He also has an interest in the occult, and performs with geometric symbols on his drums. Carey also played jazz while attending college and got to experience the jazz scene in Kansas City.ĭanny Carey is the drummer for the progressive metal band Tool who formed in 1989.

As Carey progressed through high school and later college at the University of MissouriÂ–Kansas City, he began expanding his studies in percussion with theory into the principles of geometry, science, and metaphysics as well as delving into Sacred Geometry and certain hidden aspects of life and the occult. Jazz would later play a huge role in his signature approach to the drum set in a rock setting. In his senior year of high school in Paola, Kansas, Carey joined the high school jazz band and began to study under drumming great Ben Kelso specifically for jazz drumming training. Two years later, Carey began to practice on a drum set. He has also contributed to albums by artists such as ZAUM, Green JellÃ¿, Pigface, Skinny Puppy, Adrian Belew of King Crimson, Carole King, Collide, The Wild Blue Yonder, Lusk, and the Melvins.Ĭarey's first encounter with the drums began at the age of ten by joining the school band and taking private lessons on the snare drum. Daniel Edwin 'Danny' Carey (born in Lawrence, Kansas) is an American drummer best known for his work in American Grammy Award-winning progressive metal band Tool.

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