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Shane Gaalaas
London, United Kingdom
Shane Gaalaas is credited on 116 releases across 54 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1994–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
116
Pressings credited
54
Albums
4
Decades active
6
In collections
Biography
Shane Gaalaas (born August 8) is a Canadian-born drummer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter best known for his long running affiliation with Japanese rock superstars B'z, whom he joined in 2002, and his extensive work with guitar virtuosos Michael Schenker, Yngwie Malmsteen, Uli Jon Roth, Vinnie Moore, and Jeff Kollman. Gaalaas is a founding member of progressive rock trio Cosmosquad and extreme metal band Diesel Machine and currently the drummer for all-Canadian all-star cover band Toque featuring Todd Kerns and Brent Fitz of Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators fame and guitarist Cory Churko. He has released several albums as a solo artist and continues to work as a session musician. Gaalaas is a graduate of Grant MacEwan Music College in Edmonton, Alberta and Percussion Institute of Technology in Hollywood, CA; he currently resides in the Los Angeles area.
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Credited work
116 releases · 54 albums · active 1994–2026
- Performance · 124
- Other credits · 8
- Engineering · 3
- Production · 2
Studios: Birdman West · Crumb Studios · Rodeo Recordings · TudorTones Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- B'z
- Yngwie Malmsteen
- Cosmosquad (3)
- Uli Jon Roth
- Michael Schenker
- Jeff Kollman
- The Michael Schenker Group
- Hughes Turner Project
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