Jan Uvena
Jannaro "Jan" Uvena (born August 29, 1950) is an American musician, best known for playing drums with a number of notable rock bands, including Alice Cooper's backing band, Iron Butterfly, Alcatrazz, and Signal. Uvena retired from the music business in 2000 and, as of 2016, manages a U.S. Cellular store in Walpole, New Hampshire.
Jan Uvena
- Name
- Jan Uvena
- Birth Name
- Jannaro Uvena
- Born
- 29 August 1950
- Birthplace
- Huntington, New York, U.S.
- Occupation
- * Musician
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- rock music
- Languages
- English
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Jannaro "Jan" Uvena (born August 29, 1950) is an American musician, best known for playing drums with a number of notable rock bands, including Alice Cooper's backing band, Iron Butterfly, Alcatrazz, and Signal. Uvena retired from the music business in 2000 and, as of 2016, manages a U.S. Cellular store in Walpole, New Hampshire.
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Jan Uvena (born 1950) is an American composer, musician and percussionist, among other activities. The composer was born in Huntington. Jan Uvena is active in rock music.
Genres include hard rock. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Jan Uvena • Birth Name — Jannaro Uvena • Born — 29 August 1950 • Birthplace — Huntington, New York, U.S. • Instrument — * Drums • percussion • vocals • Genre — * Hard rock • heavy metal • Occupation — * Musician • songwriter • Years Active — 1978–2000
with Bonnie Pointer
with Bonnie Pointer
• Bonnie Pointer (1979)
with Pipedream
with Pipedream
• Pipedream (1979)
with Alice Cooper
with Alice Cooper
• Zipper Catches Skin (1982)
with Alcatrazz
with Alcatrazz
• No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll (1983) • Live Sentence (1984) • Metallic Live '84 VHS (1984) • Disturbing the Peace (1985) • Power Live '85 VHS (1985) • Dangerous Games (1986) • Live '83 (2010) • Live In Japan 1984 Complete Edition (2018)
with Signal
with Signal
• Loud & Clear (1989) • Live (2000)
with Jonas Hansson Band
with Jonas Hansson Band
• No. 1 (1994) • Second To None (1996) • The Rocks (1999)
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Jan Uvena is recorded with the occupation percussionist. Recorded with the occupation composer. Recorded with the occupation musician. Recorded with the occupation poet. Classed in the genre hard rock. Recorded as composer, poet, percussionist and musician.
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1950
Jan Uvena was born on 29 August 1950.
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