Gil Sharone is an American drummer and member of the rock bands Stolen Babies,

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, and formerly

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and Marilyn Manson. He was also a fill in for the punk rock band +44. His twin brother is

Rani Sharone Rani Sharone (born 1978) is the bassist/guitarist for the band Stolen Babies. He is the twin brother of drummer Gil Sharone. In 2010, Sharone and actor Bill Moseley William Moseley (born November 11, 1951) is an American actor, primarily known ...

, also of Stolen Babies. Sharone is highly regarded as one of the most versatile touring/session drummers in the world, due to his work on classic-styled

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, Rocksteady and

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, while also working in punk rock and industrial metal.

Career

Sharone supported Mark Hoppus's band +44 when

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broke his arm. Gil toured around Europe, Japan and Australia with +44 in early 2007. It is believed he learned all of +44's setlist on the flight from America to Europe. He played on Travis's OCDP Drum Kit, which is a custom made transparent green. He started using Drum Workshop drums and hardware in October 2011. Sharone also recorded the drum tracks on the third Dillinger Escape Plan record ''

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'', and joined the band during all of their tour dates in 2008 (he played the European tour in early 2008 both with Dillinger and also as support with Stolen Babies). Gil also performed on

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's '' V Is for Vagina'' album by

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. In January 2009, it was announced that Sharone had parted ways with Dillinger Escape Plan, due to his focus on Stolen Babies and other personal projects including his DVD, ''Wicked Beats'', based on the drumming styles of Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae. ''Wicked Beats'' will be released through Hudson Music late 2010. Sharone played Teenage Alex on an episode of ''

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'' along with his twin brother, who played Teenage Nicky. In November 2013, Sharone began working with Marilyn Manson on a new album. On January 15, 2015, ''

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'' was released. Sharone worked on the follow up album, ''

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'', released October 6, 2017. In March 2019, Sharone announced that he was quitting the band. Sharone was featured on Reggae Grammy winners Morgan Heritage track "So Amazing" on the album Strictly Roots (2016). You can also hear his work playing on the film scores to "John Wick," "John Wick 2," "Slackers" and the TV shows, "Salem," "Kingdom," and the Netflix series "The Punisher (2017)". On December 6 and 7, 2019, Sharone joined his former bandmate

Greg Puciato Gregory John Puciato (born March 27, 1980) is an American musician best known as the former lead vocalist and lyricist of the metalcore band the Dillinger Escape Plan. He is also the lead singer of the Black Queen and Killer Be Killed, in which ...

and

Jerry Cantrell Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. (born March 18, 1966) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains. The band rose to internation ...

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for two sold-out concerts in Los Angeles, performing songs from Cantrell's solo career as well as Alice In Chains. These were Cantrell's first solo concerts since 2004. In 2021, Sharone played drums on

's album '' Brighten''.

References

External links

Interview on drumchannel.com

The Official Website of Drummer Gil Sharone
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