Johnny Bee Badanjek

Johnny "Bee" Badanjek is an American musician, singer, songwriter and painter, who has been a member of various rock bands, including The Romantics, The Detroit Wheels, Alice Cooper, and Ted Nugent.

At 16, Badanjek (pronounced: buh-DAN-jek) was the drummer for the Detroit rock and roll band Billy Lee and The Rivieras who later changed their name to Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels. The rock critic Dave Marsh later described him as an "unknown genius" for his drum break on their single "Devil with a Blue Dress On".

After the group disbanded in 1967, Badanjek toured and recorded with Edgar Winter, Alice Cooper, Dr. John, Bob Seger, Ronnie Montrose, Nils Lofgren and others.

In 1972, he co-founded The Rockets, in which he was the drummer and backing vocalist, as well as songwriter. Rockets' singles written by Badanjek included "Can't Sleep", "Turn Up the Radio" and "Takin' It Back".

In 1985, he was part of the Guitar Army Benefit Concert in Detroit with Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad and also toured the club and festival circuit with him that year.

Biography summary from English Wikipedia.