Gregg Bissonette
born on 9/6/1959 in Detroit, MI, United States
Gregg Bissonette
Gregg Bissonette (born June 9, 1959) is an American drummer. He has been a touring, session recording, and full-time drummer in many jazz and rock bands. He is also known for his instructional videos, drum clinics, and for having been a member of the David Lee Roth band. He is the brother of bass player Matt Bissonette.
Career Highlights
One of Bissonette's first recordings is Brandon Field's The Other Side of the Story in 1985.[1] It featured David Garfield on keyboards. A few years later Bissonette would start playing shows with Field, Garfield and Steve Lukather on guitar and with John Peña on bass as Los Lobotomys. These shows took place at the Baked Potato, a jazz club and restaurant in Los Angeles, California, playing rock, Latin, jazz and more.
In 1990 and 1993, Bissonette released drum videos Private Lesson[2] and Playing, Reading & Soloing with a Band,[3][4] respectively. Private Lesson covers a variety of topics including double bass drumming, rudiments (featuring a backsticking technique from the snare drum solo Tornado[5] by Mitch Markovich), playing with a metronome, brushes, and more.
In late 1995, Toto was beginning their Tambu tour when new drummer Simon Phillips developed back problems. Phillips asked Bissonette to fill in for him during the tour's first leg.
Bissonette played drums on Santana's multi-platinum album Supernatural.[6]
In 2007, Bissonette recorded on the album La La Land by Daniel Glen Timms.[7]
In 2012, Bissonette played drums on several tracks featured on Docker's Guild's album The Mystic Technocracy: Season 1: The Age Of Ignorance, the progressive rock space opera masterminded by the French-American musician, teacher, and ethno-musicologist Douglas R. Docker.[8]
Bissonette can be heard on a number of rock instrumental and progressive rock albums, including the following: The Extremist by Joe Satriani, Temporal by Shadrane, Deep Forest by Deep Forest, Bass Invader by Martin Motnik, Inner Galactic Fusion Experience by Richie Kotzen, Shadow King by Steve Fister, Revolution Road by Rocket Scientists, In The Eye Of Time by Vox Tempus, Bug Alley[9] and the soundtrack[10] to the movie The Endless Summer II by Gary Hoey, Instrumentality by Marco Cardona, Bondage by Gianni De Chellis, and a number of albums by Steve Vai.
Discography
Complete Gregg Bissonette discography | ||
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Artist | Album | Year |
Maynard Ferguson | Live from San Francisco | 1982 |
Yarborough and Peoples | Heart Beats | 1983 |
Brandon Fields | The Other Side of the Story | 1985 |
David Lee Roth | Eat 'Em and Smile | 1986 |
Keiko Matsui | A Drop of Water | 1987 |
David Lee Roth | Skyscraper | 1988 |
Pat Kelly | Views of the future | 1989 |
Frank Gambale | Thunder Downunder | 1990 |
David Lee Roth | A Little Ain't Enough | 1991 |
Joe Satriani | The Extremist | 1992 |
Steve Bailey | Dichotomy | 1992 |
Tab Benoit | Nice and Warm | 1999 |
L.A. Blues Authority | L.A. Blues Authority | 1992 |
Stan Bush | Every Beat of My Heart | 1992 |
Lanny Cordolla | Of Riffs and Symphonies | 1992 |
Ann Lewis | Rockadelic | 1993 |
Robin Zander | Robin Zander | 1993 |
Joe Satriani | Time Machine | 1993 |
Circus of Power | Magic & Madness | 1993 |
Vasco Rossi | Gil Spari Sopra | 1993 |
Brandon Fields | Brandon Fields | 1994 |
