2019)
2020s Recordings
- Alberto Rigoni – Odd Times (2020)
- Alberto Rigoni – Metal Addicted (2021)
- Jess Lewis – Seafoam (2021)
- Jan Rivera – Existential Paranoia (2022)
See also
In Spanish: Marco Minnemann para niños
