Biography

Michele Perruggini – Italian drummer and composer, active since 1986 with Mother Shame (progressive rock). After his first approach to the drums with M° Michele Di Monte, in the following years he deepened his studies with Agostino Marangolo, Vittorio Riva and Walter Scotti. He attended seminars and master classes with Elvin Jones, Dave Weckl, Alfredo Golino, Bobby Durham, Dennis Chambers, Jojo Mayer, Benny Greb, Roberto Gatto…

In ’91 he accompanied the Bari singer-songwriter Maurizio Grondona and Indigo Blue. In ’92 he toured with the Taranto singer-songwriter Mimmo Cavallo. He later dedicated himself to musical projects of various genres including Castalia (new age), FMPS (fusion), Mercato Nero (funk), Nabelladì (world music). In ’96 he played in two groups of the Bari acid jazz scene: Guido Orsini Group and Complanare Ovest (with pianist Renato Falaschi and bassist Beppe Sequestro), as well as in Moving Clouds (ethno-jazz) and Funambolici Vargas (singer-songwriter music), also collaborating with the American bluesman Doug Duffey.

In ’97-’98 he played in the Latin Jazz Ensemble and, with the groups above, in many national and international festivals, competitions and reviews, including the Tenco Prize at the Ariston Theatre in Sanremo, the Giffoni Film Festival, Ivan Graziani Prize, Alterfesta ’96-’97-’05, Gezziamoci, Corato Jazz Festival, Beatonto Jazz Festival, International Mediterranean Festival XII-XIII, Dranouter Folk Festival… He recorded the first album by Moving Clouds “Oltre confine” and Funambolici Vargas’ “Canzoniere Copernicano”, the latter in collaboration with Antonio Marangolo and “Lilli” Greco, published by EMI.

He took part in several Mediaset and Rai productions and, until 2001, played in Italy and abroad with X Darawish (ethno-rock), the Greek singer Kostis Maraveyas, No Man’s Land (Celtic), Blue Devils (blues), Metropolitan Sound (jazz-fusion). Since 2003 he has collaborated mainly with the singer-songwriter group Radiobunker, with members of Folkabbestia in the Irish folk project Four Dunken Nights, with guitarist Dino Plasmati, pianist Mirko Signorile, the Pommodors, the actors Totò Onnis, Ilaria Failini, Giusy Frallonardo and, among others, for about three years with the “neomelodic singer” Luca Medici (Checco Zalone).

In 2010 he collaborated with the singer-songwriters Daniele Di Maglie, Matteo Marolla, Alessio Lega, Giorgio Consoli, Lorenzo Mannarini, Andrea Epifani, Angelo Ruggiero and Luca Basso on a project dedicated to Fabrizio De André, “Le Canzoni Della Collina”. He has devoted himself extensively to teaching in private and public schools, and in 2009 wrote a drum method entitled “Professione Batterista” (Florestano Edizioni). In 2013 he published “Prof Drum”, an educational app for tablets and smartphones available on the Apple Store and Google Play.

Since 2015 he has focused on composition, releasing his first album of original music, “Attraverso La Nebbia” (Abeat Records), featuring Mirko Signorile, Giorgio Vendola, Antonio Marangolo, Gaetano Partipilo, Nando Di Modugno, Vincenzo Abbracciante, Gabriele Mirabassi, Giuseppe Fortunato, Cesare Pastanella, Leo Gadaleta, Fabrizio Signorile, Maurizio Lomartire and Gaetano Simone. In 2019 he released his second album, a chamber music project with jazz forays entitled “In Volo” (Abeat Records), with Mirko Signorile, Giorgio Vendola, Leo Gadaleta, Serena Soccoia, Teresa Laera, Luciano Tarantino and Gabriele Mirabassi.

In 2023 he released his third album “Disillusion” (Abeat Records), with Roberto Olzer, Yuri Goloubev, Guido Bombardieri, Gilson Silveira, Fausto Beccalossi, Pino Mazzarano, Peo Alfonsi, Cesare Carretta, Silvia Maffeis, Vincenzo Starace, Nicolò Nigrelli and Leo Gadaleta (string arrangements). In December 2025 he released his fourth album “Stay Human” (Abeat Records) with Roberto Olzer, Yuri Goloubev, Guido Bombardieri, Riccardo Bertuzzi, Dario Tanghetti and Fausto Beccalossi.