Julian Dorio (born November 26, 1981) is an American

drummer A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one mem ...

. He is a founding member of the rock band The Whigs.

Biography

Julian started drumming at the age of 6, as an original member of the Flying Dorios. The band included his father and his older brother, Michael Dorio of Trances Arc. A high school graduate of

The Westminster Schools The Westminster Schools is a Kindergarten –12 private school in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, founded in 1951. History Westminster originated in 1951 as a reorganization of Atlanta's North Avenue Presbyterian School (NAPS), a girls' school a ...

in Atlanta and a college graduate of the

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

, Dorio currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. The Whigs was signed to their current record label, Dave Matthews' ATO, in 2006. He has been featured in ''Drum Magazine'' and ''Modern Drummer''. The Whigs were also invited to perform on the ''

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'' on January 28, 2008, and ''

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'' on February 20, 2008.

Career

Julian is the drummer for, and a founding member of, The Whigs, a

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band out of

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. In March 2007, Julian Dorio was awarded an Esky award for "Best Drummer" by

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."The 2007 Esky Music Awards: Best Drummer"
, from Esquire Magazine, 26 June 2007. In the fall of 2015, Dorio briefly toured with

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. He was drumming for band at the

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in Paris during the terrorist attacks in November 2015. All band members survived the attacks.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dorio, Julian American rock musicians Living people 1981 births Musicians from Atlanta University of Georgia alumni Survivors of terrorist attacks November 2015 Paris attacks The Westminster Schools alumni Eagles of Death Metal members