Mike Terrana is an American drummer, principally in the hard rock genre. His first professional work was in 1984 with the MCA band Hanover Fist, after which he recorded and toured with various bands, playing various styles of music in Western New York state. Between 1987 and 1997, he was based in Los Angeles, working with bands like Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony Macalpine, Steve Lukather (Toto), Kuni, and Beau Nasty.
In 1997 Terrana moved to Europe, first in Holland for six months and then Germany. He worked with Gamma Ray, Rage, Axel Rudi Pell, Roland Grapow (ex-guitar player Helloween), Savage Circus.
He currently lives in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is a recording and touring member of Masterplan; he also tours with Tarja Turunen . He is engaged in projects in the instrumental fusion genre and performs drum clinics around the world for Ddrum and Meinl Percussion cymbals .
Discography
Beau Nasty
- "Dirty but Well Dressed" (1989)
Ferdy Doernberg
- "Storytellers Rain" (2001)
- "Till I run Out of Road" (2004)
Driven
Emir Hot
Empire
Hanover Fist
Tony Hernando
- "The Shades of Truth" (2002)
- "Ill" (2005)
Kuni
- "Freedom to Fly" (1992)
- "Evolution" (1995)
- "Violent Machine" (1996)
- "Live Insanity" (1997)
- "Millennium Metal" (1999)
Razorback
- "Welcome to the Other Side" (2001)
- "Best of Rage / The G.U.N. Years"
- "Unity" (2002)
- "Sound Chaser" (2003)
- "Speak of the Dead" (2006)
Damir Simic
Stuart Smith
Squealer
- "Made for Eternity" (2000)
- "Under the Cross" (2002)
Taboo Voodoo
- "Somethin's Cookin"' (2003)
The Dogma
- "Deviating from the Set List" (2003)
John West
Zillion
Terrana solo CDs
- "Shadows of the Past" (1998)
- "Man of the World" (2005)
Other releases
Videography
- "Axel Rudi Pell Knight Treasures DVD" (2002)
- "Live Over Europe DVD" (2008)
Tony Hernando
- "Tony Hernando THIII Live DVD" (2006)
- "Starlicks Master Session VHS" (1992)
- "Live in L.A. DVD" (1997)
- "Live at Budokan DVD" (1994)
Terrana solo DVDs
- “Rhythm Beast Performance DVD” (2007)
- "Double Bass Mechanics DVD" (1996)
- "Beginning Rock Drums DVD" (1995)
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