Joe "Seven" Franco (born 1951) is an American drummer best known for his work with the band The Good Rats in the late 1970s and later as a member of Twisted Sister.
[1] Joe Franco, a 1969 graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School,[2] became a member of the band The Good Rats in 1972.
[3] He also produced and played in the horror rock band Van Helsing's Curse,[4] which also featured Twisted Sister lead vocalist Dee Snider, and on the Magellan album Hundred Year Flood.
Franco replaced A. J. Pero in Twisted Sister in 1986, and stayed in the band for about a year until its break-up in 1987.
Franco is the author of the book Double Bass Drumming (1984; Alfred, 1993)[7] and is featured in the accompanying video (1988; Warner Bros., 2005).