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Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez is an American drummer, best known as the original drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. A drummer in Action A drummer is a person who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ...
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ...
The E Street Band is a backing band that has toured and recorded with rock musician Bruce Springsteen since 1972. ...
Lopez had begun drumming with Springsteen in 1969, playing in the bands Child, Steel Mill, Dr. Zoom and the Sonic Boom, and The Bruce Springsteen Band, before what would become known as The E Street Band came together in 1972. He played drums on Springsteen's first two albums, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle. He then left the band in 1974 after being asked to resign. The reasons for his dismissal are unclear; some reports claim that Springsteen was unhappy with his playing style, others say Lopez was involved in an altercation with an important promoter. For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. was the first album recorded by Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music), and sold about 25,000 copies in the first year. ...
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle is the second album by Bruce Springsteen and the as-yet-unnamed E Street Band, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
In recent years, Lopez and his new band Steel Mill Retro have performed songs originally written by Springsteen for the original Steel Mill. Steel Mill Retro has released a CD with some of the early never recorded songs written by Bruce Springsteen along with fellow New Jersey shore musicians John Luraschi, Ricky DeSarno, and Bill Kacerek and is currently working on a second release. Lopez has recently written a memoir concerning his time with Springsteen and the E Street Band. He joined Springsteen on stage at Giants Stadium in 2003, guest drumming on "Spirit in the Night" after being introduced as having come "straight from the 18th green at Deal Country Club." Giants Stadium, also called The Meadowlands, is the home stadium for the New York Giants and New York Jets NFL football teams, and Red Bull New York (formerly MetroStars) of Major League Soccer. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Map of Deal in Monmouth County Deal is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA. As of the 2000 Census, the borough population was 1,070. ...
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