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-'''Terry John Bozzio''' (Born December 27, 1950, San Francisco, CA)
+[[File:Terry Bozzio and Punky Meadows.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Terry Bozzio with a publicity photo of [[Punky Meadows]].]]
-'''Bozzio''' grew up in San Francisco and began playing drums from age six on his own makeshift set, which he constructed from diverse materials, including coffee cans and old metal signs using broken arrows for sticks. He started by playing along with records by Tito Puente and the 'surf-drum' sounds of Sandy Nelson and The Ventures. His father had been a talented accordion player, and his mother had sung in her own high-school jazz band. After watching [[The Beatles]] play on [[Ed Sullivan]]'s TV show at age 13, Bozzio convinced his father he needed drum lessons. After six months of lessons, he began playing in high school and garage bands, amateur rock musicals and in local jazz groups. He attended [[Wikipedia:Sir Francis Drake High School|Sir Francis Drake High School]], graduated with a degree in music from the [[Wikipedia:College of Marin|College of Marin]] and worked as a classical drummer in the Bay Area. His first recording was on an album by [[Wikipedia:Malo|Malo's]] Latin-American trumpeter Luis Gasca, on which [[George Duke]] also featured.
+'''Terry John Bozzio''' (Born December 27, 1950, San Francisco, CA) is an American drummer who, between 1975 and 1979, played with Frank Zappa.
-In 1975 '''Bozzio''' auditioned for FZ's band. After he had played his set, all of the other drummers behind him in the audition line left. Zappa subsequently wrote ''[[The Black Page]]'' for Bozzio to capture his virtuosity.
+==Biography==
-Also known as '''Terry 'Ted' Bozzio''', he provided drums and vocals for:
+Terry Bozzio grew up in San Francisco and began playing drums from age six on his own makeshift set, which he constructed from diverse materials, including coffee cans and old metal signs using broken arrows for sticks. He started by playing along with records by Tito Puente and the 'surf-drum' sounds of Sandy Nelson and The Ventures. His father had been a talented accordion player, and his mother had sung in her own high-school jazz band. After watching [[The Beatles]] play on [[Ed Sullivan]]'s TV show at age 13, Bozzio convinced his father he needed drum lessons. After six months of lessons, he began playing in high school and garage bands, amateur rock musicals and in local jazz groups. He attended [[Wikipedia:Sir Francis Drake High School|Sir Francis Drake High School]], graduated with a degree in music from the [[Wikipedia:College of Marin|College of Marin]] and worked as a classical drummer in the Bay Area. His first recording was on an album by [[Wikipedia:Malo|Malo's]] Latin-American trumpeter Luis Gasca, on which [[George Duke]] also featured.
-Bozzio can be seen in the Zappa movie ''"[[Baby Snakes (The Film)|Baby Snakes]]"''.
+==Frank Zappa==
 Having met in a Hollywood recording studio Bozzio dated [[Dale Bozzio|Dale Consalvi]], and they married in 1979.
-In 1979 Bozzio briefly appeared in the band ''UK'' with [[Eddie Jobson]]. Then, in 1980 Terry and Dale Bozzio formed the group [[wikipedia:Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]] with [[Warren Cuccurullo]] on guitar and [[Patrick O'Hearn]] on bass and [[Chuck Wild]] on keyboards. Their first recording was made at Zappa's [[Utility Muffin Research Kitchen|UMRK]] studio.  The two Bozzios and Cuccurullo appeared in the Playboy video [[wikipedia:Lunch Wagon|Lunch Wagon]].
+In 1979 Bozzio briefly appeared in the band ''UK'' with [[Eddie Jobson]]. Then, in 1980 Terry and Dale Bozzio formed the group [[Missing Persons]] with [[Warren Cuccurullo]] on guitar and [[Patrick O'Hearn]] on bass and [[Chuck Wild]] on keyboards. Their first recording was made at Zappa's [[Utility Muffin Research Kitchen|UMRK]] studio.  The two Bozzios and Cuccurullo appeared in the Playboy video [[wikipedia:Lunch Wagon|Lunch Wagon]].
 When ''Missing Persons'' was disbanded in 1986, and the Bozzios had divorced, Terry Bozzio worked on projects for the band ''Duran Duran'', with guitarist Andy Taylor eventually replaced by Cuccurullo. Bozzio also sessioned with Robbie Robertson and [[Herbie Hancock]], before joining up with guitarist [[Jeff Beck]] and keyboardist Tony Hymas in the band "BB&H", winning a ''Grammy Award'' for their album ''Guitar Shop''.
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 Some of his most recent work has been on the (intentionally untitled) eighth ''[[Wikipedia:Untitled Korn album|Korn]]'' album, along with [[Chad Wackerman]]'s younger brother, Brooks Wackerman. He has also revisited ''The Black Page'', performing it on the 2006 [[Zappa Plays Zappa]] tour.
-Terry Bozzio is interviewed in [[Frank Scheffer]]'s ''[[Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die]]'' (2000), ''[[Frank Zappa Phase II: The Big Note]]'' (2002), ''[[Frank Zappa: Pioneer Of Future Music, parts 1 & 2]]'' (2007) and ''[[The Drummers Of Frank Zappa]]'' (2010). He was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref>
+Terry Bozzio is interviewed in [[Frank Scheffer]]'s ''[[Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die]]'' (2000), ''[[Frank Zappa Phase II: The Big Note]]'' (2002), ''[[Frank Zappa: Pioneer Of Future Music, parts 1 & 2]]'' (2007) and ''[[The Drummers Of Frank Zappa]]'' (2010).
 ==Sources==
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 ==External links==
 * [[Wikipedia:Terry Bozzio]]
 [[Category:Bandmembers|Bozzio, Terry]]

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 Some of his most recent work has been on the (intentionally untitled) eighth ''[[Wikipedia:Untitled Korn album|Korn]]'' album, along with [[Chad Wackerman]]'s younger brother, Brooks Wackerman. He has also revisited ''The Black Page'', performing it on the 2006 [[Zappa Plays Zappa]] tour.
-Terry Bozzio is interviewed in [[Frank Scheffer]]'s ''[[Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die]]'' (2000), ''[[Frank Zappa Phase II: The Big Note]]'' (2002), ''[[Frank Zappa: Pioneer Of Future Music, parts 1 & 2]]'' (2007) and ''[[The Drummers Of Frank Zappa]]'' (2010). He was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref>
+Terry Bozzio is interviewed in [[Frank Scheffer]]'s ''[[Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die]]'' (2000), ''[[Frank Zappa Phase II: The Big Note]]'' (2002), ''[[Frank Zappa: Pioneer Of Future Music, parts 1 & 2]]'' (2007) and ''[[The Drummers Of Frank Zappa]]'' (2010). He was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref>
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