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John Caputo

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John Caputo, also known as J.C is an up and coming drummer from Melbourne, Australia who now lives in LA, California. John is renowned for his solid playing/groove and time keeping. John continues to impress with his flamboyant style of playing, his stage presence and not to mention his professional attitude.All musicians remember their first big break and for John this is certainly no different. In October 2004, John was called on by Australian rock legends, The Choirboys to go on tour with them and perform a series of concerts for Australian troops and coalition forces throughout the middle-east. John performed a massive twelve shows in fourteen days in-front of thousands of Australian/coalition troops.John Caputo is continually working with professional musicians/bands such as The Choirboys, James Ryan (Men at Work, Vanessa Amorosi, soloist), Norbert Simon (Planet J productions, soloist) and Isaac Moran (Rogue Traders, soloist). John also works with an original band in Melbourne; The Stripperz and has a few other projects on the go such as Lash 78 and Rav Thomas. John is a versatile player and enjoys playing all styles of music.

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Member Since: 10/27/2006
Band Members:
Influences: Billy Cobham, Dom Famularo, Carmine Appice, Tony Williams, Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dennis Chambers, Mike Portnoy, Marco Minnemann, Thomas Lang, John Blackwell Jnr, Virgil Donati, Antonio Sanchez, Chad Smith, Steve Gadd, Danny Carey, Sam Aliano and last but not least my father Mario Caputo!!!!
Sounds Like: ROCK SOLID FUNKY GROOVEChoirboys@LIVE 24-03-07

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Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

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John Caputo - Accepted into Berklee College of Music, U.S.A

After a long application process John was awarded the chance to audition for a place at Berklee College of Music. Having taken part in a live audition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia earlier this ...
Posted by John Caputo on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:55:00 PST

John tours with The Choirboys (2004)

All musicians remember their first big break, for Melbourne drummer John Caputo this is certainly no different. Recently John was called on by Australian rock legends, The Choirboys to perform with th...
Posted by John Caputo on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 10:17:00 PST