Joey DeMaio
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Joey DeMaio (born March 6, 1954) is an American musician who is the bass player and main songwriter for the heavy metal band Manowar which he founded in 1980.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is also the founder and CEO of Magic Circle Music.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Biography
He is a childhood friend of Manowar singer Eric Adams.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref> DeMaio played bass in several school bands. In the 1970s, he toured with the musical Godspell (premiere in 1971 in New York City), taking musical lessons with the conductor.<ref>Michael Custodis, chapter: Manowar und das Erbe Richard Wagners, in: Klassische Musik heute. Eine Spurensuche in der Rockmusik, Bielefeld transcript-Verlag 2009 Template:ISBN</ref> He worked as a pyro-tech for Black Sabbath during their "Heaven and Hell" tour.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2006, shortly after creating the record label Magic Circle Music, DeMaio became a manager of the Italian metal band Rhapsody of Fire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is also a producer for the band HolyHell.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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- Living people
- People from Auburn, New York
- Auburn High School (Auburn, New York) alumni
- American rock bass guitarists
- American heavy metal bass guitarists
- American male bass guitarists
- American people of Italian descent
- Manowar members
- 1954 births
- Guitarists from New York (state)
- American male guitarists
- 20th-century American bass guitarists
- 21st-century American bass guitarists