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russell gilbrook in 2008 uriah heep avantasia bedlam pete bardens london , england non_vocal_instrumentalist 17 may 1964 drums rock , heavy metal uriah heep 3.jpg russell gilbrook
 russell gilbrook musician music teacher
russell gilbrook

russell gilbrook -lrb- 17 .
may 1964 -rrb- is the latest drummer for the british rock band , uriah heep .
over the last few years gilbrook has been establishing himself on the uk clinic tour scene .
he has supported artists such as greg bissonette and completed a tour with liberty devitto .
he has worked/toured with chris barber and his band and also alan price , on whose album , `` liberty '' , gilbrook featured .
he also replaced cozy powell in bedlam -lrb- where he played with the brothers dave and denny ball , plus singer frank aiello -rrb- .
gilbrook has also played with pete bardens and featured on one of his albums .
gilbrook has also worked with tony iommi , lonnie donegan , john farnham , van morrison and tobias sammet .
gilbrook teaches on the musician 's channel on sky television and holds a position at the brighton institute of modern music and has published several teaching guides .
he has demonstrated specialist drum clinics across europe .
for the last few years he has also drummed with the essex based covers band , exposé , with dave moore -lrb- vocals -rrb- , pete finch -lrb- keyboards -rrb- , alan montague -lrb- bass -rrb- and ben newton -lrb- guitar -rrb- .
gilbrook has co-designed , with marrell drums , the bass drum beaters that he plays .
he uses mapex drums , a custom marrell lightspeed snare drum , bigfoot bass drum beaters , baskey drum mats and rug lugs , paiste cymbals and regal tip drumsticks .
in 2012 , it was announced that gilbrook would be the drummer in the 2013 album of the metal opera project avantasia , called `` the mystery of time '' .
