Nick D'Virgilio

Nicholas D'Virgilio (born November 12, 1968), often abbreviated and referred to as NDV, is an American drummer, singer, keyboard player and guitarist, best known as a member of the progressive rock band Spock's Beard.

"[12] Later in 2014, D'Virgilio left Cirque du Soleil due to show cutbacks[13] and joined Sweetwater Sound in August as a drum ambassador "where he creates how-to content, demonstration videos, and product reviews.

[15][16] In 1994, D'Virgilio joined Kevin Gilbert's reformed band Giraffe for a one-off performance of the Genesis piece "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" at Progfest '94.

Shaming was released posthumously in 2000 and has D'Virgilio on many tracks contributing drums, percussion, bass, guitar, keyboards and backing vocals.

[19][20] In November 2002, D'Virgilio headlined ProgWest in Claremont, California and played the entire The Shaming of the True album live in a band consisting of other friends and colleagues of Gilbert's.

[28] D'Virgilio had been a full member of the Mike Keneally Band from 2001 to 2004,[29] playing on the tour supporting Keneally's 2000 album Dancing and later providing drums and vocals on the 2004 album Dog, as can be seen on the DVD included as part of the Dog Special Edition in both live and "making-of" studio footage.

[30] Previous Keneally drummer Joe Travers took D'Virgilio's place in the band for the subsequent Guitar Therapy tour.

[33] D'Virgilio played with the band on a handful of gigs supporting that album and appeared on the 2006 DVD release Live in Athens.

[40] It remains unclear whether D'Virgilio will continue recording with the band, which has designated Mike Thorne (of Saga) as their live drummer.

D'Virgilio performing with Spock's Beard in 2007
D'Virgilio with Big Big Train in 2007.
D'Virgilio in 2019