Jim Drnec


Jim Drnec is a drummer who played for the glam metal band Cinderella. He replaced original Cinderella drummer Tony Destra, who went on to the band Britny Fox. Drnec was himself replaced by drummer Fred Coury, although session player Jody Cortez played on Cinderella's first official album, Night Songs. Drnec is now a trial attorney in Wilmington, Delaware, and played gigs with his blues band, The DelCats, from 2003-2009. He has also been playing locally in Philadelphia with local artist Tony Mecca in Mecca's band the Heavy MeNtal Gypsies. Drnec was the drummer for the Philadelphia area original band Network. In 1989, Network released their CD of original material, Crashin’ Hollywood. Drnec played drums for Ever/After, an all original hard rock band featuring Reggie Wu of Heaven's Edge, bassist Buddy Cash, guitarist Mike Sheahan, and vocalist Christopher Thomas of the Denver, Colorado band Omniism. Ever/After released its debut CD, A Beautiful Lie in August, 2013. The album contained all original material written by Wu and Drnec. Drnec was also the drummer for original Philadelphia rock band The Electric Boa in 2015-`16.
In 2011 Drnec began a new project, 33 1/3 LIVE, which performs classic albums in their entirety using a rotating cast of the Delaware Valley's best musicians. The musical collective has performed the first Montrose album, the first Cars album, The Who's Who's Next, Aerosmith's Rocks album and Queen's A Night At The Opera. More such projects are planned.