Michael Cartellone


Michael Cartellone is an American musician and artist. He was a founding member of Damn Yankees and is the current drummer of Lynyrd Skynyrd since 1999.

Biography

Cartellone is the former drummer of Damn Yankees and a former drummer for Accept. After Damn Yankees broke up, Cartellone worked as the touring drummer for Ted Nugent and later John Fogerty before settling in with Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Cartellone has toured and recorded with a wide variety of artists including Adrian Belew, Jack Blades, Cher, John Fogerty, Peter Frampton, Brad Gillis, Wolf Hoffmann, Eddie Jobson, Freddie Mercury, Tommy Shaw, Shaw Blades, Joe Lynn Turner, and John Wetton.
Cartellone is the drummer on former Faith No More singer Chuck Mosley's 2009 album, Will Rap Over Hard Rock for Food.
He is also an accomplished painter and ardent Charlie Chaplin and Cleveland Indians fan.
Cartellone uses Pearl drums, pedals and hardware and Zildjian cymbals, most notably the A and A custom series, but previously used the Z custom series in the past, and he also uses Remo drumheads.

Discography

;Damn Yankees
;Freddie Mercury
;Vince Neil
;Brad Gillis
;John Wetton
;Shaw Blades
; Accept
;Peter Frampton
;Wolf Hoffmann
;Lynyrd Skynyrd
;Steve Fister
;Jack Blades
;Joe Lynn Turner
;Joe Bouchard
;Chuck Mosley