Rochester drummer Rob Mount is the latest artist featured in NYS Music’s Local Limelight series, discussing highs and lows as a touring drummer, life as a professional musician and his favorite on stage memories so far.
Rob Mount is a distinguished drummer for Lou Gramm, Nelson, Scrap Metal and camp counselor for The Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp. He is a Rochester native who started studying percussion at The Hochstein School of Music at the age of seven. Where he studied under famed Chuck Mangione drummer Vincent Ruggiero. Rob continued to learn percussion at the illustrious Eastman School of Music, and wrapped up his academic career learning music education at Nazareth College.
In the 1990s, Rob recorded with Baby Grande, Court Jester and started a band called “Ramrod” with former Anvil guitarist Sebastian Marino and former Liegelord vocalist Joe Comeau. Which quickly gained a record deal but before recording could begin, Joe and Seb left to join “Overkill”.
Soon after, Rob received a phone call from acclaimed Leviathan recording artist guitarist John Hahn. John had a record deal in Japan for his band “Thick As Thieves”, and needed a drummer for the album “Rock the House”.
In 2000, Rob was asked to join the band “Liegelord”, where he performed at Germany’s world’s premier heavy metal festival, Wacken Open Air.
Throughout the ‘90’s and 2000’s Rob recorded many demos for various artists, from heavy metal, folk, country, and of course the infamous Lou Gramm. Rob had performed many drum duties for Lou over the years which eventually landed Rob a full time role as Lou Gramm’s professional drummer in 2016.
Currently Rob has been a Camp Councilor for the Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp organization for over 20 years, and holds his own camps throughout America. Giving aspiring new musicians the experience of living the life of a rock star by performing with many musical icons.
Since being a member of Lou’s band, Rob has played with the all-star group “Scrap Metal”, which is headed by Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, alongside famous musicians such as Barry Goudreau of Boston, Eric Martin of Mr. Big, and Mark Slaughter.
In 2023, Rob started playing drums for the band Nelson, and has been playing on and off over the last few years with them all across North America as well as the Monsters of Rock Cruise.
Today, you can find Rob on tour with Nelson, or on social media where he posts “guess this song” reels and his personal photography. To hear Rob talk first hand watch the YouTube video below.
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