Terry Bozzio has been featured on nine solo or collaborative albums, 26 albums with Zappa and seven albums with Missing Persons.
19 Facts About Terry Bozzio
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Terry Bozzio was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1997.
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Terry Bozzio was born on December 27,1950, in San Francisco, California.
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Terry Bozzio started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets.
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In 1968, Terry Bozzio graduated from Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, California, where he received a music scholarship award, and later went on to the College of Marin.
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In 1972, Terry Bozzio played in the rock musicals Godspell and Walking in my Time.
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Terry Bozzio began playing in local jazz groups with Mike Nock, Art Lande, Azteca, Eddie Henderson, Woody Shaw, Julian Priester, Eric Gravatt, Billy Higgins, Andy Narell and Mel Martin.
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Terry Bozzio became a regular in the Monday Night Jim Dukey Big Band at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall.
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Terry Bozzio recorded and toured with Frank Zappa beginning in 1975, and appeared, as a vocalist, on a number of Zappa's most successful albums, including Zoot Allures, Zappa in New York, Sheik Yerbouti and Thing-Fish, and in the concert movie Baby Snakes.
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The group auditioned for and was signed to a record deal with CBS but Terry Bozzio declined membership and then auditioned unsuccessfully for Thin Lizzy.
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Terry Bozzio played on sessions with Robbie Robertson, Gary Wright, Don Dokken, XYZ, Paul Hyde, Herbie Hancock, Dweezil Zappa, and Richard Marx.
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Terry Bozzio featured on the album Confetti by Sergio Mendes in 1984.
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Terry Bozzio joined Tony Hymas, Tony Coe, and Hugh Burns to form the band Lonely Bears and record The Lonely Bears, Injustice, and The Bears are Running, while living in Paris, France.
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Terry Bozzio formed the band Polytown with David Torn and Mick Karn.
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Terry Bozzio was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1997.
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Terry Bozzio won the Clinician of the Year award twice as well as Drum Magazine's Drummer of the Year and Best Clinician.
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Terry Bozzio was inducted into Guitar Center's RockWalk in Hollywood on January 17,2007.
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Terry Bozzio worked with the nu metal band Korn on their eighth studio album after the departure of their drummer David Silveria.
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Terry Bozzio was scheduled to play on the road with the band during the Family Values Tour, but he left and was replaced by Joey Jordison of Slipknot and later Ray Luzier.