| 8/11/06
As
most of you know, Gregg Potter has been the man keeping the beat for Off
Broadway this summer while Ken Harck has been on the road with Bros.
Grim Sideshow. Here's a bio on this versatile, energetic, and
highly talented drummer....and he's a really nice guy too!
One might even be moved to say that
seeing and hearing
Cliff and Gregg Potter is reminiscent of the sound of Cliff and Tommy
Aldridge in d'Thumbs...
So on that note, or bass drum beat, as it were, here's a little
information about Gregg!
| Profile |
- Won First Place in the Slingerland
Louie Bellson National Drum contest at Chicagos famed Franks
Drum Shop.
- Played drums with Radio Legend, Disco Demolition
architect Steve Dahl and his band Teenage Radiation.
- House
drummer on The ABC Rock Radio networks Supper Club weekly radio
show.
- Featured on daily television show
"Its Too Early" with Steve Dahl and Garry Meier.
- MTV
videos with Teenage Radiation, SIREN, GREEN, Morphine Angel,
SUPERMERCADO and feature films.
- Recorded and toured with major
label recording artists; SIREN, GREEN, Holland, The Boyzz, The B'zz, and Off Broadway.
- Contributing writer for Modern Drummer
Magazine.
- Gregg also gives drum clinics,
check his site for future clinics!
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| Recordings |
| SUPERMERCADO Scary Baby, SIREN All
Is Forgiven, GREEN 5, many Chicago sessions |
| Influences |
| Buddy Rich, Dino Danelli, Ian
Paice, Cozy Powell, Tommy Aldridge, & Bun E. Carlos |
| Advice
to Aspiring Musicians |
| PRACTICE, use a metronome, and be
nice to people around you in the business. Remember, todays
roadie could be tomorrows lead singer of the band you want to be
in! |
| Hobbies |
| NHRA Drag Racing
and building old monster models. |
| Favorite
TV Show |
| The Munsters |
| Favorite
Movie |
| The Gene Krupa Story starring Sal
Mineo |
| Trivia |
| Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick
traded his drum set from the "All Shook Up" tour to
Gregg for an autographed picture of Gene Krupa. |
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OFF
BROADWAY