Joe Bergamini

Who is Joe Bergamini?

Joe Bergamini is a drummer from New Jersey in the United States. He is the front man of the instrumental progressive rock band 4Front. Since 2000 Bergamini has been playing in the progressive rock band Happy the Man in its reunion, and appears on their 2005 album, The Muse Awakens. He performed in both the Broadway and national tour productions of the Billy Joel musical Movin' Out, and has also performed on drums at the Broadway shows Rock of Ages, In The Heights, The Lion King, Jersey Boys, and' Million Dollar Quartet. In addition to performing with Billy Joel, Bergamini has also performed with Dennis DeYoung and Deborah Gibson.

Bergamini was born in Belleville, New Jersey, and grew up in East Hanover. While attending the New Jersey Institute of Technology and getting his bachelor's degree in architecture, Joe studied intensively with the legendary drum instructor Dom Famularo on Long Island, as well as teachers Al Miller, John Riley, and Jim Chapin. During his college years he taught high school drum lines, built his teaching practice, and played in many bands. During the 1990s some of these bands included: Eternal Vision, Friday's Child, Outskirts, Big Radio, and others.