Ivan de Prume
Biography
Ivan started his career as a professional drummer when he was still in high school in New York playing with groove metal band White Zombie. Ivan recorded and toured with White Zombie for six years, releasing three full length albums (Soul-Crusher, Make Them Die Slowly, and La Sexorcisto), and three EP’s (Pig Heaven, Psycho-Head Blowout and God of Thunder). During Ivan’s career with White Zombie, he did major touring of North America and Europe and recorded for Geffen and Caroline Records. In the subsequent years since White Zombie disbanded, a Greatest Hits CD (Past, Present and Future) and a box set (Let Sleeping Corpses Lie) featuring almost every song the band ever recorded has also been released and feature Ivan’s heavy hitting style. “La Sexorcisto – Devil Music Vol. 1” was nominated for a Grammy for Best Metal Performance and is a multi-platinum selling album.
Ivan expanded his musical skills after White Zombie to include other styles of music, including world percussion, and began producing and engineering projects in his studio, Burningsound Studios. He has worked with artists such as Christopher Young for the Sony’s Ghost Rider film score, KMFDM, Jack Off Jill, and members of Madonna and Prong to name a few.
Ivan’s love of metal and world percussion led him to form a band that incorporated both styles and Healer was born. Middle-eastern melodies and edgy riffs are combined, creating a listening experience that is rich in quality and beautiful in sound. Healer’s debut album, “Awakening” was recorded and mixed at Burningsound and Ivan also produced and engineered the album. Healer has toured on the Vans Warped Tour and played the Coachella Valley Music Festival in Southern California. The avant garde performance troupe, Lucent Dossier, features music from “Awakening” in performances around the world. Ivan has also been a member of both the bands NW Outlaws and KREEP who both recorded, mixed and released albums this year out Burningsound Studios.
2009-2011 Ivan also has hosted the weekly metal show, Metalopolis on Rock101 KUFO FM in Portland, Oregon which has reached the number 1 listened to radio show in its region during its time slot. The show came to a close in February 2011 due to budget cuts which actually lead to KUFO going off the air altogether in March 2011. Ivan had carte blanche over his playlist and regularly interviewed metal artists so the listener can stay informed about the scene.
Recently, Ivan discovered a White Zombie tribute band with vocalist Greg Weiss that pulls off Rob Zombie perfectly. This triggered Ivan to contact Sean and Jay from White Zombie with a proposition to reunite the band with this new vocalist. Well, Sean responded that neither she nor Jay wanted to do it. This wasn’t going to stop Ivan. He is so passionate about the release and success of the multi platinum Grammy nominated album La Sexorcisto, that he joined House Of Zombie for a scheduled mini tour for late October, 2011 playing La Sexorcisto in its entirety.
Ivan has been previously signed, recorded, performed and/or produced for Geffen Records, Caroline Records, Sony Records, 13th Planet, Noise Records, Silent Explosion Records, Risk Records, Roadrunner Records, and Polygram Records.