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Within Vinony's link graph, Pat Torpey is referenced by 185 other articles, and connects out to Billy Sheehan, Impellitteri and The Beatles.
It sits within the topics 1953 births, 2018 deaths and 20th-century American drummers.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1953-12-13
- Active to
- 2018-02-07
Discography
- Odd Man Out1998
- Odd Man Out: Y2K1999
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 276
- Total plays
- 2,619
Tags
hard rockrock
Pat Torpey is an American rock and roll drummer, known as the drummer of the hard rock band Mr. Big. He has also played for Impellitteri, The Knack, David Lee Roth Band and the Exile Social Club. He is noted by Neil Peart for composing unique rhythms such as that of "Take Cover", a rock song from Mr. Big. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Pat+Torpey">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Occupation
- musician
- Genre
- hard rock
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Official website
- www.pattorpey.com
- Image
- Pat Torpey MrBig-1992-Paris (cropped).jpg
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- date of birth
- 1953-12-13
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- member of
- Mr. Big
- date of death
- 2018-02-07
- Commons category
- Pat Torpey
- start of work period
- 1980-00-00
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Billy Sheehan
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Impellitteri
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The Beatles
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Phoenix
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Parkinson's disease
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Tina Turner
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Ozzy Osbourne
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heavy metal music
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MTV
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Black Sabbath
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Bryan Adams
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Aerosmith
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Scorpions
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Billboard
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hard rock
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Robert Plant
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Billboard Hot 100
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progressive rock
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polka
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Van Halen
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Categories
1953 births2018 deaths20th-century American drummers20th-century American male musiciansAmerican heavy metal drummersAmerican male drummersDeaths from Parkinson's disease in the United StatesDrummers from ClevelandGlam metal musiciansImpellitteri membersMr. Big (American band) membersThe David Lee Roth Band members