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{{Short description|American drummer (born 1968)}}
{{Similar names|John Kelly (disambiguation)|Johnny Kelley (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Johnny Kelly
| image             = JohnnyKelly-2014.jpg
| caption           = Kelly in 2014
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1968|3|9}}
| birth_place       = [[Brooklyn]], New York, U.S.
| birth_name        = 
| alias             = 
| origin            = 
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Gothic metal]] 
* [[doom metal]]
* [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
}}
| occupation        = Drummer
| years_active      = 1994–present
| label             = 
| associated_acts   = {{flatlist|
* [[Type O Negative]]
* [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]]
* [[Quiet Riot]]
* [[Dizzy Reed]]
* [[A Pale Horse Named Death]]
* [[Seventh Void]]
* [[Silvertomb]]
* [[Pist.On]]
* [[Seven Witches]]
* [[Black Label Society]]
* [[Kill Devil Hill (band)|Kill Devil Hill]]
* [[Rex Brown]]
}}
}}

'''Johnny Kelly''' (born March 9, 1968) is an American musician, best known as the former drummer of [[gothic metal]] band [[Type O Negative]]. He is the current drummer for the bands [[Silvertomb]], [[Kill Devil Hill (band)|Kill Devil Hill]], Eyeam, [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]],<ref name="MetalDen">{{cite web|url=http://themetalden.com/index.php?p=13178|title=DANZIG - Signs with The End records|date=April 1, 2010|publisher=The Metal Den|access-date=April 16, 2010}}</ref> and [[Quiet Riot]].<ref name="QR continue">{{Cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/quiet-riot-to-continue-without-frankie-banali/|title=QUIET RIOT To Continue Without FRANKIE BANALI|date=September 10, 2020|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|access-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref>

== Career ==
[[File:Johnny Kelly at Wacken Open Air 2013.jpg|thumb|Kelly with Danzig at [[Wacken Open Air]] 2013]]
Kelly joined Type O Negative in 1994 to replace [[Sal Abruscato]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KNrV3iQ_qrIC&q=johnny+kelly+drummer&pg=PA293|title=Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death, Black, Gothic, Doom, Nu|last=Sharpe-Young|first=Garry|date=2007|publisher=Jawbone Press|isbn=9781906002015|language=en}}</ref> During an online interview, Kelly denied the oft-claimed rumour he had previously been the band's [[Road crew|drum tech]]. Kelly recorded the albums ''[[October Rust]]'' (1996), ''[[World Coming Down]]'' (1999), ''[[Life Is Killing Me|Life is Killing Me]]'' (2003), and ''[[Dead Again (Type O Negative album)|Dead Again]]'' (2007) with the band, as well as the [[Black Sabbath]] cover "[[Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)|Paranoid]]" included as a bonus track on the reissue of the band's second album ''[[The Origin of the Feces]]'' (1994).

Kelly served as a fill-in drummer for [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Pist.On]] on an American tour while their drummer, Jeff McManus, dealt with [[Chronic pain|chronic muscle pain]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Sharpe-Young|first=Garry|title=New Wave of American Heavy Metal|year=2005|publisher=Zolda Books Limited|location=New Plymouth, New Zealand|isbn=0958268401|page=237|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uIIf03bGyAAC&q=pist.on+johnny+kellyse&pg=PA237}}</ref>

On February 25, 2011, it was announced that Kelly would be replacing [[Will Hunt]] as the drummer for [[Black Label Society]] for the remainder of their European tour. He made his first live performance with the band that night at [[La Cigale]] in Paris, France. 

On March 10, 2014, it was announced that [[Vinny Appice]] had left [[Kill Devil Hill (band)|Kill Devil Hill]], and that Kelly was his replacement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kill-devil-hill-parts-ways-with-drummer-vinny-appice-recruits-johnny-kelly/|title= KILL DEVIL HILL Parts Ways With Drummer VINNY APPICE, Recruits JOHNNY KELLY|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=March 10, 2014|access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref>

On January 29, 2018, it was announced via the band's website that [[A Pale Horse Named Death]] had recruited Tommy Spano of [[Living Colour]] lead vocalist [[Corey Glover]]'s solo band and Sekond Skyn as the new drummer, replacing Kelly. On April 5, 2018, it was announced that Kelly was once again the band's drummer,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/a-pale-horse-named-death-feat-former-type-o-negative-life-of-agony-members-new-music-due-in-the-fall/|title=A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH Feat. Former TYPE O NEGATIVE, LIFE OF AGONY Members: New Music Due In The Fall|last=APaleHorseNamedDeath|date=April 5, 2018|website=Blabbermouth.net|language=en|access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref> but since has been replaced again by Spano for the band's latest album ''Letting Go'' (2023).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sekond Skyn |url=https://sekondskyn.com/home |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=sekondskyn.com}}</ref>

Kelly has been the drummer for original [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]] vocalist [[Glenn Danzig]]'s eponymous solo band Danzig since 2002 (with the exception of a hiatus from 2003 to 2005), and recorded drums for the band's ninth album ''[[Deth Red Sabaoth]]'' (2010), covers album ''[[Skeletons (Danzig album)|Skeletons]]'' (2015), and two tracks on the album ''[[Black Laden Crown]]'' (2017).

On September 9, 2020, it was announced that Kelly had joined [[Quiet Riot]] as the replacement of deceased drummer [[Frankie Banali]]. Kelly had previously filled in for Banali on the band's 2019 and 2020 shows.<ref name="QR continue"/>

== Discography ==
'''[[Type O Negative]]'''
* [[The Origin of the Feces]] (Reissue) (1994) - ("Paranoid" only)
* [[October Rust]] (1996)
* [[World Coming Down]] (1999)
* [[Life Is Killing Me|Life is Killing Me]] (2003)
* [[Dead Again (Type O Negative album)|Dead Again]] (2007)

'''[[Danzig (band)|Danzig]]'''

* [[Deth Red Sabaoth]] (2010)
* [[Skeletons (Danzig album)]] (2015) - (drums on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 9)
* [[Black Laden Crown]] (2017) - (drums on tracks 1 & 5)

'''[[Seven Witches]]'''

* Rebirth (2013)
* The Way of The Wicked (2015)

'''[[Silvertomb]]'''

* [[Edge Of Existence|Edge of Existence]] (2019)

'''[[Seventh Void]]'''

* Heaven is Gone (2009)

'''[[Kill Devil Hill (band)|Kill Devil Hill]]'''

* Seas of Oblivion (2023)

'''[[Rex Brown]]'''

* [[Smoke on This…|Smoke on this...]] (2017)
'''[[Roadrunner United]]''' 

* [[Roadrunner United|Blood and Flames]] (2005) - (drums on track 13)

Patriarchs In Black Reach For The Scars 2022
My Veneration 2023
Visioning 2024
Covered In Black 2024
Home 2025

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.typeonegative.net/ Official Type O Negative website]
*[http://www.seventhvoid.com/ Official Seventh Void website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110819073742/http://apalehorsenameddeath.com/ Official A Pale Horse Named Death website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928020720/http://www.globaldomination.se/interviews/type-o-negative-johnny Interview from 2006 at GlobalDomination.se]

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