Marco Minnemann (born 24 December 1970) is a German

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, and

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Career

Marco Minnemann has released over a dozen solo albums as drummer, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist, and performed on over 100 studio albums with dozens of artists and groups. Minnemann was a member of the German

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band Freaky Fukin Weirdoz; has performed and recorded with German rock band

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and

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-nominated English musician

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; is the drummer for

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, a trio led by

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of British new wave band

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; and has performed with

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since 2013. Minnemann appeared on the cover of the June 2007 issue of ''

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'', with the magazine writing that "he has been instrumental in developing the advanced concept of complex interdependence", a drum technique allowing him to play varying patterns with each of his feet and hands. In 2006, Minnemann recorded a 51-minute live drum solo that served as the basis for his ''Normalizer Two'' project, in which he shared the track with several musicians and asked that they each write and record their own work accompanying the composition. A number of the resulting recordings were released as duo albums, including

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's ''Modulator'',

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's '' 24 Tales'', and

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's ''Evidence of Humanity''. In late 2017, Minnemann joined international

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rock

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The Sea Within and appears on their 2018 debut. Formed by Swedish guitarist and singer-songwriter

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, the band also features bassist

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, guitarist

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, and keyboardist

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. Minnemann is a member of instrumental rock

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The Aristocrats, playing alongside

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and

Bryan Beller Bryan Beller (born May 6, 1971) is an American bass guitarist known for his work with Joe Satriani, The Aristocrats, Dethklok, Mike Keneally, Steve Vai, James LaBrie of Dream Theater and Dweezil Zappa, as well as his four solo album releases, ...

. In 2019, the group released their fourth studio album, ''You know what...?''. In 2020, Minnemann and collaborator Randy McStine formed McStine & Minnemann. The duo released two albums that year: the self-titled ''McStine & Minnemann'' and ''McStine & Minnemann II''. Minnemann was featured as a voice actor in the second season of the

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-animated series ''

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''. The episode, which also featured

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, aired on

Adult Swim Adult Swim (AS; stylized as

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in 2008.

Books

*''Ultimate Play Along Drum Trax.'' *''Extreme Interdependence: Drumming Beyond Independence'' (With Audio CD) – Nov 2001 *''Maximum Minnemann'' 2006

DVDs

*''Marco Minnemann: Live in L.A.'' – October 2007 *''Extreme Drumming'' - 2003 *''The Marco Show'' - 2006

Discography

Solo *''The Green Mindbomb'' (1998) *''Comfortably Homeless'' (1999) *''Orchids'' (2002) *''Broken Orange'' (2003) *''Normalizer'' (2003) *''Mieze'' (2004) *''Contraire de la chanson'' (2006) *''Housewifedogandtwokids'' (2007) *''A Mouth of God'' (2008) *''Catspoon'' (2009) *''Normalizer 2'' (2010) *''Evil Smiles Of Beauty/Sound Of Crime'' (2012) *''Symbolic Fox'' (featuring Guthrie Govan) (2012) *''EEPS'' (2014) *''Celebration'' (2015) *''Above The Roses'' (2016) *''Schattenspiel'' (2016) *''Borrego'' (feat. Alex Lifeson and Joe Satriani) (2017) *''My Sister'' (feat. Alex Lifeson) (2019) with Mario Brinkmann and Fabio Trentini *''Disarmed'' (2005) with Minnemann/Brinkmann/Trentini/Zimmer *''Play the Police'' (2007) with The Aristocrats *'' The Aristocrats'' (2011) *''

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'' (2012) *''

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'' (2013) *''Live In Osaka'' (2014) *'' Tres Caballeros'' (2015) *'' You Know What...?'' (2019) with

*''

