Deantoni Parks

Deantoni Parks is an American new waveavantgardeexperimental drummer, songwriter, film director, actor and record producer. He is the founder, producer and drummer of the New York band KUDU, and onehalf of the writing duo Dark Angels with producer and keyboardist Nick Kasper, also a member of KUDU. He was a member of progressive rock band The Mars Volta, and is currently a member of the alternative rock band Bosnian Rainbows.

Deantoni was born and raised in Newnan, Georgia. His familys musical preferences leaned towards funk, Southern soul and gospel and with their full support he began playing drums when he was two years old. He was put in the national spotlight before the age of five as a result of his practice and performance with the Newnan High School band. Xernona Clayton from The Xernona Clayton Show broadcast on WAGATV in Atlanta interviewed him for a national broadcast segment that aired in 1982.

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