Kevin "k-Figg" Figueiredo is an American drummer.
Kevin began playing drums at the age of ten, when his grandfather bought him a drum kit. He has studied with jazz drummer Bob Gullotti "The Fringe" and Mike Mangini, who collectively exposed him to many different approaches to drumming.
He has performed with artists/bands such as: Satellite Party,
Dramagods
DramaGods (formerly known as Population 1) is a rock band led by Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt.
The band originally started when Bettencourt released the album '' Population 1'' in 2002 (late 2001 in Japan). On the album, he recorded all t ...
,
Population 1
DramaGods (formerly known as Population 1) is a rock band led by Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt.
The band originally started when Bettencourt released the album '' Population 1'' in 2002 (late 2001 in Japan). On the album, he recorded all t ...
,
Slash
Slash may refer to:
* Slash (punctuation), the "/" character
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Slash (Marvel Comics)
* Slash (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'')
Music
* Harry Slash & The Slashtones, an American rock band
* Nash ...
,
Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt (born September 20, 1966) is a Portuguese-American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and businessman. He became known as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme. He has also recorded ...
,
Chester Bennington
Chester Charles Bennington (March 20, 1976 – July 20, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter who was best known as the lead vocalist of rock band Linkin Park. He was also the lead vocalist of the bands Grey Daze, Dead by Sunrise, a ...
,
Perry Farrell
Perry Farrell (born Peretz Bernstein; March 29, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction. Farrell created the touring festival Lollapalooza as part (one of the ...
,
Lucia Moniz, and
Tantric. Kevin has also recorded with Dramagods, Population 1,
The Satellite Party,
Lucia Moniz, and
Extreme.
Extreme
In November 2007, Kevin joined the reuniting band Extreme including original members
Gary Cherone
Gary Francis Caine Cherone ( ; born July 26, 1961) is an American rock singer and songwriter. Cherone is known for his work as the lead vocalist of the Boston rock group Extreme and Van Halen. He has also released solo recordings. In 2007, he ...
,
Pat Badger
Patrick John Badger, (born July 22, 1967, in Boston, Massachusetts) is a musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the bass guitarist in the band Extreme.
He has also performed in groups like Daemon, In The Pink, Super Trans Atlantic, Tri ...
, and
Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt (born September 20, 1966) is a Portuguese-American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and businessman. He became known as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme. He has also recorded ...
, with whom Kevin performed in both Satellite Party and DramaGods. Kevin replaces mentor
Mike Mangini
Michael Anthony Mangini (born April 18, 1963) is an American musician and current drummer of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He has also played for bands and artists such as Annihilator, Extreme, James LaBrie, and Steve Vai. Be ...
, who took over drum duties from Extreme's original drummer,
Paul Geary
Paul Geary (born July 24, 1961 in Medford, Massachusetts) is an American rock and roll drummer and Artist Manager. He is a co-founder and drummer of the Rock band Extreme. He left the group in 1994 to pursue a career in artist management. ...
, from 1994 to 1996.
Equipment
Kevin endorses
DW drums, Evans drumheads,
Zildjian
:''Zildjian leads here. For people with the surname, see Zildjian (disambiguation)''
The Avedis Zildjian Company, simply known as Zildjian (), is a musical instrument manufacturer specializing in cymbals and other percussion instruments. Founded ...
cymbals, and Vater drumsticks.
Discography
With Population 1
* ''
Sessions from Room 4
''Sessions From Room 4'' is an EP released by the band Population 1, led by Extreme/DramaGods guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. The EP is the first official release from the band Population 1, which was previously just a solo project by Nuno Bettenc ...
'' (2004)
With DramaGods
* ''
Love
Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest Interpersonal relationship, interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of ...
'' (2005)
With The Satellite Party
* ''
Ultra Payloaded'' (2007)
With Extreme
* ''
Saudades de Rock
''Saudades de Rock'' (which roughly translates from Portuguese as " Nostalgic Yearnings of Rock") is the fifth album by the American rock band Extreme. Released on August 12, 2008, it is their most recent album as of 2022. It was the band's fir ...
'' (2008)
References
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American people of Portuguese descent
American rock drummers
Living people
People from Hudson, Massachusetts
1977 births
20th-century American drummers
American male drummers
21st-century American drummers
20th-century American male musicians
21st-century American male musicians
Satellite Party members
Extreme (band) members