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'' (2016) *''Tardigrades Will Inherit The Earth'' (2017) *''Atheists And Believers'' (2019) with Trey Gunn *''Modulator'' (2010) with Mike Henderson *''The Veneer of Logic'' (2013) with Illegal Aliens *''Thickness'' (1996) *''Red Alibis'' (1997) *''Time'' (1998) *''International Telephone'' (2000) *''Swine Songs - Best Of'' (2006) with Mike Keneally *''Evidence of Humanity'' (2010) with Tony Levin and Jordan Rudess *'' Levin Minnemann Rudess'' - 2013 *''From the Law Offices of Levin Minnemann Rudess'' - 2016 with Minnemann/Brinkmann *''Motor'' (2002) *''The Shining'' (2010) with Phi Yaan-Zek with Marco Minnemann *''Dance with the Anima'' (2010) *''Deeper with the Anima'' (2012) with Plini *''The End of Everything'' (2015) with Shiloh Sheray *''S+M'' (2011) with U-Z Project *''Ultimate Zero Tour'' (2011) with The Sea Within *''The Sea Within'' (2018) with Randy McStine *''McStine and Minnemann'' (2020) *''McStine and Minnemann II'' (2020) with Jess Lewis *''Seafoam'' (2021) with

* '' 24 Tales'' (2010)

Selected recordings with other artists

1990s *FFW - "Senseless Wonder" (1992) *FFW - "Mao Mak Maa" feat. Nina Hagen (1993) *FFW - "Culture Shock" (1995) *FFW - "Hula" (1997) *Keilerkopf - "Keilerkopf" (1998) *H-Blockx - "Fly Eyes" (1998) 2000s *

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(2000) *Wolfgang Schmid "Special Kick" (2001) *Wolfgang Schmid "A Swift Kick" (2002) *Paddy Kelly (2002) *Nena - "feat. Nena" (2003) *

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(2004) *

- "Spaceship One Live" DVD (2005) *Mario Brinkmann - "Engineer" (2007) *Illogicist - "The Insight Eye" - (2007) *Necrophagist - Summer Slaughter Tour Live DVD (2008) * Ephel Duath - "Through My Dog's Eyes" (2008) *

- "Scambot" (2009) *

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- "Radiation" EP (2009) * Dr. Zoltan Øbelisk – Why I Am So Wise, Why I Am So Clever, and Why I Write Such Good Songs (2009) 2010s *

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(2011) *Musical Mind Meld (w

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and Daniel Jakubovic) * Mike Keneally/Andy Partridge - Wingbeat Fantastic (2011) *

– Catalog / Preserve / Amass - Live (2012) *

- Get All You Deserve - DVD/Blu-ray (2012) * Paul Cusick - "P'dice" (2011) * Forward Shapes - "Legacy" (2012) * U.K. Live (with Eddie Jobson, John Wetton), DVD, 2CD (2012) *

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– "A Lethal Dose of Truth" (2012) - (Guest Drummer on "Wired in the Blood") *Psyaxis – Black Dawn Rising (2012) *

–

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(2013) * Aaron Ruimy/Marco Minnemann – "A Few Minor Modifications" (2013) * Matte Henderson with Marco Minnemann - "The Veneer Of Logic" (2013) * Ephel Duath - Hemmed by Light, Shaped by Darkness (2013) * Mike Keneally - You Must be This Tall (2013) *

- Drive Home, Blu-ray/DVD (2013) * Nathan Frost - Synecron (2013) * The Hushdown - Radio (2014) * Syndone - "Odysseas" (2014) * At War With Self - Circadian Rhythm Disorder (2015) *

- Hand. Cannot. Erase. (2015) *

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(2015) * Amadeus Awad - Death Is Just A Feeling (2015) * Mike Keneally - Scambot 2 *

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(2015) *

4½ ' is an Extended play, EP by British musician Steven Wilson. It was released on 22 January 2016. It collects songs that were written during the sessions for Wilson's previous two studio albums, ''The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stori ...

(2016) * Pitts Minnemann Project - The Psychic Planetarium (2016)
Thaikkudam Bridge - Inside My Head (Single) (2017)
*

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- Mahandini (2018) *

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- EvoRevolution (2019) *

- Wired For Madness (2019)

References

External links

AllMusic.com Official website

AllMusic.com credits
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