Jerry Marotta was born in Cleveland, Ohio. At the age of five his family moved to Harrison NY in Westchester county. In the 4th grade he started taking clarinet lessons. In the very first report card that year, his music teacher wrote “Jerry shows absolutely no interest in the clarinet!” He switched over to saxophone with only a little more success. Ironically it was that same year that Jerry’s brother Rick brought home the drum kit that would change both their lives for good. Cut to Jerry graduating from Harrison High in the summer of 1973 (a year early) and taking his final exams on the road with him. Jerry's brother Rick had done a record with a group called Arthur, Hurley and Gotlieb for Columbia and their single had just broken the top 40. They were in need of a drummer and Jerry got the call.



In 1975 Jerry auditioned for a Woodstock based group called Orleans and got the job. Soon afterwards he found himself in L.A. recording the

Waking and Dreaming record, played on his first hit Still The One and on the road, with Orleans, supporting Jackson Browne. Orleans founding member, John Hall, left the band in the summer of 1977 and as the band took time to decide what their next move would be Jerry flew to London and started working with ex-Genesis lead singer Peter Gabriel.



For the next ten years Jerry divided his time between recording and touring with Peter Gabriel, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Tears for Fears, Orleans, Joan Armatrading, Paul McCartney, and countless others.



In 1986 Jerry Marotta moved from New York City to Woodstock NY, put together his studio Jersville and began producing recordings for himself and others.



Jerrys’ currently dividing his time between recording and touring with the Tony Levin Band, and recording and touring with his new band, Island Of Men.



Jerry Marotta has also produced records for Kristen Hall, Barbara Kessler, Ellis Paul, Jenny Bird, Pam Golden, Andy Caine, Gabriella Schaaf, and is presently recording a new album with Tom Greisgraber and Harvey Jones under the name Island Of Men.