Dean Sabatino (born 21 May 1962
) is an American
musician, best known as Dean Clean, the drummer of the satirical
punk rock group
the Dead Milkmen
The Dead Milkmen is an American punk rock band formed in 1983 in Philadelphia. Their original lineup consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Rodney Linderman ("Rodney Anonymous"), guitarist and vocalist Joe Genaro ("Joe Jack Talcum"), bassist Da ...
. Sabatino lives with his family in
Media, Pennsylvania
Media is a borough in and the county seat of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It is located about west of Philadelphia, the sixth most populous city in the nation with 1.6 million residents as 2020. It is part of the Delaware Valley metropolita ...
, a suburb of
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ...
. Having earned a degree in commercial art, Clean designed the album covers for the band's releases, including the cover art for their 1985 debut album ''
Big Lizard in My Backyard''.
Career
After playing with groups in high school, Sabatino formed Narthex, a two-piece
new wave band, in 1980. The band failed to release a proper album before its split three years later, but a 1982 recording session was eventually remixed and released as the ''Twin Cities'' album in 2006.
Sabatino joined the Dead Milkmen as the only member with previous experience playing in rock bands. The group went on to enjoy
college radio and modest
MTV-based success through eight studio albums and substantial touring before disbanding in 1995. In the late 1980s, he also played with the rock group Baby Flamehead, who released one self-titled album.
In 1995, Sabatino's drumsticks were inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of a 1300+ collection of signed drumsticks.
Sabatino and Dead Milkmen bandmate
Joe Genaro formed the band
Butterfly Joe in 1996, who released a self-titled album on Razler Records before disbanding in 2001. He also played drums with the vaudeville group The Big Mess Orchestra, with whom he remains sporadically associated.
After two reunion shows in 2004, the Dead Milkmen reformed in 2008 (with
Dan Stevens replacing the deceased
Dave Schulthise
David Schulthise (September 16, 1956 – March 10, 2004), also known as Dave Blood, was the bass guitarist for the punk band The Dead Milkmen. Schulthise was born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. He helped form the band in 1983 along with fello ...
on bass guitar). They are presently performing concerts and working on new material. Sabatino has maintained the band'
official websitesince its inception. Baby Flamehead also reunited in 2010.
References
External links
Official Dead Milkmen websiteThe Dead Milkmen MTV.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
American punk rock drummers
American male drummers
Living people
People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Musicians from Pennsylvania
The Dead Milkmen members
American rock drummers
1962 births
20th-century American drummers
20th-century American male musicians
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