DANNY CAREY
Name: Daniel Edwin Carey
Born: 10 May 1961 Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
Daniel Edwin "Danny" Carey (born May 10, 1961 in Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.) is
the drummer for the progressive rock band Tool.
Carey's first encounter with the drums began at the age of ten by joining the
school band and taking private lessons on the snare drum. Two years later, Carey
began to practice on a drum set and began working with a private teacher. In his
senior year of high school in Paola, Kansas, Carey joined the high school jazz
band and began to study under a new teacher specifically for jazz drumming
training. As Carey progressed through high school and later college at the
University of Missouri–Kansas City, he began expanding his studies in percussion
with theory into the principles of geometry, science, and metaphysics as well as
delving into Sacred Geometry and certain hidden aspects of life and the occult (hidden)
Carey also played jazz while attending college and got to experience the jazz
scene in Kansas City.
A major commitment to life as an artist convinced Carey to leave Kansas and
travel to Los Angeles, California where he was able to perform as a studio
drummer with Carole King and perform live sets with Pigmy Love Circus. He also
played in Green Jellÿ as Danny Longlegs and recorded the album Cereal Killer. He
would later find his way to Tool after coming to know singer Maynard James
Keenan and guitarist Adam Jones and practicing with them in place of drummers
the two had requested but had never shown up. Besides Tool, Carey also finds
time for other projects new and old such as Pigmy Love Circus, VOLTO!, and ZAUM.
Name: Daniel Edwin Carey
Born: 10 May 1961 Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
Daniel Edwin "Danny" Carey (born May 10, 1961 in Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.) is
the drummer for the progressive rock band Tool.
Carey's first encounter with the drums began at the age of ten by joining the
school band and taking private lessons on the snare drum. Two years later, Carey
began to practice on a drum set and began working with a private teacher. In his
senior year of high school in Paola, Kansas, Carey joined the high school jazz
band and began to study under a new teacher specifically for jazz drumming
training. As Carey progressed through high school and later college at the
University of Missouri–Kansas City, he began expanding his studies in percussion
with theory into the principles of geometry, science, and metaphysics as well as
delving into Sacred Geometry and certain hidden aspects of life and the occult (hidden)
Carey also played jazz while attending college and got to experience the jazz
scene in Kansas City.
A major commitment to life as an artist convinced Carey to leave Kansas and
travel to Los Angeles, California where he was able to perform as a studio
drummer with Carole King and perform live sets with Pigmy Love Circus. He also
played in Green Jellÿ as Danny Longlegs and recorded the album Cereal Killer. He
would later find his way to Tool after coming to know singer Maynard James
Keenan and guitarist Adam Jones and practicing with them in place of drummers
the two had requested but had never shown up. Besides Tool, Carey also finds
time for other projects new and old such as Pigmy Love Circus, VOLTO!, and ZAUM.