Denny Bruce

Early Life

Denny Bruce (born October 4, 1944 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American record producer and artist manager.

At 12 years old, he would spend every spare moment in the rec room playing pinball and listening to all of the pop music of the day. As he entered high school, he put together a band and they had gigs at local frat-house parties and teen dance hops. After high school he enrolled at L.A Valley College in 1963. In college all he did was attend parties and had fun because he was so interested in music. He went to a frat "kegger" one night and the question "Can anyone here keep a beat? Our drummer passed out!" sprung out. He ended up saving this party by getting up there and playing the drums. He ended up meeting Frank Zappa and they began a two-drummer band.

Started Career

From this moment, Bruce began his career and performed an live audition and they achieved this goal. They began playing in Hollywood Clubs. He seemed as if he could not jump the hump because when he first got started; he had an 6-month bout with infectious mononucleosis. He never returned back to the group because Zappa could not afford a third drummer but they just remained friends and parted ways.