Mike Terrana (January 21, 1960) is an American drummer, principally in the hard rock genre. His first professional work was in 1984 with the MCA band Hanover Fist from Toronto 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 various guitarists, including Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony Macalpine, Steve Lukather, and bands like Kuni and Beau Nasty.
In 1997 Terrana moved to Europe, first in Holland for six months and then Germany (where he now owns a Cattery). He worked with Gamma Ray, Rage, Axel Rudi Pell, Roland Grapow (ex-guitar player Helloween), Savage Circus.
He 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 DrumCraft and Meinl Percussion cymbals .
Aside from his activity as a drummer, Terrana is also a fan of Frank Sinatra, and has even performed Sinatra songs live while on tour with Kiko Loureiro. For his sonorous voice and native English pronunciation, he has been employed by German bands Rage and Haggard as narrator.
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