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Also known as Patrick Allan Torpey

American drummer (1953–2018)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1953-12-13
Active to
2018-02-07

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
276
Total plays
2,619

Tags

hard rockrock

Pat Torpey is an American rock and roll drummer, known as the drummer of the hard rock band Mr. Big. He has also played for Impellitteri, The Knack, David Lee Roth Band and the Exile Social Club. He is noted by Neil Peart for composing unique rhythms such as that of "Take Cover", a rock song from Mr. Big. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Pat+Torpey">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The Chemical Composition of the Sun

    · 2009 · cited 8,212x

  2. Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics

    · 2014 · cited 6,836x

  3. The Immune Landscape of Cancer

    · 2018 · cited 4,772x

  4. A global model of natural volatile organic compound emissions

    · 1995 · cited 3,626x

  5. Missing value estimation methods for DNA microarrays

    · 2001 · cited 3,342x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Cleveland
Occupation
musician
Instrument
drum kit
Official website
www.pattorpey.com
Image
Pat Torpey MrBig-1992-Paris (cropped).jpg
Show 8 more facts
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
Parkinson's disease
date of birth
1953-12-13
medical condition
Parkinson's disease
member of
Mr. Big
date of death
2018-02-07
Commons category
Pat Torpey
start of work period
1980-00-00
Sources (3)

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