Jimmy D'Anda

Who is Jimmy D'Anda?

Jimmy D'Anda was born and raised in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California and began playing drums at the age of 13. He created a daily drum-regimen for himself in his makeshift music room which also doubled as his bedroom. Over the next few years, D'Anda played in bands around East L.A. and the Sunset Strip honing his chops until, one day, he was summoned to audition for the band BulletBoys which was later signed to Warner Bros.

D'Anda and the band released three records with Warner Bros., they were featured on the Wayne’s World soundtrack and toured the world with the likes of Cheap Trick, Ozzy, Bon Jovi, Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson, Living Colour, Tesla, Cinderella, Poison and Winger. BulletBoys songs and videos are still played on outlets such as: VH-1, Sirius-XM radio, Last.fm, iLike, Yahoo Music, AOL, Pandora, Rhapsody and Music Choice. Their songs can be heard in several films and TV shows, most recently Beerfest and King of the Hill.

D'Anda was the chosen drummer to perform in a commercial for Jameson Irish Whiskey which was filmed in London and shown all around the globe.