Deen Castronovo is an Italian American

Italian American

An Italian American , is an American of Italian ancestry. The designation may also refer to someone possessing Italian and American dual citizenship...

 drummer who has played in various bands, including Kandles at Nine, Cacophony

Cacophony (band)

Cacophony was an American Speed metal band formed in 1986 by guitarists Marty Friedman and Jason Becker. Cacophony is often recognized for its technically challenging, neo-classical metal and speed metal elements, as well as featuring two shred guitarists...

, Bad English

Bad English

Bad English was an American/British hard rock supergroup formed in 1988, reuniting keyboardist Jonathan Cain with singer John Waite and bassist Ricky Phillips, his former bandmates in The Babys.- History :...

, Journey

Journey (band)

Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco by former members of Santana. The band has gone through several phases; its strongest commercial success occurred between the 1978 and 1987, after which it temporarily disbanded...

, The Enemy, Wild Dogs

Wild Dogs

Wild Dogs is an American power metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed loosely in 1981 by original members Jeff Mark, Danny Kurth, Matt McCourt, and Pete Holmes. The band has since released six albums, three live albums and one DVD...

, Dr. Mastermind

Dr. Mastermind

Dr. Mastermind is a band featuring current Journey drummer Deen Castronovo, Wild Dogs bandmate singer Matt McCourt , and guitarist Kurt James. this was Never a Deen "project or deal" part of my signing with Shrapnel had to do with Deen joining Tony Macalpine... Mister varney had received the...

, Hardline

Hardline (band)

Hardline is an American hard rock band. Originally formed in 1991 by brothers Johnny Gioeli and Joey Gioeli, the band consisted of 5 members, Johnny Gioeli, Joey Gioeli, Neal Schon, Todd Jensen and Deen Castronovo. The bands' most recent album release is the 2009 Leaving the End Open which featured...

, Planet Us

Planet Us

Planet Us was a short-lived supergroup that formed in 2002 with Sammy Hagar on lead vocals, Neal Schon on guitar, Michael Anthony on bass, and Deen Castronovo on drums...

, Soul Sirkus

Soul SirkUS

Soul SirkUS is a band that initially featured singer Jeff Scott Soto, guitarist Neal Schon, bassist Marco Mendoza, and drummer Deen Castronovo.-History:...

, Social Distortion

Social Distortion

Social Distortion is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California. The band currently consists of Mike Ness , Jonny Wickersham , Brent Harding and David Hidalgo, Jr...

, and Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...

 bassist Geezer Butler's G/Z/R, as well as in backing bands for Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...

, Steve Vai

Steve Vai

Steven Siro "Steve" Vai is a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso....

, Paul Rodgers

Paul Rodgers

Paul Bernard Rodgers is an English rock singer-songwriter, best known for his success in the 1970s as a member of Free and Bad Company. After stints in two less successful bands in the 1980s and early 1990s, The Firm and The Law, he became a solo artist. He has recently toured and recorded with...

 and Matthew Ward

Matthew Ward

Matthew Ward was an American English/French translator noted for his 1989 rendition of Albert Camus' The Stranger. He made several important alterations from the more British-toned translation by Stuart Gilbert. Most notably he altered the quite well known opening line "Mother died today" to...

. He is the current drummer for the band Journey, performing in such albums as Arrival

Arrival (Journey album)

-Japanese Edition:-Personnel:*Neal Schon - lead guitar, backing vocals*Ross Valory - bass, backing vocals*Jonathan Cain - keyboards, backing vocals*Deen Castronovo - drums, backing vocals*Steve Augeri - lead vocals-External links:*...

 (2001), Red 13

Red 13

-Personnel:* Steve Augeri – lead vocals* Neal Schon – guitars, vocals* Ross Valory – bass, vocals* Jonathan Cain – keyboards, guitar, vocals* Deen Castronovo – drums, percussion, vocals-External links:**...

 (2002), Generations (2005), Revelation

Revelation (Journey album)

-DVD:#"Sky Light" #"Any Way You Want It" #*Originally from Departure, 1980#"Wheel in the Sky" #*Originally from Infinity, 1978#"Lights"...

 (2008), and Eclipse

Eclipse (Journey album)

Eclipse is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Journey, and the second with Filipino lead singer Arnel Pineda. Penned by Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain with contributions from Arnel Pineda...

 (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

Neal Schon

Neal George Joseph Schon is an American rock guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist best known for his work with the band Journey. He is the only member to have recorded on all of Journey's albums...

 solo album Late Nite.

With Wild Dogs

• Wild Dogs (1983)
• Man's Best Friend (1984)
• Reign Of Terror (1987)

Tony MacAlpine

Tony MacAlpine main article

Tony MacAlpine

Tony Jeff MacAlpine is an American guitarist and keyboardist. Having released ten studio albums over a career spanning more than two decades, he is best known as an instrumental solo guitarist, although he has worked with many different bands and musicians in the form of guest appearances and...

• Maximum Security (1987)
• Premonition (1994)

With Bad English

• Bad English
  Bad English (album)
  Bad English is the self-titled platinum-selling debut album by American rock supergroup Bad English, released in 1989.The band scored two huge hits on the Billboard charts including the #1 hit "When I See You Smile" and #5 hit "Price of Love"...
  
   (1989)
• Backlash (1991)

With Journey

• Arrival
  Arrival (Journey album)
  -Japanese Edition:-Personnel:*Neal Schon - lead guitar, backing vocals*Ross Valory - bass, backing vocals*Jonathan Cain - keyboards, backing vocals*Deen Castronovo - drums, backing vocals*Steve Augeri - lead vocals-External links:*...
  
   (2001)
• Red 13
  Red 13
  -Personnel:* Steve Augeri – lead vocals* Neal Schon – guitars, vocals* Ross Valory – bass, vocals* Jonathan Cain – keyboards, guitar, vocals* Deen Castronovo – drums, percussion, vocals-External links:**...
  
   (2002)
• Generations (2005)
• Revelation
  Revelation (Journey album)
  -DVD:#"Sky Light" #"Any Way You Want It" #*Originally from Departure, 1980#"Wheel in the Sky" #*Originally from Infinity, 1978#"Lights"...
  
   (2008)
• Eclipse
  Eclipse (Journey album)
  Eclipse is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Journey, and the second with Filipino lead singer Arnel Pineda. Penned by Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain with contributions from Arnel Pineda...
  
   (2011)

External links

• Official Deen Castronovo Website
• Geezer Butler and G/Z/R homepage
• The Hitmaker homepage
• Interview with Deen Castronovo July 30, 2011 UnRated Magazine
  UnRated Magazine
  UnRated Magazine was founded in 2001 in Chicago. Starting with a handful of writers and photographers, in 2009 the music magazine features over 30 journalists from all over the world. The content published by the magazine consists of music reviews, features, interviews and photography of the...