Pat Mastelotto

Patrick Lee Mastelotto (born September 10, 1955) is an American rock drummer and record producer who has worked with Mr. Mister, King Crimson, XTC, and The Rembrandts, among others.[1]

Pat Mastelotto
Mastelotto on stage, Seattle, Washington, January 2010
Background information
Birth namePatrick Lee Mastelotto
Born (1955-09-10) September 10, 1955
Chico, California, U.S.
GenresProgressive rock, jazz fusion, pop rock, progressive metal
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsDrums, electronic percussion
Associated actsMr. Mister, King Crimson, HoBoLeMa, Stick Men, The Rembrandts, XTC, Tuner
WebsitePatMastelotto.com

For King Crimson, he initially formed part of the "Double Trio" lineup of 1994-1997, joining Bill Bruford on drums.

Career

Mastelotto was born in Chico, California.[1] He started playing the drums at the age of 10; by the time he was 16 he was playing in popular local bands and while still in high school commuted several hours to Lake Tahoe for gigs. Moving to Los Angeles in the mid 1970s, Mastelotto worked for many bands and as a studio session drummer. In this capacity he worked for Martin Briley, Holly Knight, Scandal, Al Jarreau, The Pointer Sisters, Patti LaBelle, Kenny Loggins, Martika, Danny Wilde as well as playing drums on the double platinum album Rockland by Canadian rock musician Kim Mitchell.

In 1983, Mastelotto was a founding member of Mr. Mister. The band had a number one album, Welcome to the Real World, and two number one singles, "Broken Wings" and "Kyrie". They recorded four albums, with the fourth, Pull, recorded in 1989–1990 but remaining unreleased until late 2010.

His tenure with Mr. Mister was followed by more session work for bands such as XTC, The Sugarcubes, Hall & Oates, Cock Robin, The Rembrandts, Jude Cole, Eddie Money, Tina Arena, Matthew Sweet, Julia Fordham, Robyn Hitchcock and David Sylvian. In 1991 Mastelotto co-produced Peter Kingsbery's first solo album before being asked to join King Crimson.

Mastelotto has been a member of King Crimson since 1994, resulting in him becoming their longest serving drummer. He also appears on over twenty King Crimson albums and several music videos. He also produced, edited, mixed, or played on several King Crimson ProjeKcts releases.

He has continued to guest on other projects, working with Jay Terrien, Cock Robin, drummer Terry Bozzio, Mecca, Herd of Instinct, Tony Levin and the California Guitar Trio, as well as working on solo work. He is also a member of the progressive/experimental bands TU (with fellow King Crimson alumnus Trey Gunn) and KTU (with Gunn, Kimmo Pohjonen and Samuli Kosminen), and Tuner;[2] a duo with centrozoon's Markus Reuter that has released four albums and toured periodically. That touring included Estonia in 2007 which was documented on a live album.[3] On stage Tuner have been known to reinterpret King Crimson material such as the 1984 track 'Industry', as evidenced on their 2009 live album ZWAR.

Since moving to Austin, Texas, he has worked with Austinites Storyville, Abra Moore, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead and theremin player Pamelia Kurstin. Personal projects include, Mastica, BPMM and M.P.TU with guitarist Phil Brown (Little Feat), singer Malford Milligan and bassist Mark Andes (Spirit, Firefall, Heart). He works as an executive producer, also producing, engineering, and mixing. He has appeared in major network television themes, and has worked in the studio on such projects. In 2007 Mastelotto went on tour with The Flower Kings in Europe supporting their album The Sum Of No Evil. In 2008 a new King Crimson lineup formed, including a drumming team of Pat and Gavin Harrison, which played eleven shows in August. Then the enormous Creation of Peace festival in Kazan, Russia, with Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Eddie Jobson. This was followed by another new project, HoBoLeMa, with Levin, Bozzio and Allan Holdsworth.[4] Pat also works with Reuter and Levin in the trio Stick Men who released their fourth album Deep in 2013.[5] He is known for his production skills and technical ability while in the studio. Pat is often working the Digital Audio Workstation in the studio. He has produced a number of King Crimson releases, as well as Crimson-related side projects.

In 2014, he released a collaborative album with Tobias Ralph called ToPaRaMa.[6]

In 2015, he released a collaborative album titled "Inflamed rides" with Carmelo Pipitone (guitarist of Italian band Marta sui Tubi), Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari (Berserk!, Obake) and Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree).

