John Miceli


John Miceli is the drummer for Meat Loaf's backing band, the Neverland Express.

Meat Loaf

Miceli began touring with Meat Loaf in 1991, and was a part of the Neverland Express when ' took off, launching a major industry comeback for Meat Loaf. He has appeared on drums on all of Loaf's subsequent studio albums, which has led to appearances on greatest hits compilations such as The Very Best of Meat Loaf, and live albums including Live Around the World, ', Night of the Proms and .

Other touring and recording credits

In addition to his work with Meat Loaf, Miceli has recorded with Adam Lambert, Foxy Shazam, Nine Days, Marchello/The Good Rats, and Kerry Ellis. Most recently, Miceli did most of the drum work on the My Chemical Romance release .
He has also toured with Blue Öyster Cult and Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. He also appeared in the live band for the Las Vegas run of the Queen musical We Will Rock You.
In December 2018 he was credited as the drummer on Brian May's single, "New Horizons", which the Queen guitarist composed as a personal tribute to the on-going NASA's New Horizons mission.