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Biography (english)(Clicka qui per la versione in Italiano)
His
private lessons began with Carlo Bernardinello, a
well known notorious Italian jazz and Latin player, who had developed his own
teaching curriculum from his over 25 years experience in many schools
round the world, including participations at the 'Drummer's
Collective' in new York City. Grom's lessons with him
went on for 2 years, and built him a solid foundation of posture and
basics on the instrument, contributing to his playing with a stylish and ‘educated’
technical bouquet. However,
although capable of playing all styles, it was Grom's passion for the family of rock music that pushed him to
follow that particular style of drumming professionally. He took a break
from his lessons with Carlo Bernardinello and decided to move
forward on his own following his ambition for the next 6 years. He
played in numerous local bands and started to gain a lot of experience
both live and in studio at a very young age. His first studio recording was
at the age of 13 and
first live show at the age of 12, as part of the school's official Big
Band. He
spent the following 6 years studying from many different sources,
amongst which there were various books and videos from many of the
world's great drummers. He put together various bands
and gained the nickname 'Grom'
from a music school colleague, which is polish for 'lightning bolt',
emphasizing his speed, dexterity and power. After
high school graduation there was no doubt he was pointing towards a solid career in the
music business. Grom followed his family all over
the world and lived in places such as U.S.A, In 2000 he moved to It is during this period that Grom was recruited by the Norwegian extreme metal cult band ANCIENT. With them, he released 3 studio albums on Metal Blade Records, 2 official videos, and completed numerous European and international tours, playing in venues such as Wacken Open Air in Germany, with an attendance of over 25,000, and gaining an experience of over 150 live shows worldwide, in places such as Mexico, Israel, South America, Scandinavia, Europe, East Europe and Russia. This gained him a vast amount of press, exposure and experience in studio and on the road. Highly acclaimed for his work with the band, he embarked on numerous different projects and was highly requested as a session drummer in the rock and metal genres of Europe, cooperating with various important recording studios and producers such as Alpha Omega and Fear Studios. He has shared the stage with acts the like of Lacuna Coil, Venom, Sepultura, Saxon, Stratovarius, Doro, Uriah Heep, Dimmu Borgir, Immortal, Clan of Xymox, Black Bomb A, Agnostic Front, Hypocrisy, Mayhem, Dissection, Behemoth, My Dying Bride and Illdisposed. The album 'Proxima Centauri', his second with the band, which was recorded and mixed at Andy Larocque's Los Angered Studios and mastered at Sterling Sound in New York city, received great press and fan response, focused a lot on Grom's playing. Most reviews and articles picked up on
GroM's drumming and as Italian Metal Hammer magazine put it,
"...Grom's drumming is powerful and refined, way above average !
(Emiliano Verrecchia)".
After the well received 'Proxima
Centauri' album, Grom re-entered the studio 2
years later, to record his third and most important album so far with
the band, aptly called 'Night Visit', still under Metal Blade Records,
which took just under 2 days total drum recording time at Italian Mirage Studios and mixed at the famous Studio
Fredman in Sweden, also including a video shoot for the
title track. This album clearly focused much
more on how Grom was able to mix many different
musical influences and drum styles, even light years apart, into one genre often
difficult to manipulate as extreme metal.
The international press widely commented on his performance for this
album, writing lines such as, “The drummer Grom was a blessing for
the band, I would call him the best metal drummer today. This man is a
machine !” (Silent Stagnation), “…excellent drum parts by Grom
!” (Concrete magazine), “Envision the beast starts with a crushing drum
intro by Grom. His skinsmanship is really the highlight of this entire
CD.” (Metal-Rules.com) and many more, including a widespread
opinion written on an article regarding the album, about Grom being
“… It
was in 2001 that he obtained an official endorsement with PAISTE
cymbals and later on signed a deal with Italian stick makers IDEAS
FOR DRUMMERS in 2004, that produce his signature model. GroM
has since established a strong session reputation, participating
in numerous projects and live performances. He recorded and later
officially joined, Italian prog-gothic / extreme metal band Hortus
Animae's two albums, signing a deal with Greek label Black Lotus
Records and the later Sleaszy Rider
Records, releasing a debut album which
received an extremely satisfying response and sale quota, followed by
a single in cooperation with roadrunner records vocalist He
also cooperates on a regular basis with popular
television channel ROCK
TV, airing on SKY network, hosting various shows including his own weekly show and
performing as a musician and focal point VJ. In March 2006 he is named ‘Rock Drummer of the month’ on www.drumspotal.com where he also conducts online drum lessons. In 2007 he begins writing regularly on his monthly column, 'L.A. Confidential', for the top Italian percussion magazine DRUM CLUB, in which he is also featured with a 3 page interview and photo-shoot on the February '06 issue. In the summer of 2006, he definitively relocates to Los Angeles and attends PIT (Percussion Institute of Technology - Hollywood) where he studies under 3 times rudimental world champion Rob Carson, Fred Dinkins, Donny Gruendler, Glen Sobel, jazz legend Chuck Flores and Chuck Silverman among others. Here he graduates with an AA (Associate of Arts) in 2008. In less than a year, the U.S. geovernment grants him permanent resident status due to his musical achievements, awarding him with an EB-1 (extraordinary abilities artist) green card. He quickly establishes a strong freelance career playing with pop-rock artist Rob Michaels, touring with Australian metal band POWERS THAT BE with whom he also shoots the video-clip for the band's single 'Collide' and recording with singer-songwriter John Paul. He is featured on the cover of ROCK CITY NEWS magazine and in July records the debut album of extreme metal scoring project EGHRGORIUS and shortly after tracks for the 2nd album of solo guitarist MIKE SHOUSE. In the end of 2007, following a series of auditions, he joins upcoming bright band LAST EXIT and records for their soon to come debut album at Scott Humphrey's Chop Shop Studios (Motley Crue, Green Day, Rob Zombie...) in Hollywood. In early 2008 he is recruited by HOOCHIE-COO, one of the most in-demand professional cover bands in Southern California, lead by established guitarist Chris Houchin and Francesco DiCosmo (Evanescence, Thin Lizzy) on bass. With them he regularly plays a wide array of shows around Los Angeles and Palm Springs. Contemporarily, he begins teaching classes and privates at Dave Janssen's school of music in Simi Valley, CA. He also teaches for TakeLessons.com. He starts his activity as clinician and begins writing his upcoming instructional book "The essentials of heavy drumming". Active in the live, educational and studio scene, GROM can be found on numerous gigs in and around the greater L.A. area. Alessia Botturi (GroM Management)
DISCOGRAPHY : ANCIENT – ‘Proxima Centauri’ (2001, Metal Blade Records) EGHRGORIUS - debut album (2007) LAST EXIT (2007) JOHN PAUL - singles (2008) MIKE SHOUSE - Alone On The Sun (2008) POWERS THAT BE - Live @ The Whisky (2007)
VIDEOGRAPHY : ANCIENT – ‘God Loves The Dead’ (2000) POWERS THAT BE - 'Collide' (2007) |
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