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Dennis Leeflang (born 22 May 1979, Leiderdorp) is a rock drummer, currently living in Los Angeles. He is most known for his work with Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal of Guns N' Roses. Other artists he has worked with include Lita Ford, Within Temptation, Sun Caged, Epica and The Saturnine. == History == After having laid a solid foundation through playing snare drum in several marching bands between ages 8 and 12, Dennis Leeflang started playing the drum set at age 13, playing along with records of bands such as Nirvana, Guns N' Roses, Metallica and Iron Maiden. He started playing with local hard rock bands. After mixed successes with local Dutch bands, Leeflang's career took off in 1996, when he joined Dutch gothic rock band Within Temptation at age 17 as their first official drummer. With Within Temptation, Leeflang recorded the demo tape ''Enter'' at his home rehearsal studio. Leeflang played with various other Dutch rock and metal bands between 1997 and 2004, including Epica and The Saturnine, before relocating from the Netherlands to New York City, shortly after having departed his band Sun Caged, of which he was a founding member. In 2006, Dennis re-joined The Saturnine. The band would continue as an inter-continental recording project with occasional live performances in Europe. Leeflang had been Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal's live drummer for European tours since 2002, but became his full-time drummer once having moved to New York in 2004. Though having recorded a song for a Jimi Hendrix tribute album with him in 2003, Leeflang's album debut with Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal was the 2005 album ''Normal'', followed by the 2008 album ''Abnormal''. Throughout 2011, Dennis has released one song a month with Bumblefoot of which several were renditions of classic songs such as The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever", as well as original songs which Thal and Leeflang co-wrote at Leeflang's studio in 2009, just before embarking on the Lita Ford tour together. in 2015, Leeflang and Bumblefoot released the long awaited new Bumblefoot album Little Brother Is Watching, which included backing vocals by a crowd of 100 loyal Bumblefoot fans. Next to recording and touring with Bumblefoot, Leeflang has been recording drums for numerous albums since 2004, both from his own studio and at various studios in the New York area and in Europe for several artists, including Anneke van Giersbergen, Milan Polak, Indestructible Noise Command, Tiffany Giardina, Ted Poley (Danger Danger), Shane Gibson (Korn) and Angus Clark (Trans-Siberian Orchestra). In the summer of 2009, Dennis was asked to join Lita Ford's band, with less than 48 hours to learn her set list. With Ford, Leeflang toured all over Europe and the U.S. throughout the summer and fall of 2009, including performances at prestigious events such as the Bang Your Head!!! festival in Balingen, Germany, the Gods of Metal festival in Milan, Italy, and the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, SD. Leeflang is known for mixing powerful hard rock drumming with funk and jazz influences, and the use of a wide range of dynamics in his playing. Especially in New York, he has done sessions in many different genres, adding more influences to his palette. He's also a drum teacher and clinician, performing drum demonstrations in Europe, Russia and the U.S. regularly. In his home country of the Netherlands, Leeflang has become a popular and influential rock drummer, drawing big crowds at drum clinics. Dennis relocated from New York City to Los Angeles in 2015. When not on the road, Dennis works out of his own recording studio in the LA area from where he collaborates with musicians all over the world. He has also become an active producer and recording engineer in the New York area. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dennis Leeflang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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