Gary Hoey | The Endless Summer II | 1994 |
Joe Satriani | Joe Satriani | 1995 |
Richie Kotzen | Inner Galactic Fusion Experience | 1995 |
Wayne Watson | Field of Souls | 1995 |
Bryan Duncan | Christmas Is Jesus | 1995 |
Jason Becker | Perspective | 1995 |
Mustard Seeds | Mustard seeds | 1996 |
Enrique Iglesias | Enrique Iglesias | 1996 |
Larry Carlton | The Gift | 1996 |
Steve Vai | Fire Garden | 1996 |
Ron Kenoly | Welcome Home | 1996 |
Gary Hoey | Bug Alley | 1996 |
Steve Fister | Shadow King | 1997 |
Steve Lukather | Luke | 1997 |
Pat Boone | In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy |
1997 |
Kalapana | Captain Santa Island Music | 1997 |
Andy Summers | Last Dance of Mr. X | 1997 |
Michael Thompson | The World According to M.T. | 1998 |
Gregg Bissonette | Gregg Bissonette | 1998 |
Paul Anka | A Body of Work | 1998 |
Bette Midler | Bathhouse Betty | 1998 |
Luis Villegas | Cafe Ole | 1998 |
Matt Bissonette | Spot | 1998 |
Kombo | Big Blast | 1999 |
Steve Vai | The Ultra Zone | 1999 |
Santana | Super Natural | 1999 |
Carl Verheyen | Slingshot | 1999 |
Matt Bissonette | Spot 2 | 2000 |
Duran Duran | Pop Trash | 2000 |
Don Henley | Inside Job | 2000 |
David Benoit | Great Composers of Jazz | 2000 |
Jann Arden | Blood Red Cherry | 2000 |
Gregg Bissonette | Submarine | 2000 |
Crush Velvet Cowboys | Crush Velvet Cowboys | 2000 |
Gordon Goodwin | Swingin for the Fences | 2001 |
Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather |
No Substitutions: Live | 2001 |
Steve Mindick | So It Begins | 2001 |
Lana Lane | Covers Collection | 2002 |
Jughead | Jughead | 2002 |
Rico Garcia | The Beginning | 2002 |
Lana Lane | Winter Sessions | 2003 |
Eric Norlander | Music Machine | 2003 |
Engelbert Humperdinck | Definition of Love | 2003 |
Under-Radio | Bad Heir Ways | 2003 |
Steve Lukather | Santamental | 2003 |
Dan Ramsey | Gentle Giants | 2003 |
Robert Downey Jr. | The Futurist | 2004 |
Chester E. Smith | Monster Groove Party | 2004 |
Raizing Lazarus | Raising Lazarus | 2004 |
Rocket Richotte | Salute | 2004 |
Vox Tempus | In the Eye of Time | 2004 |
Deep Forest | Deep Forest | 2004 |
Matt Bissonette | Oh No! Bass Solo! | 2004 |
Owen Kortz | Owen Kortz | 2004 |
Ryan Cabrera | Take it all | 2004 |
Richard Marx | My Own Best Enemy | 2004 |
Matt Swindells | Matt Swindells | 2004 |
Matt Swindells | Matt Swindells Here | 2005 |
Ozzy Osbourne | Under Cover | 2005 |
Ten by Tuesday | Tearing Down the Walls | 2005 |
Dan Ramsey | Everybody's Songs But My Own | 2005 |
Martin Motnik | Bass Invader | 2005 |
Brian Setzer | Dig That Crazy Christmas | 2005 |
Steve Vai | Real Illusions:Reflections | 2005 |
Ray Charles | Genius and Friends | 2005 |
Brian Ghiglia | Mystery | 2006 |
Dave C. Norman | Stratosfear | 2006 |
Santo Garofalo | Further Up and Further In | 2006 |
Globus | Epicon | 2006 |
Phil Soussan | Vibrate | 2006 |
Eric Norlander | Hommage Symphoniqe | 2006 |
Michele Pillar | I Hear Angels Calling | 2006 |
Dave Rogers | Blow Your Mind | 2006 |
Lou Rawls | Lou Rawls Christmas | 2006 |
Various Artists | 80's Metal Tribute to Van Halen | 2006 |
Rocket Scientists | Revolution Road | 2006 |
Harry Shearer | Songs Pointed and Pointless | 2007 |
Katharine McPhee | Katharine McPhee | 2007 |
Andy Summers | Synaesthesia | 2007 |
Sasha & Shawna | Siren | 2007 |
Mick Abrahams | Rattlesnake Shake Guitar: Music of Peter Green |
