Frank Ferrer (born March 25, 1966) is an American

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drummer. He is best known as the drummer for

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band

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, with whom he has played, toured, and recorded since 2006. Ferrer was also a member of

The Psychedelic Furs The Psychedelic Furs are a post-punk band founded in London in February 1977. Led by lead vocalist Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler on bass guitar, the Psychedelic Furs are one of the many acts spawned from the British post-punk scene ...

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as well as The Beautiful. He has recorded and worked with several high profile musicians including Robi "Draco" Rosa,

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and

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Career

The Beautiful (1988–1993)

Ferrer was a member of New York based band The Beautiful. The band featured Ferrer on drums along with Jonathan Lacey on vocals and guitar, and bassist Perry Bottke. The band released a self-titled EP in 1990, and a full-length album ''Storybook'', in May 1992.

Psychedelic Furs & Love Spit Love (1992–2008)

Ferrer joined

in 1992. The band was formed by Richard Butler with Ferrer and

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while

were on hiatus.

released their self titled album ''

'' in 1994 and ''

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'' in 1997. During this time Ferrer also played on demos Dripping Goss' album ''Gift of Demise.'' From 2001 until 2008, Ferrer joined the touring lineup (along with Fortus) of

The Compulsions (2004–present)

Ferrer is drummer for the New York City based band The Compulsions. The band features Rob Carlyle on vocals and rhythm guitar, fellow Guns N' Roses member

on lead guitar, and bassist

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of Hanoi Rocks and The New York Dolls. In 2011, the band released their first full-length studio album, ''Beat The Devil''.

Guns N' Roses (2006–present)

In July 2006, Frank Ferrer joined

during their European Tour to replace

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, who had returned to the United States when his wife had a child.

and

, whom Ferrer had both recorded with in the past, reached out to Ferrer to fill the drum position. Ferrer played his first show with the band on June 24, 2006, in

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. Initially expected to be just a touring drummer filling in for 2 weeks, Ferrer became the official drummer in October 2006. He contributes drums to the tracks " Chinese Democracy", " Better", "If the World", "There Was a Time" and "I.R.S." on the album '' Chinese Democracy''. Ferrer toured with the group through the end of the

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, as well as the Up Close and Personal Tour & Appetite for Democracy Tour. He appears in the live video release ''Appetite for Democracy 3D''. He took part in the reunion Not in This Lifetime... Tour, featuring classic-era members

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and

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, which circled the world from 2016-2019. He has continued to tour with them since.

The Dead Daisies (2013–2014)

Ferrer toured with

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in 2013 and recorded drums for their 2014 EP ''Face I Love''.

PSSR (2019-present)

In 2019, Ferrer formed the hard rock band PSSR with singer/guitarist Eric J, bassist Brett Bass, and lead guitarist Rob Bailey, and released their first single "Busted". Two more singles were released in 2020, "Last Time" and "Push", and another in 2021 entitled "She's All Right".

Personal life

Ferrer was born March 25, 1966, to Cuban parents and raised in New York. His father was a carpenter and Latin percussionist. At age 11, Ferrer saw

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in concert at

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and fell in love with rock music.

Equipment

Ferrer uses

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cymbals and

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. His drum setup according to his official website consists of a 26x14" kick drum, a 12x12" rack tom and 14x14 and 16x16" floor toms, sometimes using 16x16 and 18x16 floor toms. His Sabian cymbal setup varies from time to time along with drumheads. His choice of sticks are Vater Power 5Bs. Ferrer uses a

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rock ridge rider cowbell and various handheld tambourines. He previously used Pork Pie Percussion drums and

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cymbals until 2014.

Tours & live sessions

Tours

* The Beautiful US *Love Spit Love US/EUROPE *Rebecca Blasband US *Robi "Draco" Rosa Latin America/Puerto Rico/US *

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Germany *

US/Canada/UK *Gordon Gano US *

Chinese Democracy Tour 2006 Europe, North America *Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy Tour 2007 Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Japan *Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy Tour 2009/2011 Asia, North America, South America, Central America, Europe *Guns N' Roses Up Close and Personal Tour United States, Europe *Guns N' Roses Appetite for Democracy Tour Las Vegas, Nevada USA October 31, 2012 – November 24, 2012 *Guns N' Roses Not in this Lifetime... Tour United States, North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe

Live sessions

– February 1, 2012 – Izod Center East Rutherford, NJ. Lateralus drum duel performance. *Tool – August 1, 2009 – All Points West Festival, Liberty Park, NJ. Lateralus drum duel performance. *Tool – August 15, 2002 – Continental Arena, NJ. Second drummer on the song called "Triad". *

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–

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1999 *

(

/ Replacements) – Series of shows in 2004 featuring

(Guns N' Roses) *

– October 11, 2003, Troubadour, LA *Thunderchucker Records – inception October 2004 New York, NY *

– live show at Hiro Ballroom, NYC fashion week 2005 *

Vienna, Austria 2008

References

Discogs.com

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrer, Frank 1966 births American heavy metal drummers Guns N' Roses members Living people Love Spit Love members Musicians from New York (state) The Psychedelic Furs members The Dead Daisies members American people of Cuban descent American people of Catalan descent 20th-century American drummers American male drummers