Gregg Bissonette

Gregg was born on June 9th, 1959, in Detroit Michigan USA. His mom and dad are both musicians.....his dad Bud Bissonette plays drums (and now has been Gregg's in town LA drum tech for recording sessions and live gigs since 1989,) and his mom Phyllis plays piano and vibes. They used to have a band that played around Detroit, and now live in Los Angeles. Gregg has a younger brother named Matt , and a younger sister named Kathy.

Gregg started playing on his dad's drums at about age 5. His dad was his first teacher ...showing him various ideas on the drums set. He started taking private rudimental snare drum lessons at age 10 with a local teacher in Warren Michigan named Bob Yarborough. Bob also started Gregg on reading drum set music at age 11. He also started taking private trumpet lessons at the same age from Jim Ruffner.

Gregg recorded 2 solo cd's. One is called: "Gregg Bissonettte", on Shrapnel Records, and the 2nd is called "Submarine" on Favored Nations records. Both cd's are written and produced by his brother Matt, who also plays bass on the entire cd's. "Gregg Bissonette" features guest guitarists, Steve Vai, Ty Tabor, Andy Summers, Paul Gilbert, Doug Bossi, George Bernhardt, Steve Lukather, Scott Henderson, Michael Thompson, and Mike Miller. "Submarine" features guest guitarists: Joe Satriani, Frank Gambale, St eve Stevens, Tim Pierce, Steve Vai, Gary Hoey, Doug Bossi, Ritchie Kotzen, and the great piano player David Garfield. Gregg also sang lead vocals on both cd's and played trumpet and percussion. Matt also did vocal harmonies and played trombone and cello.

One of Gregg's musical dreams was to play with his brother in a pop rock band like his favorite band The Beatles. In 2003, THIS dream came true when Gregg and Matt were both asked to play drums, bass, and sing in Ringo Starr's Band. They did a tour of the U.S. that promoted Ringo's album "Ringo Rama". In addition to playing drums while Ringo fronted the band on vocals like "Yellow Submarine", "With A Little Help From My Friends", "Photograph", "It Don't Come Easy", and new songs like Ringo's tribute to George Harrison called "Never Without You", Gregg & Ringo also played double drums on Beatles hits like "I Wanna Be Your Man", and "Boys". In addition to a great live concert in New York, some of the T.V. shows they played on were: The Ton ite Show with Jay Leno, Conan O'Brian, Good Morning America, Regis and Kelly, and Carson Daly. Gregg also did a music video with Ringo called "Never Without You".

Gregg exclusively uses Mapex Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Remo Drum Heads, Vic Firth Drum Sticks, the Gregg Bissonette Signature Stick Bag by Kaces, XL Specialty road cases, and LP Percussion products.

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