Jonathan Mover a.k.a. "Mover" is an American drummer,

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and producer. He is a former member of the bands Marillion and GTR.

Early life and career

Mover was raised in the

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area and began playing drums at age thirteen. Primarily self-taught, he studied early on with Donn Carr and briefly attended Berklee College of Music until seeking out private study with Gary Chaffee before moving to

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. Shortly after arriving in London, Mover joined the

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band Marillion in September 1983. He auditioned and got the role on the Wednesday, flew to Germany on the Thursday, and without rehearsals, performed on Friday with the band. They then headed straight to

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in Wales to write and record material for their second studio album, '' Fugazi''. Having become the band's fourth drummer since the beginning of the year, within a month he had left the band due to a conflict with their lead singer,

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. Mover received a writing credit for the single "

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". After leaving Marillion, Mover teamed up with

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, formerly of

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, and

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, formerly of Yes, to start the supergroup known as GTR. The trio then recruited lead singer

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and bassist

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. After one successful record and tour, Hackett quit the band, followed by Mover, since his allegiance was to Hackett. Not long after, having played a one-off gig with

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and

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, Mover accepted the offer to continue work with Satriani on several records and tours, and made the move back to The States after nine years in London, settling in

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. He lived part-time in Moscow during the four-year period of 1989–1993, producing, recording and performing with a variety of Russian artists. Although Mover works primarily in the studio, he tours with

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regularly, and with

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, replacing their drummer

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when Prince is busy touring with

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. He toured with

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on the Trash world tour. In June 2012, on two days' notice, Mover replaced Alice Cooper's injured drummer, reuniting with Cooper for his U.S.-Canadian summer tour with

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Mover to replace Sobel on Alice tour
and Cooper's headline tour of Europe.

References

External links

Official websiteJonathan Mover Interview - NAMM Oral History Library (2016)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mover, Jonathan American rock drummers Fuel (band) members Living people Musicians from Massachusetts GTR (band) members People from Boston Year of birth missing (living people) Berklee College of Music alumni People from Peabody, Massachusetts