{{short description|American drummer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Jan Uvena | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Jannaro Uvena | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|8|29}} | birth_place = [[Huntington, New York]], U.S. | instrument = {{hlist|Drums|percussion|vocals}} | genre = {{hlist|[[Hard rock]]|[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]}} | occupation = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}} | years_active = 1978–2000 }}
'''Jannaro "Jan" Uvena''' (born August 29, 1950)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xtrememusician.com/info/artists/profiles/1661.html |title=Xtreme Musician: Jan Uvena |website=www.xtrememusician.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021019172215/http://www.xtrememusician.com/info/artists/profiles/1661.html |archive-date=2002-10-19}} </ref> is an American musician, best known for playing drums with a number of notable rock bands, including [[Alice Cooper]]'s backing band, [[Iron Butterfly]], [[Alcatrazz]], and Signal.
Uvena retired from the music business in 2000 and, as of 2016, manages a [[U.S. Cellular]] store in [[Walpole, Massachusetts]].<ref name="keene sentinel">{{cite news |last=Logan |first=Ian |url=https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/keene-musicians-golden-past-of-touring-with-alice-cooper-alcatrazz/article_9893efad-e72c-557f-ba3d-b9f5dda82a99.html |title=Keene musician's golden past of touring with Alice Cooper, Alcatrazz |work=The Keene Sentinel |location=[[Keene, New Hampshire]] |publisher=Tom Ewing |date=2016-03-26 |accessdate=2020-04-18 }}</ref>
==Discography==
===with Bonnie Pointer=== *''Bonnie Pointer'' (1979)
===with Pipedream=== *''Pipedream'' (1979)
===with Alice Cooper=== *''[[Zipper Catches Skin]]'' (1982)
===with Alcatrazz=== *''[[No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll]]'' (1983) *''[[Live Sentence]]'' (1984) *''Metallic Live '84'' VHS (1984) *''[[Disturbing the Peace (album)|Disturbing the Peace]]'' (1985) *''Power Live '85'' VHS (1985) *''[[Dangerous Games (album)|Dangerous Games]]'' (1986) *''Live '83'' (2010) *''Live In Japan 1984 Complete Edition'' (2018)
===with Signal=== *''Loud & Clear'' (1989) *''Live'' (2000)
===with Jonas Hansson Band=== *''No. 1'' (1994) *''Second To None'' (1996) *''The Rocks'' (1999)
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Alice Cooper}} {{Iron Butterfly}} {{Alcatrazz}} {{Authority control}}
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