SOUL SIRKUS: Drummer DEEN CASTRONOVO Steps Down, Replacement Announced

January 9, 2005

According to MelodicRock.com, JOURNEY drummer Deen Castronovo has stepped down from his role in SOUL SIRKUS. Due to mutual agreement, Deen has decided to step down as drummer for SOUL SIRKUS as the workload between both SOUL SIRKUS and JOURNEY left him little to no personal/family time.

Joining the ranks of SOUL SIRKUS (featuring Neal Schon, Jeff Scott Soto and Marco Mendoza) is Virgil Donati. An official press release is due this week, but news has leaked via an update on Virgil's website.

The new lineup of the band will begin touring to support their debut, "World Play", in the spring of 2005 before JOURNEY embark on their summer tour.

Regarded as the best drummer in Australia, Virgil Donati started his career with Aussie AOR favourites SOUTHERN SONS before moving to the U.S. and working as an in-demand session drummer. Samples of Virgil's work, including tracks from his own solo album can be heard at this location.

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).