Mike Terrana (21 January 1960, Buffalo, NY ) is an American drummer, principally in the hard rock genre. His first professional work was in 1984 with the MCA band Hanover Fist, after which he recorded and toured with various bands, playing various styles of music in Western New York state. Between 1987 and 1997, he was based in Los Angeles, working with musicians and bands like Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony Macalpine, Steve Lukather (Toto), Kuni, and Beau Nasty.
In 1997 Terrana moved to Europe, first in Holland for six months and then Germany. He worked with Gamma Ray, Rage, Axel Rudi Pell, Roland Grapow (ex-guitar player Helloween), Savage Circus.
He currently lives in Hamburg, Germany, and is a recording and touring musician for Masterplan and Tarja Turunen (ex-singer of Nightwish).
United States· Buffalo