About Rene Valentine

DRUMMER / PERCUSSIONIST - (Instructor/Sessions)

CREDITS INCLUDE:

HARI KARI - Managed and Executive Produced by late Eric Carr of KISS; Produced by Dave Spitz of Black Sabbath, White Lion, Chris Impelliteri (Hard Rock/Metal)

DRUNKEN BOAT - BMG Recording Artists Produced by ex-MTV VJ and Hugo Largo's Timothy Sommer (Alternative)

TITO PUENTE, JR. - EMI Recording Artist (Latin/House)

THE RESISTANCE - Joey Ramone's band; with Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith), Fred Smith (Television), Joyce Bowden, Carla Olla, Andy Shernoff (The Ramones' Producer) (Rock)

TRASHAHOLICS - Anti-Censorship Band: Carla Olla (Debbie Harry); Joyce Bowden (Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club); Al Maddy; Shizo; Kitty Brazelton; Bebe Buell, et. al. ("Rock the Vote")

BEBE BUELL - Hell's Belles, (Ex-Playmate & Liv Tyler's mother) (Rock)

JIM MARCUS - Recording Artist Die Warzau; Pigface (Industrial)

BACHIR ATTAR - Island Recording Artist; collaborator on The Rolling Stones' "Pipes of Pan" album (Moroccan/Ethnic)

AMANDA KRAVAT - Virgin Records recording artist; Soundtrack composer of movie, 'If Lucy Fell'

INTERNATIONAL SYMPHONIC WIND ORCHESTRA - Conductor Carl Wiljhelm - 1st Chair Percussionist / Drummer

SIREN GENIIS - Mid-East Psychedelic Rock (Theatrical music/belly dance)

FEZ - Mid-East Rock/Fusion with Scott Wilson (Odd time signatures)

ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN - Derby Records Recording Artists (Punk Rock)

ELAINE SILVER - Folk - "Faeries, Dreams & Other Friends" album credit (family and children oriented)

Rene has performed, recorded and/or toured also with: The Saxsationals; "Ivory Joe" Turley; Serendipity; members of Talking Heads (Jerry Harrison); Tom Tom Club; Ivan Julian (Sandra Bernhard); Bob Mayo (Peter Frampton, Foreigner); Steve Miller; Southside Johnny; Al Maddy (Jesus & Mary Chain); Tammy Wynette; Black Oak Arkansas; Hurricane Bob and Mark Bowers (Bo Diddley's nephew); Johnny Thunders Documentary with David Johanssen; DJ Towa Towa of DeeLite ("The Groove Is in the Heart"); Allen Ginsberg (Needles in the Park). Lollapalooza 1990-1991. Self-Taught & Studied with Max Roach, Joe Morello, Bill Laverack, Rod Morgenstein.


NATIONAL TELEVISION/RADIO CREDITS:
Arsenio Hall Show; Donahue Show; MTV Left of the Dial; MTV 120 Minutes

MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER CREDITS:
SPIN; Rolling Stone; New York Times; Billboard; Washington Post; New York Post; Daily News; RAW International; Bergen Record; Herald & News; Alternative Press Weekly; RAW; Powerline; Circus Magazine; Voltage; Hit Parader; Clifton Journal; Interview; Drum Tracks Magazine, et. al.

TOUR LOCATIONS:
United States, England, Italy, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Luxembourg, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, et. al.

BOOK CREDITS:
Referenced in The Ramones, An American Band - St. Martin's Press
Who's Who in Entertainment, 2nd ed., 1992
Who's Who in America, 1990
The World Who's Who of Women, 12th ed., 1992
Who's Who in New Jersey, 1st ed., 1992
Who's Who of American Women, 17th ed., 1991
Who's Who in Entertainment, 3rd ed. 1998-1999
(of Who's Who in America)
 
Member, National Drum Association; 1992-Present
Member, Percussive Arts Society; 1981-1991
Member, ITT Performing Arts Club; 1989-1991
 
Photographed by:Bob Gruen (John Lennon, Rolling Stones, Blondie, etc.)
Mark "Weissguy" Weiss (Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Guns n' Roses, KISS, etc.)
G. D. Bron
Mike Mazur
Ed Esposito
Brian Bailey, et. al.
Mark Pines (videographer for Rolling Stones, et. al.)
    

Check out the Eric Carr website for more photos of the band, and an exclusive interview series with Rene Valentine.

www.eric-carr.info
Click on "Interviews"
Click on "Media Centre"
Click on "Memorabilia"; Click on 'Promo Photos' for Hari Kari pictures.

  

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