| Frank Ferrer | |
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| Birth name | Frank Ferrer |
| Genre(s) | Hard Rock |
| Instrument(s) | Drums |
| Years active | 1990-Present |
| Associated acts | Guns N' Roses |
Frank Ferrer is an American rock drummer and session musician. In October 2006, Ferrer became an official member of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses after serving as the band's emergency substitute drummer for Bryan Mantia on several occasions during the band's summer 2006 European tour. Ferrer is also a member of The Psychedelic Furs, as well as, a former member of Love Spit Love. He has recorded and worked with several high profile musicians including The Beautiful, Robi Draco Rosa, and Sarah Clifford.
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History
Frank was born March 25, 1966 and raised in New York. He has stated at an interview at the Chatham, NJ Paul Green School of Rock Music, that at age 11 he saw a Kiss concert and it was there he first started to love Rock music.
In 1992 he joined a band called Love Spit Love which featured a guitarist by the name of Richard Fortus. Since then he has gone on to play with other bands such as the second incarnation of the Psychedelic Furs and Honky Toast (both of those bands also featured Richard), The Beautiful, The The, Pisser, The Compulsions, Robi "Draco" Rosa, Sarah Clifford, Gordan Gano and was a founding member of NYC heavy-groove legends RATCHETHEAD. He has also toured with Doro Pesch and Tommy Stinson.
In July 2006, Frank Ferrer joined Guns N' Roses during their European Tour to replace Bryan "Brian" Mantia, who had returned to the United States for personal reasons.
Ferrer has since become full-time drummer for G'N'R, and recorded a portion of the drum parts for the album Chinese Democracy.
Ferrer has also worked with other artists including Rebecca Blasband, Jive Jones, Sarah Clifford and GanoRyan.
Tours
- The Beautiful USA
- Love Spit Love USA/EUROPE
- Rebecca Blasband USA
- Robi "Draco" Rosa Latin America/Puerto Rico/USA
- Doro Pesch Germany
- The Psychedelic Furs USA/Canada/UK
- Gordon Gano USA
- Guns N' Roses Europe/UK (substituting for Bryan "Brain" Mantia)
- Guns N' Roses North America (touring for first time as an official band member)
- Guns N' Roses Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Japan
Live sessions
- Tool - August 1, 2009 - All Points West Festival, Liberty Park, NJ. Lateralus drum duel performance.
- Tool – August 15, 2002 – Continental Arena, NJ. Second drummer on a song called "Triad".
- Wyclef Jean – Reggae Sunsplash 1999
- Tommy Stinson (Guns N' Roses/Replacements) – Series of shows in 2004 featuring Richard Fortus (Guns N' Roses)
- Frank Black/Gordon Gano – October 11, 2003 Troubadour, LA
- Thunderchucker Records – inception October 2004 New York, NY
- Perry Farrell - live show at HIRO , NYC fashion week 2005
- Nena Vienna, Austria 2008
Endorsements
- GMS Drums
- Vic Firth drumsticks
References
| Preceded by Bryan Mantia |
Guns N' Roses Drummer 2006 – present |
Incumbent |
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