Marco Minnemann


Marco Minnemann is a German multi-instrumentalist and composer who primarily plays drums.
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Career

Minnemann has released over a dozen solo albums as drummer, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist, and performed on over 100 studio albums with dozens of artists and groups. He has previously been a member of the German funk-metal crossover band Freaky Fukin Weirdoz and has performed and recorded with German rock band H-Blockx and Grammy-nominated English musician Steven Wilson. He is the drummer for the Mute Gods, a trio led by Nick Beggs of British new wave band Kajagoogoo, and he has performed with Joe Satriani since 2013. Minnemann appeared on the cover of the June 2007 issue of Modern Drummer, with the magazine writing that "he has been instrumental in developing the advanced concept of complex interdependence", a drum technique allowing him to play varying patterns with each of his feet and hands.
In 2006, Minnemann recorded a 51-minute live drum solo that served as the basis for his Normalizer 2 project, in which he shared the track with several musicians and asked that they each write and record their own work accompanying the composition. A number of the resulting recordings were released as duo albums, including Trey Gunn's Modulator, Alex Machacek's 24 Tales, and Mike Keneally's Evidence of Humanity. In 2011, he auditioned to play with the American progressive rock band Dream Theater. It was ultimately decided that he would not join the group, as he did not know their discography very well and did not want to commit to them fully.
In late 2017, Minnemann joined international prog-rock rock supergroup the Sea Within and appears on their 2018 debut. Formed by Swedish guitarist and singer-songwriter Roine Stolt, the band also features bassist Jonas Reingold, guitarist Daniel GildenlΓΆw, and keyboardist Tom Brislin.
Minnemann is a member of instrumental rock power trio the Aristocrats, playing alongside Guthrie Govan and Bryan Beller. In 2019, the group released their fourth studio album, You know what...?
In 2020, Minnemann and collaborator Randy McStine formed McStine & Minnemann. The duo released two albums that year: the self-titled McStine & Minnemann and McStine & Minnemann II.
Minnemann was featured as a voice actor in the second season of the Titmouse-animated series Metalocalypse. The episode, which also featured Mike Patton of Faith No More, aired on Adult Swim in 2008.

Books

Ultimate Play Along Drum TraxExtreme Interdependence: Drumming Beyond Independence –
  • ''Maximum Minnemann''

DVDs

Extreme Drumming The Marco Show
  • ''Marco Minnemann: Live in L.A.''

Discography

SoloThe Green Mindbomb Comfortably Homeless Orchids Broken Orange Normalizer Mieze Contraire de la chanson Housewifedogandtwokids A Mouth of God Catspoon Evil Smiles of Beauty/Sound of Crime Symbolic Fox EEPS Celebration Above the Roses Schattenspiel Borrego My Sister Their Colors Fade
with Freaky Fukin WeirdozSenseless Wonder Mao Mak Maa Culture Shock Hula
with Illegal AliensThickness Red Alibis Time International Telephone Swine Songs – Best Of
with H-BlockxFly Eyes
Minnemann/BrinkmannMotor The Shining
Fabio Trentini, Marco Minneman, Mario BrinkmannDisarmed
Minnemann/Brinkmann/Trentini/ZimmerPlay the Police
with UKZRadiation
Normalizer 2
  • Marco Minneman – Normalizer 2
  • Mike Keneally – Evidence of Humanity
  • Jason Sadites – Behind the Laughter
  • Trey Gunn – Modulator
  • John Czajkowski – West ZooOpolis
  • Mario Brinkmann – Normalizer 2
  • Alex Machacek – 24 Tales
  • Phi Yaan-Zek – Dance with the Anima
  • Jimmy Pitts – 2L82B Normal
  • Aaron Ruimy – A Few Minor Modifications
  • At War with Self – Circadian Rhythm Disorder
Phi Yaan-Zek with Marco MinnemannDeeper with the Anima
with Shiloh SherayS+M
with the AristocratsThe Aristocrats Boing, We'll Do It Live! Culture Clash Live in Osaka Tres Caballeros You Know What...? The Aristocrats with Primuz Chamber Orchestra Duck
with Matte HendersonThe Veneer of Logic
with Tony Levin and Jordan RudessLevin Minnemann Rudess From the Law Offices of Levin Minnemann Rudess
Pitts Minnemann ProjectThe Psychic Planetarium
with the Mute GodsDo Nothing till You Hear from Me Tardigrades Will Inherit the Earth Atheists and Believers
with the Sea WithinThe Sea Within
with Randy McStineMcStine and Minnemann
  • ''McStine and Minnemann II''

Selected recordings with other artists

2000s
2010s
2020s
  • Alberto Rigoni – Odd Times
  • Alberto Rigoni – Metal Addicted
  • Jess Lewis – Seafoam
  • Jan Rivera – ''Existential Paranoia''