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Early Career

After graduating from Indiana University in 1976, Aronoff passed on several symphony orchestra offers and decided to head for the East Coast where he studied drum set in Boston and New York. During this time he began to concentrate on jazz and fusion music, and in 1977 he returned to Bloomington, Indiana and spent several years in a popular local band, playing throughout the Midwest. Indiana University is the principal campus of the Indiana University system. ... Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: County Monroe Mayor Mark Kruzan Area    - City 51. ...

The Mellencamp years

In 1980 he joined John Mellencamp's band, recording 10 albums and touring with him over a 17-year period. John Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951 in Seymour, Indiana) is an American rock/roots rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, known for a long and successful recording and performing career highlighted by a series of 1980s hits, including Jack and Diane, Pink Houses and others, and by his role in the...

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Studio Musician

In the mid-80's, Kenny began to develop an enormously successful career as a studio musician, playing on hundreds of records as well as touring worldwide with many artists. Aronoff has recorded with musicians such as Melissa Etheridge, Jon Bon Jovi, Michelle Branch, Joe Cocker, Trey Anastasio, The BoDeans,Meat Loaf, Willie Nelson, The Rolling Stones, Alanis Morissette, Bob Seger, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Waylon Jennings, Bonnie Raitt, Mick Jagger, Alice Cooper, Belinda Carlisle, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, Lisa Germano, Tony Iommi, Smashing Pumpkins, and hard rock band Cinderella. Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961 in Leavenworth, Kansas) is a Grammy- and Academy Award-winning American rock musician. ... Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi Jr on March 2, 1962) is an American singer, musician, businessman, actor and avid downhill skier. ... Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch-Landau (born July 2, 1983) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer, songwriter and guitarist. ... Joe Cocker OBE (born John Robert Cocker, 20 May 1944, Sheffield) is an English rock/blues singer who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice and his cover versions of popular songs. ... Trey Anastasio (born Ernest Joseph Anastasio III on September 30, 1964)[1][2][3] is an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish. ... Michael Lee Aday (born September 27, 1947)), better known as Meat Loaf, is an American rock singer and actor of stage and screen. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... “Rolling Stones” redirects here. ... Alanis Nadine Morissette (born in Ottawa, 1 June 1974) is a Canadian and naturalized[1] American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. ... Robert Clark Seger (born May 6, 1945) is a rock and roll musician from Michigan. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE [2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a multiple Grammy and Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... Roderick David Stewart, CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a British singer born and raised in London. ... Lynyrd Skynyrd (pronounced lĕh-nérd skin-nérd) (or IPA pronunciation: ) is a U.S. Southern rock band, described by All Music Guides Stephen Thomas Erlewine as the definitive Southern rock band, fusing the overdriven power of blues-rock with a rebellious, Southern image and a hard... Waylon Jennings in the 1960s. ... Bonnie Raitt, (born November 8, 1949) is an American Blues-R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt. ... Sir Michael Phillip Mick Jagger CBE (born July 26, 1943) is an English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer and businessman. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... Belinda Carlisle, born Belinda Jo Carlisle (also known as Belinda Kurczeski); on August 17, 1958 in Hollywood, California, is the lead vocalist and a founding member of the all-female rock & roll band The Go-Gos and also a successful solo artist. ... Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley[1] (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian rock singer and musician. ... Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American pop singer from Texas. ... Lisa Germano, promotional shoot for Happiness (1994). ... Tony Iommi (born Frank Anthony Iommi, February 19, 1948, in Aston, Birmingham, England) is a guitarist who is best known as a member of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. ... The Smashing Pumpkins (circa 1995) left to right: James Iha, DArcy, Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin. ... Cinderella is an American hard rock (bluesy) and glam metal band most known during the 1980s and early 1990s. ...

Touring sideman

Aronoff also has been, and remains, an in-demand "sideman", touring with the likes of Richard Thompson (filling in for Dave Mattacks on the second half of Thompson's 1989 tour, after Mattacks broke his arm), as well as on one tour with alternative rock group The Smashing Pumpkins and with Lisa Germano. For other persons named Richard Thompson, see Richard Thompson (disambiguation). ... Dave Mattacks is a rock and folk drummer. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. ... Lisa Germano, promotional shoot for Happiness (1994). ...

Equipment endorsements

The gear Aronoff endorses are Tama drums and hardware, Vic Firth drumsticks, Remo drum heads, Meinl Percussion and Zildjian cymbals, although he has endorsed with DW drums at one point. Tama is: 1089 Tama, an asteroid Tama may be a person or being: Tama Chan, turtle mascot from Ken Akamatsus anime and manga Love Hina Sam Fatu, a professional wrestler, uses this name amongst others Tama Janowitz, an American writer Tama Nui-Te-Ra, the solar deity in Polynesian... Vic Firth is one of the worlds oldest drum stick manufacturing companies. ... Remo is the most prominent drumhead company in the United States, and their product is the most widely used. ... The name Meinl has several meanings: Companies: Meinl Percussion, a leading brand of cymbals and general percussion instruments, based in Neustadt in Germany. ... Zildjian is a surname of Armenian origin and means cymbalsmith. It is notable for being the name of two cymbal manufacturers: Avedis Zildjian Company K. Zildjian This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... It has been suggested that Pacific Drums and Percussion be merged into this article or section. ...

External links

• Official website