Artist Profile: Jerry Marotta

Virtuoso drummer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Jerry Marotta has recorded and toured with Peter Gabriel, The Indigo Girls, Hall and Oates, Tears For Fears, Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, Trey Gunn, Cher, 10,000 Maniacs, David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Robbie Robertson, Ani DiFranco, Suzanne Vega, Sarah McLachlan, Tony Levin, Todd Rundgren, Los Lobos, and Stevie Nicks, to name only a few.

Through his extensive touring experience and performances on hundreds of albums Jerry has worked with many of the greatest artists in the world. His unique musical skills have graced myriad movie soundtracks, video games, TV shows, and percussion software over the past 4 decades.

Marotta formed a band called Security Project that recreates the music of Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush and Genesis.

Selected discography:

Peter Gabriel 2, with Peter Gabriel (Scratch) (1978)
Peter Gabriel 3, with Peter Gabriel (Melt) (1980)
Peter Gabriel 4, with Peter Gabriel (Security) (1982)
Plays Live, with Peter Gabriel (1983)
Birdy, with Peter Gabriel (1985)
So, with Peter Gabriel (1986)
Security Project – Live 1 (7D Media, 2016)
Contact (7D Media, 2017)

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