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Simon Wright

Simon Wright

Real/full name:
Simon J. Wright
Age:
61 (born Jun 19th, 1963)
Place of birth:
United Kingdom (Oldham, Lancashire, England)
Gender:
Male

Biography

Simon Wright was born in Oldham Manchester, England. After getting his first drum set at thirteen years old, Simon, a self taught drummer, spent hours with his head set on playing while listening to such legends as Cozy Powell, John Bonham and Tommy Aldridge.

His first professional gig was on tour with Girlschool at the age of sixteen when he was with the band A-II-Z on the British leg of the ...

Trivia

Dio Disciples is a Ronnie James Dio tribute band.

Simon was offered by Ronnie James Dio to be Black Sabbath's drummer to record the album "Dehumanizer" (1992), but both Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi turned down the option.

Big Noize

Drums (2009-present)

Dio Disciples

Drums (2011-present)

Dream Child

Drums (2018-present)

2018 Until Death Do We Meet Again Drums

Hellion

Drums (2013-present)

2014 Karma's a Bitch (EP) Drums

Of Gods & Monsters

Drums (2020-present)

2017 Waiting on the End of the World (Single) Drums
2022 Bring Out Your Dead (Single) Drums

A-II-Z

Drums (1981-1982)

1981 I'm the One Who Loves You (Single) Drums
1981 No Fun After Midnight (Single) Drums
2006 The Witch of Berkeley (Live album) Drums (tracks 10-14)
2008 The Witch of Berkeley (Live album) Drums (tracks 10-14)
2011 The Witch of Berkeley (Live album) Drums (tracks 1-10 to 1-14)
2017 The Witch of Berkeley (Live album) Drums (tracks 2-1 to 2-5)

AC/DC

Drums, Percussion (1983-1989)

Aurora

Drums (1982)

1982 I'll Be Your Fantasy (Single) Drums

Black 13

Drums (1995)

Dio

Drums (1990-1991, 1998-2010)

1990 Lock Up the Wolves Drums
1990 Time Machine (Video) Drums
1990 Hey Angel (Single) Drums
1992 Diamonds - The Best of Dio (Compilation) Drums (tracks 12, 13)
2000 Magica Drums
2000 The Very Beast Of Dio (Compilation) Drums (track: 15)
2002 Killing the Dragon Drums
2003 Evil or Divine (Video) Drums
2004 Master of the Moon Drums, Songwriting (tracks 7, 9)
2005 Evil or Divine: Live in New York City (Live album) Drums
2006 Holy Diver Live (Live album) Drums
2006 Holy Diver Live (Video) Drums
2007 Magica & Killing the Dragon (Compilation) Drums
2010 Evil or Divine: Live in New York City (Video) Drums
2012 The Very Beast of Dio Vol. 2 (Compilation) Drums (tracks 1-6, 8, 9, 11-14, 17)
2020 Annica (Single) Drums
2021 Evil or Divine: Live in New York City (Live album) Drums
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Mr. Rude

Drums

Operation: Mindcrime

Drums (2014-2018)

2015 The Key Drums
2016 Resurrection Drums (tracks 7, 10)

Queensrÿche

Drums (2013-2014)

2013 Frequency Unknown Drums (tracks 1, 5)
2013 Cold (Single) Drums

Rhino Bucket

Drums (1993-1996, 2007-2009, 2011, 2012)

Tora Tora

Drums

1980 Red Sun Setting (Single) Drums

Tytan

Drums (1982-1983)

UFO

Drums (1995-1996, 1997-1999)

Tim Ripper Owens

Drums (2009)

Joe Lynn Turner

2016 The Sessions (Compilation) Unknown (track 11)

Lazy Bonez

2015 Alive Drums (track 9)

Tim Ripper Owens

2009 Play My Game Drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12)

Tytan

1985 Rough Justice Drums

Dio

2012 The Very Beast of Dio Vol. 2 (Compilation) Producer (additional) (track 13)

Hellion

2014 Karma's a Bitch (EP) Producer
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