Deen Castronovo

Deen Castronovo (born August 17, 1964 in Westminster, California) is an American drummer and singer who has played in various hard rock and metal bands. His recording and performance credits include Cacophony, Bad English, Journey, The Enemy, Wild Dogs, Dr. Mastermind, Hardline, Planet Us, Soul Sirkus, Social Distortion, and Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler's G/Z/R, as well as in backing bands for Ozzy Osbourne, Vasco Rossi, Steve Vai, Paul Rodgers and Matthew Ward. He is the current drummer for the band Journey, performing on such albums as Arrival (2001), Red 13 (2002), Generations (2005) (in which he also provided lead vocals on two songs), Revelation (2008), and Eclipse (2011), as well as providing lead vocals when performing live such hits as "Mother, Father", "Still They Ride", and "Keep on Runnin'" and occasionally "Faithfully". He also played on the song "Smoke Of The Revolution" on the Neal Schon solo album Late Nite. Personal life edit: Deen Castronovo grew up in Keizer, Oregon, and as of 2012 he was living there. He has 2 children with his long time girlfriend. Album appearances edit: With Wild Dogs Wild Dogs (1983), Man's Best Friend (1984), Reign Of Terror (1987), With Dr. Mastermind Dr. Mastermind (1986), Tony MacAlpine Tony MacAlpine main article Maximum Security (1987), Premonition (1994), With Cacophony Go Off! (1988), With Marty Friedman Dragon's Kiss (1988), With Bad English Bad English (1989), Backlash (1991), With Joey Tafolla Infra-blue (1990), With Matthew Ward Fortress (1990), With Hardline Double Eclipse (1992), With Ozzy Osbourne Ozzmosis (1995), With Steve Vai Alien Love Secrets (1995), Fire Garden (1996), With G/Z/R Plastic Planet (1995), Black Science (1997), With Social Distortion White Light, White Heat, White Trash (1996), Rush tribute Working Man - A Tribute to Rush (1996), With James Murphy Convergence (1996), With Hole Celebrity Skin (1998) (uncredited), With James Murphy Feeding the Machine (1999), With Vasco Rossi Tracks (2002), Tracks 2 (2009), With Journey Arrival (2001), Red 13 (2002), Generations (2005), Revelation (2008), Eclipse (2011), With The Hitmaker Don't Stop Believin' (featuring Deen Castronovo) (2006), With Soul Sirkus World Play, With Paul Rodgers The Hendrix Set

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