2007 |
Code | The Enemy Within | 2007 |
Cal Leonard and His Orchestra |
Mr. Irrelevant | 2007 |
Daniel Glen Timms | La La Land[7] | 2007 |
Keith Emerson Band: Featuring Marc Bonilla |
Keith Emerson Band | 2008 |
Overland | Breakaway | 2008 |
Chris Boardman | Midtown Moves | 2008 |
Mustard Seeds | Mustard Seeds 3 | 2008 |
Marco Cardona | Instrumentality | 2008 |
Shadrane | Temporal | 2008 |
Dick Wagner | Full Meltdown | 2009 |
Colin Hay | American Sunshine | 2009 |
Spinal Tap | Back from the Dead | 2009 |
Norm Stockton | Tea in the Typhoon | 2009 |
Jason Sadites | Weve | 2009 |
Randy Jacobs | The Return of Randy Dynamite | 2010 |
Grand Illusion | Brand New world | 2010 |
Ralf Jung | The Art of Pop | 2010 |
The Doobie Brothers | World Gone Crazy | 2010 |
Mark Nilan Jr. | Hands On | 2010 |
Ringo Starr | Live at the Greek Theatre 2008 | 2010 |
Jet Velvet | Jet Velvet | 2010 |
Dave C. Norman | Higher Ground | 2011 |
Cindy Horstman and Friends |
Fretless | 2011 |
Abby Cubey & Margarita | Devil Dressed in Lace | 2011 |
Barry Manilow | 15 Minutes | 2011 |
Docker's Guild | The Mystic Techocracy: Season 1: The Age of Ignorance |
2012 |
Gianni De Chellis | Bondage | 2013 |
TV soundtracks
- Mad About You
- King of the Hill
- Just Shoot Me!
- Friends
- Jeopardy!
- Wheel of Fortune
Movie soundtracks
Gregg Bissonette's movie soundtrack credits include the following:
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Bourne Supremacy
- Sex and the City
- Superbad
- Encino Man
- Payback (1999)
- The Endless Summer II[10]
- Waiting for Guffman
- For Your Consideration
- Best in Show
- Hope Floats
- The Craft
- A Mighty Wind
- 2 Days in the Valley
- The Bucket List
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Finding Nemo
- American Pie
- American Pie 2
See also
References
- ^ "Brandon Fields - Other Side of the Story Audio CD". cduniverse. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
- ^ Gregg Bissonette (1990). Private Lesson (VHS). New York: DCI Music Video. OCLC 22866873. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
- ^ Olson, Rex; Bissonette, Gregg (1993). Playing, Reading & Soloing with a Band (VHS video). Miami, Florida: CPPMedia : DCI Music Video. OCLC 32400704.
- ^ Bissonette, Gregg (1993). Bill Reeve, ed. Playing, Reading & Soloing with a Band (Musical score). Chris Brady. Miami, Florida: [S.l.] : Manhatten Music. OCLC 68957968.
- ^ Markovich, Mitch (1966). Tornado. Rudimental Contest Series (musical score ed.). Glenview, Ill. : Creative Music, ©1966. OCLC 7895690. 10-305. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
- ^ "Supernatural - Credits". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ a b "Daniel Glen Timms: Discography". Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- ^ "LION MUSIC - the progressive, neoclassical & hard rock label". lionmusic.com. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ "Gary Hoey: Discography". GaryHoey.com. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- ^ a b "The Endless Summer II: Credits". GaryHoey.com. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- ^ "Gregg Bissonette: credits". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
- ^ "Gregg Bissonette: Discography". greggbissonette.com. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
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