Benny Greb

Benny Greb
Background information
Born (1980-06-13) 13 June 1980 (age 44)
OriginAugsburg, West Germany
GenresNew wave, Rock, Jazz
Occupation(s)Musician, music teacher
Instrument(s)Drums, percussion,vocals
Years active2002 – present
Websitewww.bennygreb.de

Benny Greb (born 13 June 1980 in Augsburg, West Germany) is a German drummer, singer and clinician. He started playing the drums at age six and began taking lessons at age twelve. He plays a large variety of music and can be seen playing rock with Stoppok [de] and The Ron Spielman Trio, jazz with The Benny Greb Brass Band and Sabri Tulug Tirpan, funk with Jerobeam, fusion with the NDR Big Band on their Frank Zappa Project, with 3erGezimmeR and Wayne Krantz, and acoustic punk with Strom & Wasser. He has also performed at the Modern Drummer Festival 2010 and at many clinics and drum festivals around the world. Greb is endorsed by Sonor Drums and has his signature snare, Remo Drum Heads, Vic Firth, and by Meinl Percussion. He developed with Meinl a signature line of Byzance Vintage Series cymbals including the "Sand Ride" and "Sand Hats," both known for their sandblasted finishes. In 2012, Meinl introduced new "Sand Crash" and "Sand Crash/Ride" cymbals to the Byzance Vintage lineup.

In 2009, Greb released his Hudson Music DVD "The Language of Drumming". In 2015, he released his DVD "The Art And Science Of Groove".

Gear

Greb endorses Sonor Drums

  • Sonor Vintage Series in "Vintage Pearl"
  • 20" x 14" Bass Drum
  • 10" x 8" Tom
  • 16" x 14" Floor Tom
  • 13" x 5.75" Signature Snare 2.0 (Beech)[1]
  • 13" x 5.75" Signature Snare 2.0 (Brass)

Greb endorses Meinl Percussion and Meinl Cymbals.[2]

(From Left to Right)

  • 8" Classics Bell High (used as Xhat bottom)
  • 8" Byzance Dark Splash (used as Xhat top)
  • 14” GenerationX Trash Hat China (second hihat bottom) (occasionally)
  • 14” Byzance Sand hats
  • 14” Generation X Trash Hat China (used underneath the crash)
  • 18” Byzance Sand Thin Crash (on top of the China)
  • 8" Artist Concept Crasher Hats
  • 20” Byzance Sand Ride
  • 16” Byzance Trash Crash (two pcs used as Xhat)
  • 22” Byzance Sand Crash Ride
  • Hardware – Sonor 600 Series
  • Pedals – Sonor Giant Step
  • Drum Heads – Remo
  • Sticks – Vic Firth Benny Greb Signature Sticks
  • Percussion Meinl Bongos, Cowbells and Shakers

Discography

Poetry Club

Stoppok

Jerobeam

Benny Greb

  • 2005: Grebfruit
  • 2009: Brass Band
  • 2013: Two Day Trio
  • 2014: Moving Parts
  • 2016: Moving Parts (Live)
  • 2017: Grebfruit 2

3erGezimmeR

Strom und Wasser

Thomas D

Blue Touch Paper

Ron Spielman Trio

Nils Wülker

DVDs

  • 2009: The Language of Drumming
  • 2010: Modern Drummer Festival
  • 2015: The Art & Science Of Groove

Nick Johnston

  • 2019: Wide Eyes in The Dark[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Benny Greb Signature Snare Drum".
  2. ^ http://meinlcymbals.com/artists/Artist/show/benny-greb-17 [dead link‍]
  3. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Nick Johnston - Wide Eyes In The Dark - Full Album Stream. YouTube.