1. Deen Joseph Castronovo was born on August 17,1964 and is an American drummer and singer best known for being a member of classic rock band Journey and hard rock acts Bad English and Hardline.
26 Facts About Deen Castronovo
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Deen Castronovo currently plays drums and sings for the bands Journey, Generation Radio, and Revolution Saints.
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Deen Castronovo has played for Ozzy Osbourne, Steve Vai, Paul Rodgers, and GZR, with Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler.
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Deen Castronovo was born in the city of Westminster, California and started drumming at the age of 6.
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Deen Castronovo grew up in Salem, Oregon, where he attended South Salem High School.
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Deen Castronovo is the former drummer for bands Wild Dogs, Bad English, Hardline, Ozzy Osbourne, and GZR.
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Deen Castronovo currently plays drums and shares lead vocals for the bands Revolution Saints and Journey.
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Deen Castronovo played on the self-titled debut album Wild Dogs, the followup Man's Best Friend and Reign Of Terror.
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Again working with Neal Schon, Deen Castronovo played drums and sang backing vocals on Hardline's debut album Double Eclipse.
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Deen Castronovo appeared on the 1995 release Ozzmosis, the seventh solo studio album by Ozzy Osbourne.
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Deen Castronovo toured with Ozzy on a portion of the 1995 leg of the Retirement Sucks Tour.
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Deen Castronovo continued to be in various bands along with Schon, from Hardline to Paul Rodgers.
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Deen Castronovo was fired by Journey in August 2015 following a June 2015 domestic violence arrest.
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Deen Castronovo was replaced by Omar Hakim on the band's 2015 tour, with longtime drummer Steve Smith subsequently rejoining the band.
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In early 2005, with a completed album titled World Play the band was ready to tour, but Deen Castronovo fell ill due to extreme exhaustion.
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The Black Sleeve version was the original with Deen Castronovo drumming, the Green Sleeve version was an American edition remastered, the Yellow Sleeve had two versions: a European edition of remaster that included a bonus DVD, and a Japanese edition of the remaster included a bonus track.
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The band, where Deen Castronovo served as lead vocalist and handled drumming duties, released its self-titled debut album on February 24,2015.
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Johnny Gioeli and Deen Castronovo first played together on the debut Hardline album, Double Eclipse, which was released in 1992.
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Deen Castronovo played drums and shared lead vocals with Jay DeMarcus, Jason Scheff, Chris Rodriguez, and Tom Yankton.
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Deen Castronovo left Generation Radio to rejoin Journey and was replaced on drums by Steve Ferrone.
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Deen Castronovo has played in Cacophony, Dr Mastermind, Planet Us, Social Distortion, and GZR, as well as in backing bands for Vasco Rossi, Paul Rodgers, and Matthew Ward.
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Deen Castronovo played on the song "Smoke of the Revolution" on the Neal Schon solo album Late Nite.
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Deen Castronovo acted as the drummer and shares lead vocal duties with keyboardist Gregg Rolie.
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Deen Castronovo was arrested on June 14,2015, and charged with fourth-degree assault and menacing after police say he physically injured a woman.
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Deen Castronovo has since recovered from addiction and states he is sober.
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Deen Castronovo is a Christian, saying he puts God first, family second, and job third, whereas before it was the other way around.