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Aynsley was born on January 10, 1946, in Liverpool, England. Over his career, he has demonstrated the ability of playing many different styles including jazz, blues, fusion, rock and progressive rock. Aynsley has had over 30 gold and platinum records from over 112 albums.
Playing drums since the age of eleven, Aynsley first made waves in the U.S. when he joined John Mayall's Bluesbreakers in 1966 with Peter Green and John McVie, then drumming for the Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Stewart and Ron Wood. In 1967, Dunbar formed a blues-rock band named The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, and later formed Blue Whale, and met Frank Zappa. After moving to America and living in Zappa’s garage, he and Frank created Chunga's Revenge. He joined David Bowie in the 1973-1974 time frame for the albums Pin-Ups and Diamond Dogs, and also recorded Lou Reed's famous session album Berlin with Jack Bruce, Steve Winwood, and Tony Levin. In 1974 he hooked up with Santana guitarist Neal Schon and manager Herbie Herbert and joined the recently-formed Journey where he co-wrote four albums, including the highly acclaimed rock-fusion instrumental Kohoutek, Of a Lifetime, which features Gregg Rolie vocals with high-impact solos, Hustler, which featured Aynsley's first use of double kick drums, and such mega-hits as Lights, Feeling That Way, Anytime, Patiently, Something to Hide and Wheel in the Sky.
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