Benny Greb

Benny Greb (born 13 June 1980 in Augsburg, West Germany) is a German drummer, singer and clinician. He started playing the drums at age six and began taking lessons at age twelve. He plays a large variety of music and can be seen playing rock with and The Ron Spielman Trio, jazz with The Benny Greb Brass Band and Sabri Tulug Tirpan, funk with Jerobeam, fusion with the NDR Big Band on their Frank Zappa Project, with 3erGezimmeR and Wayne Krantz, and acoustic punk with Strom & Wasser. He has also performed at the Modern Drummer Festival 2010 and at many clinics and drum festivals around the world. Greb is endorsed by Sonor Drums and has his signature snare, Remo Drum Heads, Vic Firth, and by Meinl Percussion. With Meinl, He developed a signature line of Byzance Vintage Series cymbals including the "Sand Ride" and "Sand Hats," both known for their sandblasted finishes. In 2012, Meinl introduced new "Sand Crash" and "Sand Crash/Ride" cymbals to the Byzance Vintage lineup.

In 2009, Greb released his Hudson Music DVD "The Language of Drumming". In 2015, he released his DVD "The Art And Science Of Groove".

Gear Greb endorses Sonor Drums

Sonor Vintage Series in "Vintage Pearl" 20" x 14" Bass Drum 10" x 8" Tom 16" x 14" Floor Tom 13" x 5.75" Signature Snare 2.0 (Beech) 13" x 5.75" Signature Snare 2.0 (Brass)

Greb endorses Meinl Percussion and Meinl Cymbals.

(From Left to Right)

8" Classics Bell High (used as Xhat bottom) 8" Byzance Dark Splash (used as Xhat top) 14” GenerationX Trash Hat China (second hihat bottom) (occasionally) 14” Byzance Sand hats 14” Generation X Trash Hat China (used underneath the crash) 18” Byzance Sand Thin Crash (on top of the China) 8" Artist Concept Crasher Hats 20” Byzance Sand Ride 16” Byzance Trash Crash (two pcs used as Xhat) 22” Byzance Sand Crash Ride Hardware – Sonor 600 Series Pedals – Sonor Giant Step Drum Heads – Remo Sticks – Vic Firth Benny Greb Signature Sticks Percussion Meinl Bongos, Cowbells and Shakers

Discography

Poetry Club 2007: Goldene Zeit

Stoppok 2008: Sensationsstrom 2009: Auf Zeche

Jerobeam 2004: Confidential Breakfast 2009: How One Becomes What One Is

Benny Greb 2005: Grebfruit 2009: Brass Band 2013: Two Day Trio 2014: Moving Parts 2016: Moving Parts (Live) 2017: Grebfruit 2

3erGezimmeR 2009: 3erGezimmeR

Strom und Wasser 2005: Spielt Keine Rolle 2006: Gossenhauer 2007: Farbengeil 2009: Emotionsdesign 2011: Mondpunk

Thomas D 2011: Lektionen in Demut 11.0

Blue Touch Paper 2011: Stand Well Back 2013: "Drawing Breath"

Ron Spielman Trio 2008: Absolutely Live 2012: Electric Tales

Nils Wülker 2012: Just Here Just Now 2015: Up 2017: ON

DVDs 2009: The Language of Drumming 2010: Modern Drummer Festival 2015: The Art & Science Of Groove

Nick Johnston 2019: Wide Eyes in The Dark