1. Nick D'Virgilio was one of two drummers chosen to replace Phil Collins in Genesis on the Calling All Stations album.
16 Facts About Nick D'Virgilio
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Nick D'Virgilio has done session work with many artists including Tears for Fears and Mystery, and is an official member of Big Big Train.
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Nick D'Virgilio was the drummer in Spock's Beard since the band began in the early 1990s.
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On July 26,2011, Nick D'Virgilio released a solo EP called Pieces.
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Nick D'Virgilio performed a show in Quebec City, Canada performing the EP in its entirety with local musicians on the day of the album release.
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In 1994, Nick D'Virgilio joined Kevin Gilbert's reformed band Giraffe for a one-off performance of the Genesis piece "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" at Progfest '94.
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In November 2002, Nick D'Virgilio headlined ProgWest in Claremont, California and played the entire The Shaming of the True album live in a band consisting of other friends and colleagues of Gilbert's.
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Nick D'Virgilio had been a full member of the Mike Keneally Band from 2001 to 2004, playing on the tour supporting Keneally's 2000 album Dancing and later providing drums and vocals on the 2004 album Dog, as can be seen on the DVD included as part of the Dog Special Edition in both live and "making-of" studio footage.
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Nick D'Virgilio served as the chief engineer on Beller's solo album View, recorded at the same studio as Karma.
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Nick D'Virgilio filled in for Mark Zonder on Fates Warning's summer tour with Dream Theater and Queensryche in 2003.
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Nick D'Virgilio played with the band on a handful of gigs supporting that album and appeared on the 2006 DVD release Live in Athens.
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Nick D'Virgilio appeared on Jordan Rudess' 2007 album The Road Home.
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In 2018, it was announced that Nick D'Virgilio had returned to Spock's Beard as their recording drummer following the departure of Jimmy Keegan.
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Nick D'Virgilio appears on their 13th studio release, Noise Floor.
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In 2020, Nick D'Virgilio released his first solo album in nine years, Invisible.
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Nick D'Virgilio wrote the concept during his time in the booth while touring with the Cirque Du Soleil show Totem.