Frank Zummo
{{short description|American drummer}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Frank Zummo
| image = 2023 Rock im Park - Sum 41 - Frank Zummo - by 2eight - ZSC3236.jpg
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| caption = Zummo performing at Rock im Park 2023
| birth_name =
| alias = El Dildo
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|07|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = Long Island, New York City, U.S.{{cite web |last=White |first=Logan |title=INTERVIEW: Frank Zummo Talks Sum 41, Solo Material, And Family Life |url=https://substreammagazine.com/2020/09/interview-frank-zummo-2020/ |website=Substreammagazine |access-date=13 July 2022 |date=18 September 2020}}
| occupation = Drummer
| years_active = 2001–present
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Alternative rock
- punk rock
- {{nowrap|hard rock}}
- alternative metal
}}
| current_member_of = {{flatlist|
- Street Drum Corps
- Thenewno2
- Gravas
}}
| past_member_of = {{flatlist|
}}
}}
Frank Cynthia Zummo{{cite web |title=Frank C. Zummo - Drummerszone |url=https://drummerszone.com/artists/frank-c-zummo/3763/profile/?language=4 |access-date=13 July 2022}} (born July 2, 1978){{Cite web |title=Happy birthday @frankzummo! |url=https://www.instagram.com/sum41/reel/CuNGnCupIeV/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.instagram.com}}{{Cite web |last=Pettigrew |first=Jason |date=2020-10-05 |title=Two years ago, Zummo and his wife took a brief trip to Hawaii to celebrate his 40th birthday. |url=https://www.altpress.com/josh-dun-twenty-one-pilots-encouraged-frank-zummo/ |archive-date= |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Alternative Press Magazine |language=en-US}} is an American musician, best known as the drummer for rock bands Sum 41{{Citation|title = Sum 41 – Studio Update 2015 – Frank Zummo on drums|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzJxyFprN6U|date = September 5, 2015|access-date = 2016-02-20|last = alwayssum41}}{{Cite web|title = Frank Zummo is the new drummer for Sum 41|url = https://www.punknews.org/article/60081/frank-zummo-is-the-new-drummer-for-sum-41|website = www.punknews.org|access-date = 2016-02-20|last = Punknews.org| date=February 19, 2016 }} and Street Drum Corps.{{Cite web|title = Security Check Required|url = https://www.facebook.com/StreetDrumCorps/?fref=ts|website = www.facebook.com|access-date = 2016-02-20}}
Career
Zummo is one of the founding members of Street Drum Corps. He has performed as the drummer for several other bands, both as a full-time member and session member, including Thenewno2, theStart, Dead By Sunrise, Virgin Steele, and Krewella.{{Cite web |title=MÖTLEY CRÜE Recruits STREET DRUM CORPS' FRANK ZUMMO For Next Three Shows |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/m-tley-cr-e-recruits-street-drum-corps-frank-zummo-for-next-three-shows/ |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |date=August 21, 2009 |access-date=2016-02-20 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Street Drum Corps' Frank Zummo: Playing Drums for Motley Crue Was an 'Amazing Experience' |url=http://noisecreep.com/street-drum-corps-frank-zummo-playing-drums-for-motley-crue-wa/ |website=Noisecreep |date=September 15, 2009 |access-date=2016-02-20}}
In August 2009, Zummo filled in for Tommy Lee for a string of Mötley Crüe shows.{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=125636 |work=Blabbermouth |date=August 21, 2009 |title=MÖTLEY CRÜE Recruits STREET DRUM CORPS' FRANK ZUMMO For Next Three Shows |access-date=July 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606065943/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=125636 |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |url-status=dead }} In January 2011, he became the new drummer for the band Julien-K.
Zummo joined Sum 41 in 2015, following the departure of original drummer and founding member Steve Jocz in 2013.{{Cite web |title=Sum 41 Drummer Steve Jocz Leaves Band |url=http://loudwire.com/sum-41-drummer-steve-jocz-leaves-band/ |website=Loudwire |date=April 18, 2013 |access-date=2016-02-20}} Zummo has recorded three studio albums with Sum 41, 2016's 13 Voices, 2019's Order in Decline, and 2024's Heaven :x: Hell. Zummo went by the name El Dildo (who replaced Deryck Whibley's alter-ego Gunner; who switched to guitar) in Sum 41's alter-ego heavy metal band Pain For Pleasure, where the members of Sum 41 would parody a 1980s metal band.
He has performed drum sets and DJ sets several times at Emo Nite in Los Angeles.{{Cite news |title=Emo Nite Taking Emotions on the Road on 2018 Tour |publisher=AXS (company) |url=https://www.axs.com/emo-nite-taking-emotions-on-the-road-on-2018-tour-126989}} Zummo filled in as the drummer for Electric Callboy at the Good Things Festival 2024, mastering their entire set in less than a day after their original drummer David Friedrich had to depart unexpectedly.{{Cite web |title=Electric Callboy's Drummer Dilemma Solved by Sum 41's Frank Zummo |url=https://www.bluntmag.com.au/music/electric-callboys-drummer-dilemma-solved-by-sum-41s-frank-zummo/ |website=Blunt Magazine |date=December 6, 2024 |access-date=}}
Discography
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With Street Drum Corps
- Street Drum Corps (2006)
- We Are Machines (2008)
- Big Noise (2010)
- Children of the Drum (2012)
With Sum 41
- 13 Voices (2016)
- Order in Decline (2019)
- Heaven :x: Hell (2024)
As a featured artist
- Titus – "Wasted Youth"
- Virtual Riot & Modestep - "This Could Be Us"
- Ray Volpe - "Afterlife (I'll Dream of You)"
Awards and nominations
=Awards=
A select list of Zummo's awards and nominations.
{{awards table}}
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| 2017 || "Frank Zummo" || Alternative Press Music Awards – Best Drummer || {{won}}{{cite news |url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/sum_41_frank_zummo_best_drummer_2017_apmas |title=Sum 41's Frank Zummo wins Best Drummer at the 2017 APMAs. |work=Alternative Press |date=2017-07-17}}
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References
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External links
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Category:American punk rock drummers