From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American drummer
John Miceli
|
---|
Born
| (
1961-05-29
)
May 29, 1961
(age 63)
Long Island, New York
, United States
|
---|
Genres
| Rock
|
---|
Occupation(s)
| Drummer
|
---|
Musical artist
John Miceli
(born May 29, 1961) is the
drummer
for
Meat Loaf
's backing band, the
Neverland Express
. He formerly played with
Rainbow.
Meat Loaf
[
edit
]
Miceli began touring with Meat Loaf in 1991, and was a part of the Neverland Express when
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
took off, launching a major industry comeback for Meat Loaf. He has appeared on drums on all of Loaf's subsequent studio albums (
Welcome to the Neighbourhood
[one track],
Couldn't Have Said It Better
[three tracks],
Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose
[two tracks],
Hang Cool Teddy Bear
,
Hell in a Handbasket
, and
Braver Than We Are
[the entirety of each]), which has led to appearances on greatest hits compilations such as
The Very Best of Meat Loaf
, and live albums including
Live Around the World
,
VH1 Storytellers
,
Night of the Proms
and
Bat Out of Hell: Live with the MSO
.
Other touring and recording credits
[
edit
]
In addition to his work with Meat Loaf, Miceli has recorded with
Adam Lambert
(
For Your Entertainment
, "
Time for Miracles
"),
Foxy Shazam
("Count Me Out"),
Nine Days
, Marchello/
The Good Rats
(with whom he toured under the former name), and
Kerry Ellis
(
Anthems
). Most recently, Miceli did most of the drum work on the
My Chemical Romance
release
Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
.
[1]
He has also toured with
Blue Oyster Cult
and
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
(1997 U.S. tour). He also appeared in the live band for the
Las Vegas
run of the
Queen
musical
We Will Rock You
.
In December 2018 he was credited as the drummer on
Brian May
's single, "New Horizons", which the
Queen
guitarist composed as a personal tribute to the on-going
NASA
's
New Horizons
mission.
[2]
References
[
edit
]
External links
[
edit
]
|
---|
|
Studio albums
| |
---|
EPs
| |
---|
Live albums
| |
---|
Compilation albums
| |
---|
Video albums
| |
---|
Songs
| |
---|
Related articles
| |
---|