Rondinelli Our Cross, Our Sins Tracks: 1. Naughty Dragon 2. Dawn 3.It's A Lie 4. The Meaning Of Evil 5. Midnight Hour 6. Find The One 7. Bulls Eye 8. Time 9. Our Cross - Our Sins Line up: Bobby Rondinelli - drums Teddy Rondinelli - guitar Tony Martin - vocals Neil Murray - bass Additional personnel: Dennis Feldman - background vocals Dorothy Ophals - keyboards Robert Rondinelli - keyboards Bobby Marks - gong Record Label / Year of Release: MTM Music 2002 Notes: Bobby Rondinelli (born July 27, 1955, Brooklyn, New York) is a rock drummer best known for his work with the hard rock/heavy metal bands like Blue Öyster Cult, Rainbow, Quiet Riot, Black Sabbath, The Lizards, and Rondinelli. Rondinelli took up drumming at the age of 11, having previously played guitar. Rondinelli missed out on replacing Peter Criss of Kiss in 1980 to Eric Carr because, as Carr put it, his vocals were better than Rondinelli's. While playing with Rainbow, Rondinelli was featured on a performance recorded live in San Antonio, TX for MTV; his drum solo from this show was featured. Rondinelli also recorded the drum portions for the Scorpions' much lauded and big-selling 1984 Love at First Sting album. However, no one from the Scorpions has ever confirmed that any of his tracks made the final cut. Rhythm guitarist Rudolph Schenker wanted him to join the Scorpions full time but since they were the first successful German rock band in America the management wanted to keep the band German. He played with Black Sabbath on the albums Cross Purposes and Cross Purposes Live and was a member in 1994 and again in 1995. He also played in the bands Rondinelli and Sun Red Sun with Ray Gillen, and also was the drummer for Gidget Gein and the Dali Gaggers featuring Gidget Gein. Between 2003 to 2008, he played in the NY band The Lizards, founded by ex-Cactus bassist Randy Pratt and guitarist Patrick Klein. Rondinelli has since gone on to join a Rainbow tribute band, "Over the Rainbow" from 2008 to 2010. Band members consisted of Joe Lynn Turner, Jurgen Blackmore, Paul Morris, and Greg Smith. During the Summer of 2010, Bobby Rondinelli had joined Foghat, substituting for original drummer Roger Earl while Roger was recovering from surgery. Rondinelli regularly holds drum clinics and is co-author of The Encyclopedia of Double Bass Drumming published by Modern Drummer. His most recently tour was with Over the Rainbow which ended in 2010 in Finland. His drum kit includes Ludwig Drums with Attack drumheads, Paiste cymbals and gongs, and he plays with Vater sticks. |