Former London drummer Fred Coury played drums in Cinderella. He later hooked up with Stephen Pearcy, former singer of Ratt.
Fred names Neil Peart, Peter Criss, Bobby Blotzer, Tommy Lee and Tommy Aldridge as sources of inspiration.
Biography:
At age 5, Fred Coury started taking violin lessons. At age 6 he participated in his first public performance. Between the ages of 7 and 9 he studied at the Beirut Conservatory of Music in Beirut, Lebanon. At age 10 he added the trumpet to his repertoire. Finally, at age 12 he started to play the drums.
By the tender age of 13 Fred Coury was playing local bars with 'Sunjammer'. At age 14 Fred saw Keith Moon and The Who perform in Toronto, Canada at CNE Stadium. This was the moment where Coury realized that performing and being a professional drummer was what he really wanted to do.
While many in his neighborhood told him to stop dreaming and get a real job, he was encouraged by his close friends to carry on. In just five short years at the age of 19, Fred Coury returned to CNE Stadium to perform with Cinderella.
Factoid: Fred Coury briefly substituted for Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler. On December 17th, 1987, Guns N' Roses open for Alice Cooper at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, Minnestoa. Fred Coury filled in for an injured Steven Adler on drums.
Fred has also recorded drums and/or percussion with Allen Crane, Arcade L.A. Blues Authority, Linear, Marshall Coleman, Sam Kinison, and Stephen Pearcy.
Sitting behind the drum kit for Lynch Mob's performance at the Rocklahoma festival on July 12, 2008 in Pryor, Oklahoma was Cinderella's Fred Coury, who stepped in for Tommy Aldridge after Tommy answered the call for the drumming duties in Thin Lizzy.
Recent work include the scores of faith-based film 'Full Count', season one of 'Almost Paradise' (WGN, Amazon, IMDb), the TV mystery 'The Brain Trust', Season 1 of SyFy’s 'The Ark', Season 2 of 'Almost Paradise' (Amazon/Freevee), writes and produces with long-time friend and legendary pop star Debbie Gibson, starts Season 15 with the Los Angeles Kings, starts season 9 with the Portland Trailblazers, starts season 1 with the Detroit Red Wings, and is the voice of 'Pennywhacker' and 'The Raven' in Rob Zombie’s film, 'The Munsters',
the Orchestral score of the single from Billy Morrison and Ozzy Osbourne Gods of Rock N Roll featuring Steve Stevens.