Jeff Plate

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jeff Plate
Occupation	Drummer
Date Of Birth	Mar 26, 1962(1962-03-26)
Age	62
Birthplace	Montour Falls
Country	United States
Birth City	New York State
Horoscope	Aries

Jeff Plate Biography

Jeff Plate is one of the most popular and richest Drummer who was born on March 26, 1962 in Montour Falls, New York State, United States. Heavy metal musician who is recognized for having played the drums for both Savatage and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. In 2009, he co-founded a new project entitled Machines of Grace.

Both he and Chris Caffery performed with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Plate was born in Montour Falls, New York, and grew up on a farm in Horseheads, New York. As a youth, he dreamed of becoming a pitcher for the New York Yankees, but this dream took a bad turn when his hip popped out of joint at the age of 12. On crutches for 4 months, he was advised to give up playing sports for two years in order for the hip to heal properly. After watching Kiss perform on The Midnight Special, he began taking drum lessons in school and privately. Jeff moved to Tampa, Florida in 1981, but soon returned New York, before moving once again to the Boston area. There, while working in a cover band with some hometown friends, he met Boston guitarist Matt Leff. Leff had been playing in a band Wicked Witch, whose lead vocalist was Zak Stevens. Wicked Witch went through a few lineup changes and had broken up at the time Matt and Jeff started playing together. Zak returned from his home in SC to Boston to reform a 2nd version of Wicked Witch.

In the fall of 1992, Zak got the call to join Savatage, replacing recently departed Jon Oliva. Zak accepted and made his Savatage debut on 1993’s Edge of Thorns. Wicked Witch folded soon after, as they couldn’t get a replacement for Stevens. In 1993, Plate moved back to upstate New York to regroup, joining an alternative/country rock band called Voodoo Rodeo.

He married his wife Cathy Fracasso in 2008.

Jeff Plate Net Worth

Jeff Plate is one of the richest Drummer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jeff Plate 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began taking drum lessons after seeing Kiss perform on The Midnight Special.

With Savatage, he first appeared on the album Japan Live ’94.

Jeff Plate (born March 26, 1962) is an American professional hard rock/heavy metal drummer. He currently plays with the group Trans-Siberian Orchestra. He is best known as drummer for American heavy metal band Savatage on their albums since Japan Live ’94, and was also a member of Metal Church from 2006 to their break up in 2009 and again from their reunion in 2012 to 2017.

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After hearing of the death of Criss Oliva, guitarist and founding member of Savatage, Jeff called Zak Stevens to see how he was doing, and was surprised to learn that Savatage was committed to regroup and continue. Replacing drummer Steve Wacholz, he joined the band for the ‘Handful Of Rain’ U.S tour in the fall of ’94. Plate recorded three more albums with Savatage – “Dead Winter Dead”, “The Wake Of Magellan”, and “Poets and Madmen”. Although the band has not performed since 2012, there has been no official statement on the band’s breakup.

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Jeff Ranked on the list of most popular Drummer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jeff Plate celebrates birthday on March 26 of every year.