23 Facts About Gary Wehrkamp

Gary Wehrkamp is most notably a member of the progressive rock band Shadow Gallery.

Gary Wehrkamp made his foray into music as a self-taught drummer and vocalist at the age of ten.

Gary Wehrkamp took up guitar and bass in his teens and performed in various bands for local dances and private parties.

Gary Wehrkamp began performing regularly as a drummer with the band Blak Sox in 1981, playing covers and originals at numerous camps in New Jersey.

At age 18, Gary Wehrkamp won a piano and found himself improvising for hours each day, crafting his talent of composing music.

Gary Wehrkamp performed in many New Jersey and Pennsylvania bands playing originals and covers.

In 1992, Gary Wehrkamp toured the US playing shows to audiences of 40,000+ fans with the band, The Boxtopd.

Gary Wehrkamp left The Boxtops in 1993 to join the progressive rock band Shadow Gallery.

Since then Gary Wehrkamp has been a composer, as well as performing guitars, keyboards and vocals in the band.

Gary Wehrkamp manages the day-to-day affairs for Shadow Gallery and their publishing company, ROOM V MUSIC.

Gary Wehrkamp has been a musician, composer, producer, or engineer on over 250 albums throughout the past three decades.

Gary Wehrkamp wrote an original score for the film, A Walk in the Park, which premiered in New York City, on June 11,2001.

Gary Wehrkamp has been a guest keyboardist or guitarist on three Arjen Lucassen albums: Ayreon - Flight of the Migrator, Ayreon - Ayreonauts Only, Star One - Space Metal.

Gary Wehrkamp provided his engineer skills for the Ayreon Human Equation album.

In 2002, Gary Wehrkamp was a guest guitarist on Explorers Club's second release Raising the Mammoth, which included prog artists John Myung, Marty Friedman, and Terry Bozzio.

In 2005, Gary Wehrkamp was involved in Prog-Aid, a charity release by various artists from the Progressive Rock world to raise funds for the survivors of the Asian tsunami disaster.

In 2008, Gary Wehrkamp was a guest musician on Srdjan Brankovic's Expedition Delta music project.

In 2009, Wehrkamp was a guest guitarist on the album based on International bestselling author Kevin J Anderson's book Terra Incognita: Beyond the Horizon, under the band name Roswell Six.

Gary Wehrkamp is one of the owners of Wasabi Brothers Management, which books artists and sets up publishing and licensing contracts for clients.

In March 2014, American metal band Warload announced that Gary Wehrkamp would be taking the place of Philip Bynoe as Bassist for their 2014 European tour.

Gary Wehrkamp was co-producer and composer for the full orchestra score for the Christmas musical Change, featuring Robin Smith.

In 2020, Gary Wehrkamp joined other notable musicians such as David Ragsdale, Tony Levin, Todd Sucherman, Pete Trewavas, by performing a guitar solo on Telergy's album Black Swallow.

Gary Wehrkamp owns New Horizon Music Studios, where he works as a producer, studio musician, engineer and teacher.