Dean Sabatino
Encyclopedia
Dean Sabatino is an American musician
, best known as "Dean Clean", the drummer of the satirical punk rock
group The Dead Milkmen. Sabatino lives with his family in Media, Pennsylvania
, a suburb of Philadelphia.
band Narthex. He joined the Dead Milkmen in 1983 as the only member with previous experience playing in rock bands. The group enjoyed college radio and modest MTV
-based success through eight studio albums and substantial touring before disbanding in 1995. In the late 1980s, he also played with a rock group called Baby Flamehead, who released one self-titled album.
Sabatino and Dead Milkmen band mate Joe Genaro formed the band Butterfly Joe, active from 1996-2001. Sabatino also played drums with the vaudeville group The Big Mess Orchestra, with whom he remains sporadically associated.
In 1995, Sabatino's drumsticks were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
as part of a 1300 + collection of signed drumsticks.
After two reunion shows in 2004, the Dead Milkmen reformed in 2008 (with Dan Stevens
replacing the deceased Dave Schulthise on bass guitar). They are presently performing concerts and working on new material. Sabatino has maintained the band's official website since its inception. Baby Flamehead also reunited in 2010.
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, best known as "Dean Clean", the drummer of the satirical punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
group The Dead Milkmen. Sabatino lives with his family in Media, Pennsylvania
Media, Pennsylvania
The borough of Media is the county seat of Delaware County, Pennsylvania and is located west of Philadelphia. Media was incorporated in 1850 at the same time that it was named the county seat. The population was 5,533 at the 2000 census. Its school district is the Rose Tree Media School District...
, a suburb of Philadelphia.
Career
Prior to the Dead Milkmen, Sabatino played in the early '80s two-piece new waveNew Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
band Narthex. He joined the Dead Milkmen in 1983 as the only member with previous experience playing in rock bands. The group enjoyed college radio and modest MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
-based success through eight studio albums and substantial touring before disbanding in 1995. In the late 1980s, he also played with a rock group called Baby Flamehead, who released one self-titled album.
Sabatino and Dead Milkmen band mate Joe Genaro formed the band Butterfly Joe, active from 1996-2001. Sabatino also played drums with the vaudeville group The Big Mess Orchestra, with whom he remains sporadically associated.
In 1995, Sabatino's drumsticks were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is dedicated to archiving the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers and others who have, in some major way,...
as part of a 1300 + collection of signed drumsticks.
After two reunion shows in 2004, the Dead Milkmen reformed in 2008 (with Dan Stevens
Dan Stevens (musician)
Daniel Keith "Dan" Stevens is an American musician and songwriter.Stevens is the current bassist in the punk rock group The Dead Milkmen, replacing the deceased Dave Schulthise for Dead Milkmen reunion performances in 2004 and officially joining the band during their 2008 reformation...
replacing the deceased Dave Schulthise on bass guitar). They are presently performing concerts and working on new material. Sabatino has maintained the band's official website since its inception. Baby Flamehead also reunited in 2010.
External links
- Official Dead Milkmen website
- The Dead Milkmen. MTV.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.