S2 E94 - Fred Coury

Drum Channel Podcast

Hello everyone, Billy Amendola here.

My guest today Fred Coury is mostly known as the drummer from the eighties MTV-multi-platinum-band Cinderella.

Coury and Cinderella parted ways in 1991 and Fred joined Stephen Pearcy of Ratt to form the band Arcade and record two albums.

Fred also briefly substituted for GnR’s drummer Steven Adler in 1987 when health issues forced Adler off the road.

At age five, Coury started taking violin lessons and by age six, studied at the Beirut Conservatory of Music in Beirut, Lebanon. At age ten, he added the trumpet to his repertoire, and at age twelve he started playing the drums. Shortly after, as a teen, Coury was accepted to Berklee School of Music in Boston, for violin.

These days Coury spends most of his time in his Los Angeles recording studio, Double Forte Music, composing as an Emmy multi-award-winning composer for top television shows and sports teams.

In 2021, Coury also co-produced pop sensation and singer/songwriter Debbie Gibson’s “The Body Remembers”

An avid hockey fan, Coury combined his love of the sport with his musical skills to create the “Goal Song” theme for the LA Kings hockey team.

Let’s welcome Fred. Enjoy!