Marco Minnemann

Marco Minnemann
Born	24 December 1970 Hanover, Germany
Genres	rock, heavy metal, instrumental rock, electronica, experimental, progressive rock, progressive metal, punk, power metal, thrash metal, groove metal, death metal, jazz rock, neo-progressive rock, technical death metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, engineer, producer
Instruments	Drums, guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals, organ, percussion
Associated acts	The Aristocrats Steven Wilson Necrophagist Kreator Joe Satriani The Mute Gods Paul Gilbert Plini
Website	marcominnemann.com

Marco Minnemann (born December 24, 1970) is a German drummer,^[1] composer and multi-instrumentalist. He lives in San Diego, California.

Marco Minnemann has published a number of solo CDs. On most of them he performs all instruments and vocals.^[2] He is known for developing a very advanced drum technique called interdependence allowing him to play various patterns with each of his feet or hands, and has published several instructional books describing this concept.^[2]

In 2011, he was the runner-up in a series of auditions for Dream Theater after Mike Portnoy left the band in 2010.^[3]

Marco also performs with several other groups. Since 2011^[4] he has been a member of Steven Wilson's studio band and, on occasion, his touring band as well. He is a member of the rock group The Aristocrats^[5] and has performed with Joe Satriani since 2013.^[6]

Books

• Ultimate Play Along Drum Trax.
• Extreme Interdependence: Drumming Beyond Independence (With Audio CD) – Nov 2001
• Maximum Minnemann 2006

DVDs

• Marco Minnemann: Live in L.A. – October 2007^[7]
• Extreme Drumming - 2003
• The Marco Show - 2006

Discography

with Mario Brinkmann and Mario Trentini

• Disarmed (2005)

with The Aristocrats

• The Aristocrats (2011)
• The Aristocrats - BOING! We'll do it live (2012)
• The Aristocrats - Culture Clash (2013)
• Tres Caballeros - The Aristocrats (2015)

with ""Trey Gunn""

• Modulator (2010)

with Mike Henderson

• "The Veneer of Logic" (2013)

with Illegal Aliens

• Thickness (1996)
• Red Alibis (1997)
• Time (1998)
• International Telephone (2000)

with ""Mike Keneally""

• Evidence of Humanity (2010)

with ""Tony Levin and Jordan Ruddess""

• Levin Minnemann Rudess - 2013

with Minnemann/Brinkmann

• Motor (2002)
• "The Shining" (2010)

with ""Plini""

• The End of Everything (2015)

with Shiloh Sheray

• S+M (2011)

with ""U-Z Project""

• Ultimate Zero Tour (2011)

with Waken Eyes

• Exodus (2015)

""Solo""

• The Green Mindbomb (1998)
• Comfortably Homeless (1999)
• Broken Orange (2003)
• Normalizer (2003)
• Housewifedogandtwokids (2007)
• A Mouth of God (2008)
• Catspoon (2009)
• Normalizer 2 (2010)
• Symbolic Fox (2012)

other appearances:

• Orchids (2002)
• Mieze (2004)
• Swine Songs - Best Of (2006)
• Contraire de la chanson (2006)
• "EEPS" (2014)
• "Celebration" (2015)
• "Above The Roses" (2016)
• Evil Smiles Of Beauty/Sound Of Crime - 2012

Selected recordings with other artists

1990s

• FFW - "Senseless Wonder" (1992)
• FFW - "Mao Mak Maa" feat. Nina Hagen (1993)
• FFW - "Culture Shock" (1995)
• H-Blockx - "Fly Eyes" (1996)
• FFW - "Hula" (1997)
• Keilerkopf - "Keilerkopf" (1998)

2000s

• Paul Gilbert - "Burning Organ" (2000)
• Wolfgang Schmid "Special Kick" (2001)
• Wolfgang Schmid "A Swift Kick" (2002)
• Paddy Kelly (2002)
• Nena - "feat. Nena" (2003)
• Paul Gilbert - "Spaceship One" (2004)
• Paul Gilbert - "Spaceship One Live" DVD (2005)
• Mario Brinkmann - "Engineer" (2007)
• Illogicist - "The Insight Eye" - (2007)
• Necrophagist - Summer Slaughter Tour Live DVD (2008)
• Ephel Duath - "Through My Dog's Eyes" (2008)
• Mike Keneally - "Scambot" (2009)
• UKZ - "Radiation" EP (2009)
• Dr. Zoltan Øbelisk – Why I Am So Wise, Why I Am So Clever, and Why I Write Such Good Songs (2009)

2010s

• Tony MacAlpine (2011)
• Musical Mind Meld (w Jordan Rudess and Daniel Jakubovic)
• The Aristocrats "The Aristocrats" (Bryan Beller, Marco Minnemann, Guthrie Govan) (2011)
• Mike Keneally/Andy Partridge - Wingbeat Fantastic (2011)
• Steven Wilson – Catalog / Preserve / Amass - Live (2012)
• Steven Wilson - Get all you Deserve - DVD/Blu-ray (2012)
• Paul Cusick - "P'dice" (2011)
• Forward Shapes - "Legacy" (2012)
• U.K. Live (with Eddie Jobson, John Wetton), DVD, 2CD (2012)
• Sylencer – "A Lethal Dose of Truth" (2012) - (Guest Drummer on "Wired in the Blood")^[8]
• The Aristocrats – "BOING! We'll Do it Live" (2012)
• Steven Wilson – The Raven That Refused To Sing (and other stories) (2013)
• Aaron Ruimy/Marco Minnemann – "A Few Minor Modifications" (2013)
• Matte Henderson with Marco Minnemann - "The Veneer Of Logic" (2013)^[9]
• Ephel Duath - Hemmed by Light, Shaped by Darkness (2013)
• Mike Keneally - You Must be This Tall (2013)
• Steven Wilson - Drive Home, Blu-ray/DVD (2013)
• Nathan Frost - Synecron (2013)^[10]
• 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)
• The Aristocrats Tres Caballeros (2015)
• Mike Keneally - Scambot 2
• Steven Wilson - Transience (2015)
• The Mute Gods - Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me (2016)
• Steven Wilson - 4½ (2016)

References

1. "Adrian Belew Interview : Guitar Interviews | GuitarInternational.com". Retrieved 2011-04-26.
2. Haid, Mike (17 April 2007). "Marco Minnemann: Beyond Chops". Modern Drummer. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
3. "Mike Mangini is Dream Theater's New Drummer! | Pearl Drums". pearldrum.com. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
4. "Harmony Korine Live VideoStevenWilsonHQ.com". StevenWilsonHQ.com. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
5. "The Aristocrats | About". the-aristocrats-band.com. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
6. "Joe Satriani - discography > shockwave supernova". www.satriani.com. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
7. "Live in L.A. (DVD): Marco Minnemann, Drum Workshop: Movies & TV". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
8. "Sylencer". Sylencer.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
9. "Matte Henderson interview on Outsight Radio Hours". Archive.org. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
10. "Spotify Friday Review #93: Nathan Frost – Synecron". Progmetalzone.com. 2013-10-26. Retrieved 2015-06-12.

External links

• Marco Minnemann discography at Discogs
• Official website