Joey DeMaio
Joey DeMaio (born March 6, 1954) is an American musician who is the bass player and main songwriter for the heavy metal band Manowar which he founded in 1980. He is also the founder and owner of Magic Circle Music.
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- Name
- Joey DeMaio
- Birth Name
- Joseph G.
- Born
- 6 March 1954
- Birthplace
- Auburn, New York, U.S.
- Occupation
- Musician, songwriter, producer
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- heavy metal · power metal
- Education
- Auburn High School
- Languages
- English
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Joey DeMaio (born March 6, 1954) is an American musician who is the bass player and main songwriter for the heavy metal band Manowar which he founded in 1980. He is also the founder and owner of Magic Circle Music.
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• Name — Joey DeMaio • Birth Name — Joseph G. Maio • Born — 6 March 1954 • Birthplace — Auburn, New York, U.S. • Instrument — Bass, keyboards • Genre — Heavy metal, power metal • Occupation — Musician, songwriter, producer • Years Active — 1971–present • Current Member Of — Manowar
Biography
Biography
He is a childhood friend of Manowar singer Eric Adams. DeMaio played bass in several school bands. In the 1970s, he toured with the musical Godspell (premiere in 1971 in New York City), taking musical lessons with the conductor. He worked as a pyro-tech for Black Sabbath during their "Heaven and Hell" tour. In 2006, shortly after creating the record label Magic Circle Music, DeMaio became a manager of the Italian metal band Rhapsody of Fire. He is also a producer for the band HolyHell.
Equipment
Equipment
DeMaio mostly plays in piccolo tuning, which is the same as standard bass tuning, but tuned up an octave. He primarily uses custom Rickenbacker 4003 basses with EMG pickups and guitar-style string spacing, inspired off of a Rickenbacker he played that was modified by John "Dawk" Stillwell.
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- 1.metal-archives.com
- 2.Corinna Stegemann, Max Lampin: "Wagner ist der Größte!". In: die tageszeitung, 3. September 2005.
- 3.Michael Custodis: Klassische Musik heute. Eine Spurensuche in der Rockmusik. transcript-Verlag, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-8376-1249-3.
- 4.Christoph Dallach. Ein Messer in der Hose. 2007. 26. 154.
- 5.George Call: Manowar Speaks. truemetal.org
- 6.Michael T. Wurster. Musiker Joey DeMaio: „Engagieren Sie sich ganz oder geben Sie auf!“. 11.02.2023.
- 7.Steve Harvey. Valhalla Studios Jumps into Analog Immersive Mixing. https://www.mixonline.com/. 2020-03-31.
- 8.Götz Kühnemund: Gnadenloser Schlagabtausch. In: Rock Hard, Nr. 227.
- 9.„Der König des Metal heißt nicht Lemmy (das ist der Papst), er heißt nicht Dio (das ist der Gott), er heißt nicht Steve Harris (das ist der Kaiser), und er heißt auch nicht Joey DeMaio (das ist der Hofnarr). Der König des Metal heißt King. King Diamond.“ Götz Kühnemund: King of Metal. In: Rock Hard, November 2010, Nr. 282, S. 3.
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