In early 2021 he released a new album, A Romantic's Guide to King Crimson, with his wife Deborah on lead vocals, as The Mastelottos. The album featured reworked versions of twelve King Crimson songs.[7][8]

Discography
Year Projects Title
1983 Martin Briley One Night with a Stranger
1984 Mr. Mister I Wear the Face
1985 Mr. Mister Welcome to the Real World
1987 Mr. Mister Go On...
1989 XTC Oranges & Lemons
2010 Mr. Mister Pull (Recorded 1989-1990)
1994 King Crimson Vrooom
1995 King Crimson THRAK
1995 King Crimson B'Boom: Live in Argentina
1996 King Crimson Thrakattak
1998 ProjeKct Four West Coast Live
1998 ProjeKct Four Live in San Francisco/The Roar of P4
1999 ProjeKct Three Masque
1999 ProjeKct Three Live in Austin, TX
1999 King Crimson The ProjeKcts
1999 King Crimson The Deception of the Thrush: A Beginners' Guide to ProjeKcts
2000 Bozzio / Mastelotto Bozzio / Mastelotto
2000 ProjeKct X Heaven and Earth
2000 Mastica 99
2000 King Crimson the construKction of light
2000 King Crimson Heavy ConstruKction
2001 King Crimson Level Five
2001 King Crimson Vrooom Vrooom
2001 BPM&M XtraKcts & ArtifaKcts
2002 Rhythm Buddies (TU) Thunderbird Suite
2002 Mastica MasTicAttack
2002 California Guitar Trio with Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto CG3+2
2002 King Crimson Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With
2003 King Crimson The Power to Believe
2003 King Crimson EleKtrik: Live in Japan
2003 TU TU
2005 TU Official Bootleg
2005 Tuner TOTEM
2005 KTU 8 Armed Monkey
2007 Tuner POLE
2007 M.P.TU M.P.TU
2008 Tuner MÜÜT
2008 Pat Mastelotto & Pamelia Kurstin Tunisia
2009 Tuner ZWAR
2009 KTU Quiver
2009 Stick Men Stick Men [A special edition]
2010 Stick Men Soup
2011 TU Live In Russia
2011 Stick Men Absalom EP
2011 Stick Men Live In Montevideo 2011
2011 Stick Men Live In Buenos Aires 2011
2012 Stick Men Open
2013 Stick Men Deep
2013 The Crimson Projekct Official Bootleg Live 2012
2014 Stick Men Power Play
2014 Stick Men Unleashed: Live Improvs 2013
2014 The Crimson Projekct Live In Tokyo
2014 Pat Mastelotto, Tobias Ralph ToPaRaMa
2015 KoMaRa KoMaRa
2015 O.R.k Inflamed Rides
2015 King Crimson Live at the Orpheum
2015 King Crimson Live EP 2014 (Vinyl Cyclops Picture Disc)
2016 King Crimson Live In Toronto
2016 King Crimson Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
2016 Stick Men feat. David Cross Midori: Live In Tokyo
2016 Stick Men Prog Noir
2017 O.R.k Soul of an Octopus
2017 King Crimson Heroes - Live In Europe, 2016
2017 Tuner FACE
2017 King Crimson Live in Chicago
2017 Stick Men feat. Mel Collins Roppongi - Live In Tokyo 2017
2019 O.R.k. Ramagehead
2020 David Cross and Peter Banks Crossover
2021 The Mastelottos A Romantic's Guide to King Crimson

References
  1. Hayes, Kelvin. "Biography: Pat Mastelotto". AMG. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  2. myspace.com, Official Tuner MySpace page, retrieved May 8, 2010
  3. "Pat Mastelotto 2013 interview on Outsight Radio Hours". Archive.org. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  4. hit-channel.com
  5. "Pat Mastelotto interview on Outsight Radio Hours". Archive.org. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  6. Turner, Mark F. (June 20, 2014). "Pat Mastelotto / Tobias Ralph: ToPaRaMa (2014)". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  7. Ewing, Jerry (January 6, 2021). "Pat Mastelotto and wife to release new King Crimson covers collection". Louder.
  8. "The Mastelottos - A Romantic's Guide to King Crimson". Pat Mastelotto's official website. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
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