Tommy Clufetos (born December 30, 1979) is an American session drummer most noted for his work with

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during their

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, which highlighted their new album '' 13''. He also toured with them on their final tour. Clufetos is also the drummer for vocalist

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as well as the supergroup L.A. Rats.

Biography

Clufetos was born in Detroit, Michigan. He attended Rochester Adams High School in Rochester. He began playing drums around the age of six.

Career

Clufetos started playing drums at age seven and went on to join Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (1999) before joining forces with

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(2001-2003). He played on ''

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'' and ''

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''. After Ted Nugent, Tommy went on to join Alice Cooper's Band for his 2004 tour. He also performed on

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's 2004 release ''

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''. He went on to join

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from 2005 to 2010, and played on Zombie's 2006 album ''

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'', on Zombie's first live release, 2007's '' Zombie Live'', and on 2010s ''

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''. In March 2010 Clufetos quit

to join

. "I have no problem with zzy nor with Tommy joining his band," said Zombie. "My beef was the way Tommy did it. If he'd come to me and said he wanted to leave, I'd have said that was fine and wished him all the best. He didn't." 280px, Clufetos performing at Hellfest 2016 In May 2012, Clufetos played with

, filling in for original drummer Bill Ward. However, he did not perform on their album '' 13'', as Brad Wilk ended up behind the kit during the sessions. Clufetos returned to Sabbath in April 2013 for their North American tour, starting in Houston on July 25, 2013. Clufetos continued with Sabbath in 2014 with the first show at the

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, New York City, and the final show at Hyde Park, London. In 2015 Clufetos played with Ozzy Osbourne including Ozzfest Japan and others. In late 2015, Clufetos began rehearsals with Sabbath for their farewell tour simply titled "The End", starting on January 20, 2016, in

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, Nebraska through to a final show on February 4, 2017, at Birmingham England's Genting arena. He is thus featured on Sabbath's DVD ''The End''. In May 2021, it was announced that Clufetos joined with previous bandmates Rob Zombie and John 5 as well as Nikki Sixx to form a supergroup called L.A. Rats. Their debut track, "I've Been Everywhere", is from the soundtrack to the

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film '' The Ice Road''. On June 16, 2022

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began a summer tour at

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, Georgia. After the band finished their fifth song, drummer

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announced to the crowd that he was playing with broken ribs and was not able to finish the set. Lee announced Clufetos as his replacement for the remainder of the show. Clufetos also relieved Lee on the tour's second stop at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens,

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Equipment

Clufetos endorses Drum Workshop drums, Meinl Percussion cymbals, Vic Firth Drumsticks & Remo Drumheads .

Discography

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*2005: ''

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*2002: ''

'' *2007: ''

Lesley Roy

*2008: ''

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*2006: ''

'' *2007: '' Zombie Live'' *2010: ''

John 5

*2007: '' The Devil Knows My Name'' *2008: ''

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'' *2009: ''

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'' *2010: '' The Art of Malice''

Whitey Kirst

*2012: ''All Rise!''

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* 2013: '' Live... Gathered in Their Masses'' * 2016: '' The End'' * 2017: '' The End: Live in Birmingham''

L.A. Rats

* 2021: ''The Ice Road Soundtrack''

Tommy Clufetos

* 2021: ''Tommy's RockTrip: Beat Up By Rock 'N' Roll''

DVDs

*1999: ''Rock n' Roll Greats - In Concert'' - Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels *2001: ''

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'' - Ted Nugent *2006: " Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary" - Rob Zombie *2008: '' IMV Behind the Player'' (instructional DVD) - Tommy makes an appearance on John 5's guitar instructional DVD for IMV *2008: '' IMV Behind the Player'' (instructional DVD) with Tommy Clufetos.http://www.imvdvd.com/tommy_clufetos.htm *2010: ''IMV Behind the Player'' (instructional DVD) Tommy makes an appearance on Ace Frehley's instructional DVD on the song "Shock Me" *2013: '' Live... Gathered in Their Masses'' - Black Sabbath

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